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Bernard D. Wilson
CAMBRIDGE - Bernard Dunnock Wilson (Buster), 91, passed away Monday, May 17, 2004 at Chesapeake Woods.
He was born Oct. 25, 1912, son of Moses and Lelia Wilson.
Mr. Wilson enjoyed being with his family, especially his nieces and nephews. He spent a lot of time with his sister, Irene Wilson.
Buster, as he was known, enjoyed traveling with the Singing and Praying Band.
He was a member of the New Revised United Methodist Church where he was a member of the United Methodist Men, Singing and Praying Band, Life Beautiful Club and the Men in Black.
Mr. Wilson served in the Armed Forces from 1945-1947 and was honorably discharged.
He is survived by three sons, Robert Cooper, Melvin Banks (Rose) and Bernard Jones and four grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; a sister, Irene Wilson; a sister-in-law, Mary Wilson; two brothers-in-law, George Lee Sr. and John Jolley and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins and other relatives.
Preceding him in death besides his parents were two brothers, Norwood and Moses Wilson and two sisters, Annie Jolley and Ethel Lee.
A funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Saturday at the Bethel AME Church in Cambridge with the Rev. Turhan Potter officiating. Burial will follow at Smithville Cemetery.
There will be a viewing from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the Henry Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge.
Charles R. Woodward Sr.
CAMBRIDGE - Charles R. Woodward Sr., 74, passed away at the Dorchester General Hospital on Sunday, June 20, 2004.
He was born Feb. 7, 1930 in Cambridge, a son of the late C. Percy and Josephine Christopher Woodward.
Mr. Woodward graduated from Cambridge High School in 1947 and then attended Salisbury State College. On Oct. 3, 1950 he was married to the former Joan A. Wood.
Mr. Woodward served in the U.S. Air Force from Dec. 27, 1950 until Dec. 3, 1954. He continued serving in the U.S. Air Force Reserve for 34 years until he retired in 1990. At the time of his retirement he was First Sergeant of the 756th Airlift Squadron which is a component of the 459th Airlift Wing of the U.S. Air Force Reserve at Andrews Air Force Base.
In 1951 he began working for the Maryland State Department of Human Services. He retired from this job in 1980. From 1980 until 1990 he worked for the City of Cambridge.
Mr. Woodward had been an avid golfer for many years, and was a member of the Cambridge Country Club and was also an MISGA representative. He was a communicant of St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Catholic Church in Cambridge and served as Eucharistic Minister, Lector and also as Hall Manager. He had been active in the PTA and also involved with the Cambridge Little League during his children's involvement.
Besides his wife of Cambridge, his survivors include one daughter, Karen W. Remeto and her husband, Robert Remeto of Cambridge; four sons and their wives: Charles R. Woodward Jr. and Theresa Woodward of Hebron, Kevin W. Woodward and Suella Woodward of Hurlock, Steven G. Woodward and Theresa Woodward of Salisbury and David E. Woodward and Carol of Takoma Park. He is also survived by 12 grandchildren: Erin R. Copus, Mark Remeto, Kim Remeto, Christopher Woodward, Emily Woodward, Rachel Woodward, Rebecca Woodward, Shannon Woodward, Lisa Woodward, Steven G. Woodward Jr., Grace Woodward and Jack B. Woodward and one sister, Doris Brohawn of Cambridge.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Catholic Church in Cambridge. Burial will follow at the Maryland Veterans' Cemetery at Beulah.
The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 tonight at the Thomas Funeral Home in Cambridge where a Christian Wake Service will be held at 8 p.m.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary Refuge of Sinners Catholic Church, P.O. Box 218, Cambridge, MD 21613.
Pallbearers will be Craig McCoy, Steven G. Woodward Jr., Christopher Woodward, Mark Remeto, Robert Remeto and Jack Copus.
Philip S. Andrews
HURLOCK - Philip Smith Andrews, 83, passed away Saturday, June 19, 2004 at Dorchester General Hospital.
He was born July 21, 1921 in Cambridge, son of the late Stephen Elwood Andrews Sr. and Lottie Rosalind Smith Andrews.
Mr. Andrews served in the Marine Corps during World War II and was a 1947 graduate of Johns Hopkins University School of Business Administration. For many years he farmed in the Hurlock area.
Mr. Andrews was a member of the Hurlock Lions Club; Unity Washington United Methodist Church; the Unity Washington Cemetery Committee; Isaac Walton League of America, Talbot County Chapter and Hurlock American Legion Post 243.
His survivors include his wife, Belle Breininger Andrews of Hurlock, whom he married on July 9, 1960; one sister and her husband, Jean and Donald Richards of Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by one brother, Stephen Elwood Andrews Jr.
Funeral services will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Unity Washington United Methodist Church in Hurlock with the Rev. Ruth Tull officiating. Burial will follow in Unity Washington Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Wednesday at the church.
Pallbearers will be Billy Wilson, David Scott, David Andrews, Ed Walden, Bill Brown, Robert Harding and Steve Disharoon.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Mutiple District 22 Lions Vision Research Foundation, Inc., Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medical Institution, P.O. Box 1714, Baltimore, MD 21202.
The Zeller Funeral Home, in East New Market is handling the arrangements.
Helen R. Webster
CAMBRIDGE - Helen Ruth Webster, 83, died midnight Friday morning, Oct. 29, 2004 at the Mallard Bay Care Center.
She was born Oct. 4, 1921 in Baltimore, the daughter of the late Rev. Charles Cannon and Sallie E. Cannon. She was also the stepdaughter of the late Bertha Blades Cannon.
In her younger years, she lived in Vienna and then lived at Hooper Island before residing in Cambridge.
She was the wife of the late Milford Webster Sr. After his death, she later was the companion of William Jones.
Mrs. Webster retired from Airpax in the shipping department and then became a caregiver. She was an avid reader.
Surviving is her son, William L. (Willie) Jones of Cambridge and his companion, Tippie Stokes of Linkwood; a daughter-in-law, Karen Webster of Salisbury; a brother, Emerson Cannon of Cambridge; two grandsons, David Webster, Mike Webster; a great-granddaughter, Carly Sage Webster and a nephew, Edgar Lee Cannon.
Preceding her in death were her son, Milford Webster Jr.; two brothers, Vernon Cannon and Charles Cannon and a sister-in-law, Margaret Cannon.
A memorial service will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Curran-Bromwell Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge. Officiating at the service will be the Rev. Douglas Ridley.
Memorial offerings may be made in Mrs. Webster's memory to Grace United Methodist Church, 501 Race St., Cambridge, MD 21613 or to The American Heart Association, c/o Christy Coale, 216 N. Main St., Federalsburg, MD 21632.
Otho Wongus
CAMBRIDGE - Otho "Pete" Wongus, 63, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, 2004 at the VA Medical Center in Baltimore.
Services are incomplete at this time. A full obituary will appear in a later edition of The Daily Banner.
Sharon Robbins Fick
FRUITLAND - Sharon Robbins Fick, 59, of Fruitland, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004 at her home. Born in Baltimore, she was a daughter of the late Vernon and Ruth Robbins.
Ms. Fick had worked 16 years for New York Life in Atlanta; later she worked as the manager at the Dakota Watch Company in the Centre in Salisbury; and most recently she was the resident manager of the Cottages at Riverhouse in Salisbury.
She is survived by her step-mother Alice Robbins; a sister, Susan Monaghan and her husband Sam of Cambridge; a niece Eli Graham and nephew Aliza Graham.
A memorial service will be held on Monday at 6 p.m. at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury. The Rev. Marshall Wise will officiate.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to Dorchester County Humane Society, Bucktown Road, Cambridge, MD 21613 or Coastal Hospice, PO Box 1733, Salisbury, MD 21802.
Arrangements are being handled by Holloway Funeral Home, 501 Snow Hill Road, Salisbury, MD 21804.
Betty C. Breeding
FEDERALSBURG - Betty Collins Breeding, 70, died Wednesday, Oct. 27, at the Memorial Hospital at Easton.
She was born on Dec. 23, 1933, daughter of the late Perry E. and Anna Boevers Collins.
She graduated from Federalsburg High School Class of 1951. She owned and operated the former Breeding's Store in Federalsburg. She had also worked as a secretary and owned her own Day Care Center and retired after 15 years as a day care provider. She was also a member of the former Grove United Methodist Church near Preston.
She is survived by her two children, Glenn V. Breeding Sr. and his wife, Donna, and Diane M. Mowbray and her husband, Kevin, all of Federalsburg; five grandchildren, Donald Grager Jr. and his fiancee', Michelle Shortall, Glenn V. Breeding, Jr., Michael D. Breeding, William Norris Breeding, Chelsea A. Mowbray; a brother, Norris L. Collins and his wife, Edna of Federalsburg, and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, at Framptom Funeral Home, P.A. in Federalsburg with the Rev. Denzil Cheek officiating. Burial will follow at Junior Order Cemetery in Preston.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Saturday from 6-8 p.m.
Jane P. Coffin
CAMBRIDGE - Jane Peter Coffin, 92, died Tuesday, Oct. 26 in Cambridge where she recently had come to live.
Born in Kuling, China in 1912, she lived her first 14 years in Shanghai where her parents, Drs. Eleanor and William Wesley Peter were medical missionaries working in Public Health. There she attended grade school at the Shanghai American School. When her family returned to the United States, she attended high school in White Plains, N.Y. and college at Oberlin and the University of New Mexico, from which she graduated with a degree in Fine Arts.
In 1936, she married fellow artist, Robert Morris Coffin on the top of Window Rock, Ariz., a geological arch special to Navajo Indians, as her father was Medical Director of 11 hospitals on the Navajo Reservation at that time.
The couple moved to Columbus for a teaching job at Ohio State, to Cincinnati where her husband was Dean of the Art Academy, and later to Washington, D.C. during World War II. In 1953 they moved with their two young daughters to Southern Maryland where Mrs. Coffin helped to design and build their home in the beach community of Scientists Cliffs.
Mrs. Coffin designed the Calvert County flag, helped paint historic murals in the Prince Frederick courthouse, taught art in the school system, and mentored art students. She also was a legal secretary and was active in the League of Women Voters, Historical Society, Garden Club, Hospital Auxiliary, and the Episcopal Church. One of her fond memories was being the Statue of Liberty on the American Legion Post #85 float during Calvert County's 350th Anniversary celebration.
For many years she was involved with the Baltimore Longitudinal Study on Aging which her father, by then an internationally-known surgeon and Public Health physician, helped start in the late 1950s and which now includes over 17 members of her immediate family among the thousands of participants.
Mrs. Coffin is survived by her two daughters, Deborah Coffin Kennedy of Cambridge and Margo Coffin Groff of Swarthmore, Pa.; two grandchildren, Jennifer Jane Kennedy of Pembroke (Ontario), Canada and Christopher Andrew Kennedy of Toronto; and three great-grandchildren, Asa, James, and Lydia Kennedy-Dillenbeck.
There will be a memorial service later in her former church, Christ Church, Port Republic.
