MARDELA SPRINGS - Katherine "Kathy" Stanley Rounds died Friday, Aug. 4, 2017, at Wicomico Nursing Home. Born in Roxborough, Pa., she was the daughter of the late Mark and Esther Hansberry Stanley.
She graduated from Roxborough High School in 1952 and went to work for Birdcoal Co., working her way up to Secretary to the President. In 1956, she and her husband, Samuel Rounds, moved to Mardela Springs to become farmers, a job she loved. When Northwestern Elementary School opened its new cafeteria, she became its manager, a job she held for nine years. The Rounds Family owned and operated Hill Top Market from 1976 until their retirement in 2004.
She is survived by three children; Samuel Irvin Rounds, Cindy Hochmuth and Sandra Shockley, all of Mardela Springs; four grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; two sisters, Esther Steed and Evelyn Crabill; and several nieces and nephews. Her husband passed away in November of 2013.
A funeral service was held Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017, at Holloway Funeral Home in Salisbury.