Mildred Tyler Bean

WESTMINSTER - Mildred Tyler Bean, 89, formerly of Cambridge, passed away Monday, Oct. 1, 2007, at the Carroll Hospital Center in Westminster.

She was born in Cambridge, May 18, 1918, and was a daughter of the late Allen and Frances Buckley Tyler.

She attended schools in Cambridge, and graduated from Cambridge High School in 1935 and took advanced classes in Interior Design at the Maryland Institute in Baltimore. On Jan. 1, 1937, she was married to Matthew C. Bean Sr. They made their home in Cambridge until 1942, at which time they moved to Towson. In 1980 they moved to Seaford, Del.

Mrs. Bean had been a member at St. Stephen"s Church in Towson from 1944 until 1978, and then transferred her membership to Grace United Methodist Church on North Charles Street in Baltimore. After moving to Seaford in 1980 she transferred to St. John"s United Methodist Church in Seaford.

Mrs. Bean was a past president of the Baltimore Yacht Club Mates from 1964 until 1966, member of the Three Arts Country Club of Homeland, Country Club of Maryland and was a member of the Towson-Uptown Lioness Club while she was a resident of Towson. While living in Seaford she was a Charter Member and Director of the Seaford Lioness Club, Acorn Club, Past Treasurer of the Nanticoke River Yacht Club, Historical Society and Leader of the Mary-Martha Circle of St. John"s United Methodist Church in 1986.

She had been a resident at the Beverly Nursing Center for the past three years and had been in failing health several months when she passed away on Monday.

Survivors include a daughter, Arden Tyler Bean Bothe of Winchester, Va.; seven grandchildren, Marshall Tyler Bowling, Holly Lee Bowling Marshall, Nicole Kerin Porter, Cortney Tyler Silk, Travis Bean, Troy Bean, Trevor Bean; a stepgrandson, Scott Patrick Bothe; 13 great-grandchildren and six great-great-grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.

In addition to her parents and her husband she was preceded in death by a son, Matthew Calvin Bean Jr. and by a brother, A. Russell Tyler.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday at the Thomas Funeral Home in Cambridge, with Monsignor Martin Field officiating. Burial will follow at Dorchester Memorial Park. A visitation will be held one hour prior to the service.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 114 Baptist St., Salisbury, MD 21801.