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Louise Dukes Singer

Posted 4/10/12

DENTON, Md. - Louise Dukes Singer, of Denton, died Monday, April 9, 2012, at the Caroline Nursing Home. She was 95. Born in Hynson, Md., on April 22, 1916, Mrs. Singer was the daughter of the late …

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Louise Dukes Singer

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DENTON, Md. - Louise Dukes Singer, of Denton, died Monday, April 9, 2012, at the Caroline Nursing Home. She was 95. Born in Hynson, Md., on April 22, 1916, Mrs. Singer was the daughter of the late Albert Gradles Dukes and Mary Catherine Stafford Dukes. Her husband of 69 years, Paul C. Singer, died Dec. 19, 2003. Mrs. Singer had lived in Caroline County all of her life and was a 1934 graduate of Caroline High School in Denton. She worked with her husband in their Denton Texaco station for many years and drove a Caroline County school bus in the 1960's and 1970's. In 1948, she organized the Denton Volunteer Fire Co. (DVFC) Auxiliary and was its first president. She was a Life Member of both the DVFC Auxiliary and the DVFC where she was an EMT and ambulance driver. She was active in the Caroline County Fireman's Association Auxiliary, numerous past presidencies (more than 25 years) of Delmarva Fireman's Association the MD State Fireman's Association, past president of the MD State Fireman's Association Auxiliary, and was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Denton where she was a past member of the Sarah Circle. She was also a Charter Member of the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association, having held the position of Secretary. Mrs. Singer is survived by one son, Robert D. Singer and his wife Jean of Denton; two grandsons, David W. Singer and his wife Anne of Chestertown, Md., and Wesley P. Singer and his wife Lucille of Greensboro, Md.; and one great-granddaughter, Ashley Kramer Singer and one step-great-granddaughter, Rachel Bradley. She was predeceased by three brothers, Carlton Dukes, Albert Dukes, and Ralph Dukes; and one sister, Dorothy Dukes. Funeral services will be 2 p.m., Saturday, April 14, at the Moore Funeral Home, P.A., 12 S. Second St. in Denton where friends may call from 6 until 8 on Friday evening. The interment will be in the Denton Cemetery, 24865 Meeting House Rd., Denton, MD 21629. The family suggests for friends to send memorial donations to the Denton Volunteer Fire Co., 400 S. Fifth Ave., Denton, MD 21629 or to the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association, PO Box 636, Easton, MD 21601. For online condolences, please go to moorefuneralhomepa.com.

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