PRESTON Mildred Irene Chaplain of Preston died on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at the Memorial Hospital at Easton. She was 96.
Born on Nov. 13, 1913, in Centreville, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Emma Mullikin Stubbs. She attended the Little Red School House in Longwoods, where she would walk to school. It is then that she would come home to assist her mother with the family and help on the family farm.
Mildred worked at the local sewing factory and the dry cleaning plant; thereafter, taking a position with Memorial Hospital at Easton, where she remained for 50 years.
She worked as the supervisor of the linens department; later receiving employee of the year in 1983. At the age of 91, she was forced to stop working at the hospital and in return she was presented with a plaque from President George W. Bush for her 50 years of dedicated service at the hospital.
In the early 1930s, Mildred married her husband Tilghman Matthew Chaplain and they resided in Talbot County for the remainder of their life.
Mildred enjoyed stopping in to see patients at the hospital and offering words of encouragement, and always enabling herself to be a shoulder to lean on.
She lived and loved her family and her cats.
She is survived by a daughter, Patsy Plugge; a brother Harry "Buddy" Dyott Jr.; a sister, Pearl Sullivan; one grandchild, Tilghman "Jody" Chaplain and his wife Hope; two great-grandchildren, Tilghman Chaplain and Kayla Teeters; two great-great-grandchildren, Joshua and Lillian; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Mildred is preceded in death by a son, Timmy R. Chaplain, and two sisters.
A funeral service will be held at noon Friday, Jan. 22, at the Easton Church of God. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Easton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Easton Church of God, 1009 North Washington St., Easton, MD 21601.
Born on Nov. 13, 1913, in Centreville, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Emma Mullikin Stubbs. She attended the Little Red School House in Longwoods, where she would walk to school. It is then that she would come home to assist her mother with the family and help on the family farm.
Mildred worked at the local sewing factory and the dry cleaning plant; thereafter, taking a position with Memorial Hospital at Easton, where she remained for 50 years.
She worked as the supervisor of the linens department; later receiving employee of the year in 1983. At the age of 91, she was forced to stop working at the hospital and in return she was presented with a plaque from President George W. Bush for her 50 years of dedicated service at the hospital.
In the early 1930s, Mildred married her husband Tilghman Matthew Chaplain and they resided in Talbot County for the remainder of their life.
Mildred enjoyed stopping in to see patients at the hospital and offering words of encouragement, and always enabling herself to be a shoulder to lean on.
She lived and loved her family and her cats.
She is survived by a daughter, Patsy Plugge; a brother Harry "Buddy" Dyott Jr.; a sister, Pearl Sullivan; one grandchild, Tilghman "Jody" Chaplain and his wife Hope; two great-grandchildren, Tilghman Chaplain and Kayla Teeters; two great-great-grandchildren, Joshua and Lillian; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Mildred is preceded in death by a son, Timmy R. Chaplain, and two sisters.
A funeral service will be held at noon Friday, Jan. 22, at the Easton Church of God. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Easton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Easton Church of God, 1009 North Washington St., Easton, MD 21601.
PRESTON Mildred Irene Chaplain of Preston died on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2010, at the Memorial Hospital at Easton. She was 96.
Born on Nov. 13, 1913, in Centreville, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Emma Mullikin Stubbs. She attended the Little Red School House in Longwoods, where she would walk to school. It is then that she would come home to assist her mother with the family and help on the family farm.
Mildred worked at the local sewing factory and the dry cleaning plant; thereafter, taking a position with Memorial Hospital at Easton, where she remained for 50 years.
She worked as the supervisor of the linens department; later receiving employee of the year in 1983. At the age of 91, she was forced to stop working at the hospital and in return she was presented with a plaque from President George W. Bush for her 50 years of dedicated service at the hospital.
In the early 1930s, Mildred married her husband Tilghman Matthew Chaplain and they resided in Talbot County for the remainder of their life.
Mildred enjoyed stopping in to see patients at the hospital and offering words of encouragement, and always enabling herself to be a shoulder to lean on.
She lived and loved her family and her cats.
She is survived by a daughter, Patsy Plugge; a brother Harry "Buddy" Dyott Jr.; a sister, Pearl Sullivan; one grandchild, Tilghman "Jody" Chaplain and his wife Hope; two great-grandchildren, Tilghman Chaplain and Kayla Teeters; two great-great-grandchildren, Joshua and Lillian; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Mildred is preceded in death by a son, Timmy R. Chaplain, and two sisters.
A funeral service will be held at noon Friday, Jan. 22, at the Easton Church of God. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Easton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Easton Church of God, 1009 North Washington St., Easton, MD 21601.
Born on Nov. 13, 1913, in Centreville, she was the daughter of the late John Wesley and Emma Mullikin Stubbs. She attended the Little Red School House in Longwoods, where she would walk to school. It is then that she would come home to assist her mother with the family and help on the family farm.
Mildred worked at the local sewing factory and the dry cleaning plant; thereafter, taking a position with Memorial Hospital at Easton, where she remained for 50 years.
She worked as the supervisor of the linens department; later receiving employee of the year in 1983. At the age of 91, she was forced to stop working at the hospital and in return she was presented with a plaque from President George W. Bush for her 50 years of dedicated service at the hospital.
In the early 1930s, Mildred married her husband Tilghman Matthew Chaplain and they resided in Talbot County for the remainder of their life.
Mildred enjoyed stopping in to see patients at the hospital and offering words of encouragement, and always enabling herself to be a shoulder to lean on.
She lived and loved her family and her cats.
She is survived by a daughter, Patsy Plugge; a brother Harry "Buddy" Dyott Jr.; a sister, Pearl Sullivan; one grandchild, Tilghman "Jody" Chaplain and his wife Hope; two great-grandchildren, Tilghman Chaplain and Kayla Teeters; two great-great-grandchildren, Joshua and Lillian; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to her parents and husband, Mildred is preceded in death by a son, Timmy R. Chaplain, and two sisters.
A funeral service will be held at noon Friday, Jan. 22, at the Easton Church of God. Friends may call at the church one hour prior to the service. Burial will be held at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Easton.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Easton Church of God, 1009 North Washington St., Easton, MD 21601.
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