Madlyn Bethards, 84

LAUREL - Madlyn Bethards, age 84, of Laurel, died on Aug. 17, 2009, at the Seaford Center. She is survived by her husband, Josiah H. Bethards; two children, Robert E. Bethards and wife Deborah, and Cathy B. Taylor and husband Barry; four grandchildren, Jennifer Taylor, Jonathan Taylor, Emily, Josiah Bethards. A Mass of Christian Burial was held Friday, Aug. 21, at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 532 E. Stein Hwy., Seaford. A viewing was held Thursday, at the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, 700 West Street, Laurel. Interment followed in St. Paul's Episcopal Church Cemetery in Berlin, Md. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Madlyn memory to Delaware Hospice, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963.