Leona B. Aaron

CAMBRIDGE - Leona B. Aaron, 93, passed away on Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007 at Chesapeake Woods Center.

She was born on March 22, 1914 in Cambridge and was a daughter of the late Leland and Alice LeCompte Beckwith.

Mrs. Aaron graduated from Cambridge Seminary. On Oct. 28, 1933 she married Vernon A. Aaron who passed away on July 1, 2005. They were married for 73 years.

In her earlier years she had worked at a sewing factory, then worked at Whitey's and finally Life'O'Gen from where she retired.

Some of her hobbies were cooking, canning, crocheting and flower gardening. She was a member of Immanuel United Church of Christ.

Mrs. Aaron is survived by a daughter, Marian A. Fleischer of Dover; grandchildren, Debbie L. Waldron of Dover and Scott L. Waldron and wife, Joanne of Hunt Valley; a great-grandson, Scott L. Waldron Jr.; a sister, Rachel Mayne of Cambridge and a brother, Leland Beckwith East New Market, several nieces and nephews.

Besides her parents and her husband, she was preceded in death by her son-in-law, Robert D. Fleischer and a sister, Clara Spedden.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, at Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge with the Rev. A. Delmer Willey Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at Greenlawn Cemetery. A visitation will be one hour prior to the service.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Humane Society of Dorchester County, P.O. Box 132, Cambridge, MD 21613.