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Ocean City Today
JANUARY 6, 2012
OBITUARIES
CRAFT CLUB INSTALLS OFFICERS New officers of the Ocean Pines Pine’eer Craft Club, are front row from left, Janet Rosensteel, corresponding secretary; Midge Powell, shop manager; and Luz Castillo, shop treasurer; and in back row, Barbara O’Conner, vice president; Nancy Welsh, president; June Sassaman, assistant shop manager; Barbara Stilwell, assistant shop treasurer; Grace McCormac, assistant treasurer; Sharon Puser, treasurer; and Linda Brindley, recording secretary.
PINE’EER CRAFT CLUB DONATES $3,725 During the Pine’eer Craft Club’s installation and holiday luncheon on Dec. 15, President Nancy Welsh presented checks totaling $3,725 to representatives of the Ocean Pines community. The money was derived from profits of the August Arts and Crafts Festival, sales from the Pine’eer Craft and Gift Shop, and profits from the November Holiday Festival. Recipients of donations were: Ocean Pines Police Department ($675), volunteer fire department ($1,000), recreation and parks ($1,100), OP Neighborhood Watch ($500), Public Works ($250), OP Dog Park ($100) and the Worcester County Veterans Memorial ($100).
William C. McCoubrey WHALEYVILLE — William C. “Bill” McCoubrey, 88, passed away Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2011. Born in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Albert and Charlotta Baquol McCoubrey. He is survived by his wife, Linda Smith McCoubrey, owner/operator of Linda’s Barber Shop in Whaleyville. He W. McCoubrey was preceded in death by his first wife of 52 years, Mary Pat Carr McCoubrey, who was loving mother of William Christopher McCoubrey of Cincinnati and Charlotta Elizabeth Weaver of Evergreen, Colo. He was adored grandfather of Chris, Mike and Laura. He is also survived by his stepchildren, Carla Tilghman and her husband, Rob, of Salisbury and Jay Adkins and his wife, Lisa, of Fruitland. There are numerous grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Mr. McCoubrey served in the United States Navy during World War II. Upon his return, he went to work for Baltimore Press and became a journeyman printer. He spent the next 42 years in the business, retiring from International Paper Company in 1987, and soon after, he moved to Ocean Pines. He became an active member in the Ocean Pines Fire Department, and later, chief. He was an avid surf fisherman and golfer.
A fireman’s funeral service was held Monday, Jan. 2, at the Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin. A donation in his memory may be made to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802. Raymond L. Adkins Sr. OCEAN CITY — Raymond L. Adkins Sr., 81, of Ocean City, died Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury surrounded by his loving family. Born Aug. 27, 1930, in Berlin, he was the son of the late Lawrence and Mae Smack Adkins. Mr. Adkins worked at the Berlin Post Office R. Adkins Sr. for more than 30 years. He was a member of the Berlin Fire Department. He was also a past president of the Maryland State Firemen’s Association in 1965-66, and he was inducted into the Maryland State Firemen’s Association Hall of Fame on June 20, 1995. He is survived by his wife, Patricia Adkins; his three daughters, Diana Clark and her husband, Tom, Judy Sharpley and her husband, Glenn, and Cindy Stelling and her companion, Robert Taylor II; nine grandchildren, Jennifer Scaffidi and her husband, Rob, T.J. Clark and his wife, Kristy, Stephanie Stelling, Crystal Stelling, Holly Stelling, Justin Sharpley, Paula Robinson, Michele Adkins, and Christina Adkins; eight great-grand-
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