MARION STATION - Robert Henry Sterling, Sr., died Thursday, Mar. 9, 2017, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.
Born in Crisfield Jul. 29, 1926, he was the son of the late Newman and Lula Maye Sterling Wells. His wife, Janice Virginia Short Sterling, died May 5, 2013.
He was a farmer and a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He was a 40 year member and past president of the Marion Lions Club, and was a member of the Somerset County Farm Bureau. He loved his work, and loved spending time with his family.
Along with his parents and his wife, he was preceded in death by a son, Robert Henry Sterling, Jr. in 1990; a step-son, Perry Dennis Cooper in 2008; a sister, Virginia Maye Sterling; and an infant child.
He is survived by his step-daughter, Sharon Dickey and husband, Sergei, of Newark, Del.; a sister, Lula Anne Taylor and husband, Bob, of Parsonsburg; a half-brother, Charles Wells, of Crisfield; nine grandchildren, Robert H. Sterling, III, of Laurel, Del., Michael Ryan Sterling and wife, Amber, of Shelltown, Kristen McLaughlin and husband, Charlie, of Cordova, Tiffany Sterling, of Crisfield, John Sterling, of Dunkirk, Arnie Dunn and wife, Kristen, of Wilmington, Del., Sherri East and husband, Jack, of Crisfield, Sheila Kinzel and husband, Kris, of North Port, Fla, and Jill Tyler and husband, Morgan, of Hebron; his close family friends, John Townsend and Sammy Insley, of Crisfield; 18 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services officiated by the Rev. Charles Jacobson were Monday, Mar. 13, 2017, at 2 p.m., at Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home where a viewing was one hour prior. Interment followed in St. Paul's Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Quindocqua U. M. Church or Marion Lions Club.
Arrangements are in the care of Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home. To send condolences, please visit www.bradshawandsonsfuneralhome.com