Frances Landon "Tink" Bradshaw, 81

CRISFIELD - Frances Landon "Tink" Bradshaw, 81, died Friday, Sept. 7, 2007, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake in Salisbury.

Born in Crisfield on April 10, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Irma Ward Landon. Her husband, Arthur Fred Bradshaw, died July 23, 2004.

A graduate of Crisfield High School"s class of 1943, and a member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Crisfield, she was a home health aid who loved all her patients. Her last three patients, Mrs. Green of Rehobeth, Mrs. Williams of Pocomoke, and Mrs. Yeager of Princess Anne, adopted her as family and helped with her care during her illness.

She is survived by four children, Cynthia "Tutti" Sterling, Michael "Bo" Sterling, and Bruce Bradshaw, all of Crisfield and Briget Simpkins and her husband Rex of Eden; one brother, Wallace Landon of Crisfield; six grandchildren, Lynda Warner and her husband Mike of Texas, Gene Ward Jr. and his wife Jess of North Carolina, Gretchen Fritz and her husband Jason of Connecticut, Rachel and Emma Simpkins of Eden and Jessica Lynn Bradshaw of Chincoteague, Va.; six great-grandchildren, Autumn, Sarah and Shannon Fritz, Sabrina Warner, and Erin and Ashleigh Ward; and several nieces and nephews.

Along with her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by a brother, Richard Landon.

Funeral services were held Sunday at Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home in Crisfield. The Rev. Jeffrey James and Pastor Charles Adams officiated. Burial followed in Sunnyridge Memorial Park in Crisfield.

Memorial contributions are requested to be sent to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, MD 21802-1733 or Asbury U. M. Church Memorial Fund, c/o Beth Clough, 9 Heron Way, Crisfield, MD 21817.

Arrangements were in the care of Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home in Crisfield.