Josephine Mariner, 80

HEBRON, Md. - Josephine Mariner, of Hebron, passed away on Monday, Sept. 29, 2008, at Wicomico Nursing Home, Salisbury. She was 80. She was born April 10, 1928, in Roxanna, Del., the daughter of the late Joseph Robert McCabe and Emma G. McCabe. She was a homemaker, being well known for her cooking and for the many cakes she made for the Hebron Carnival. She was an excellent seamstress. She was a member of the American Legion Post in Hebron and a member of the Ladies Auxiliary in Hebron. She is survived by six children, JoAnn Luffman of Fruitland, Raymond L. Mariner Jr. and his wife, Barbara, who was like a daughter, of Fruitland, William Robert Mariner and his wife Yvonne of Salisbury, Patsy Merrick and her husband Steve and Kenneth Mariner and his wife Stella, all of Seaford, Del., and Christine Armes and her husband Otis of Federalsburg; 11 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and a sister, Betty McCabe of Seaford. She was preceded in death by her husband, Raymond L. Mariner Sr.; a brother, William R. McCabe; and a granddaughter, Amy Lynn Windsor. Funeral services were held in the Framptom Funeral Home in Federalsburg, with Rev. Denzil Cheek officiating. Interment at the Eastern Shore Veterans Cemetery will be private. Memorial contributions may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, 209 C Milford St., Salisbury, MD 21804.