OCEAN CITY — H. Joseph Hellbach, Jr., age 68, died Wednesday, July 6, at Atlantic General Hospital. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Hermann J. Hellbach, Sr. and Rita M. Carney.  He is survived by his wife, Penny Hellbach. Hellbach was a United States Army Veteran having served in Vietnam. He… Read more »

BERLIN — Thomas Crosby Satterfield, age 81, died Saturday, July 9, at his home in Berlin. Born in Maryland he was the son of the late Thomas Crosby Satterfield, II and Veronica Kneavel Satterfield. He was preceded in death by his wife Virginia Satterfield. Satterfield is survived by his daughters, Tracy L. Famolaro and her… Read more »

BERLIN — William “Billy” Harris Struven, age 49, died Saturday, June 25, 2011 at his home in Berlin.  Born in Baltimore, he was the son of Charles M. Struven and Virginia Lewis.   Struven was a United States Navy Veteran. He worked as a contractor for an Extermination Company.  Along with his parents, he is… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Brice Reginald Phillips, age 90, died Friday, July 1, at his home in Ocean City. Born in Fishing Creek, Hooper’s Island in Dorchester County, he was the son of the late Augustus Ellsworth Phillips and Leone Estes Simmons Phillips. He is survived by his beloved wife of 68 years, Shirley Elizabeth Flowers… Read more »

BERLIN — Irma Townsend Pruitt, age 83, died Tuesday, June 28 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Whaleyville, she was the daughter of the late William Townsend and Ruth D. Townsend. She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, George O. “Tut” Pruitt in 1994 and her son, Tucker… Read more »

BERLIN — Brian P. Wickes, age 61, died Sunday, June 26, near his home in Berlin. Wikes had been a United States Marine Veteran having served two tours in Vietnam.  He is survived by a daughter, Laura P. Wickes; a sister, Marcy Horbach and her companion, Dennis Schmierer; a brother, Terry Wickes; a brother-in-law, John… Read more »

OCEAN CITY — Alice Vanderslice Lees, age 94, died Tuesday, June 28, at the Berlin Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Born in Coatesville, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Raymond and Myrtle Root Vanderslice. She was preceded in death by her husband, William F. Lees. She is survived by her daughter, Emily Peachey, of Stafford, Va…. Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Jack K. Alexander 87, husband of Jo Alexander, passed away at his home in Ocean Pines on Thursday, June 30.  Alexander served in the United Sates Navy, serving on the USS Intrepid. He was a member of Knights of Columbus, Sons of Italy, Veterans of Foreign Wars, World War II Veterans, Democratic… Read more »

BERLIN — June Valerie Caro, age 74, died Wednesday, June 22, at her home. Born in England she was the daughter of the late Leslie Dark and Violet Kingdon Dark. She is survived by her husband Carlos J. Caro.  June grew up in Abingdon, England, where she later met her husband. She and her husband moved to Brentwood,… Read more »

OCEAN PINES — Philip Beck Loechel, 89, died on June 20, at the Berlin Rehab and Nursing Home. He is the son of the late Henry and Francis Loechel. Loechel was born in Hagerstown on March 21, 1922 and moved to Baltimore at age two.  He served in the Army in WWII for three years… Read more »