(nee Bones) REHOBOTH BEACH - On October 1, 2014, Lorretta Polend of Rehoboth Beach, passed away after a long battle with breast cancer. Born in 1938, Lorretta was a native of Washington, D.C., where she graduated from Western High School. She worked briefly for the CIA and Groff & Groff Patent Attorneys before settling in for a more than 30 year career with Westinghouse. She and her late husband Bob Polend were avid square dancers and beach lovers. When she moved to Rehoboth Beach in 2003, Lorretta became active in the Delaware Cheer Centers, volunteering many, many hours welcoming members and participating in trips. Lorretta was an avid football fan and was always rooting for her Washington Redskins or Va Tech. She is survived by her son, Jamie (and his wife Amy) of Lewes; her sister, Dottie Hanson of Vienna, Va.; her nephew, Michael Hanson (and his wife Rhiannon); and great nephews, Rhys and Samuel; and great niece, Meghan of Arlington, Texas; her niece, Stacie Mobley (and husband William); and great niece, Maryann of Winterville, N.C.; and her cousin, Thomas Haynes and his children Tiffany and Jason of Fairfax, Va. Funeral Services will be 12 p.m., Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in the chapel of Short Funeral Services, 609 E. Market St., Georgetown, where friends may call for a visitation, 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, October 6, 2014 or 11 a.m. to 12 p.m., Tuesday, October 7, 2014. Interment will be 11 a.m., Thursday, October 9, 2014 at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, 3401 Bladensburg Road, Brentwood, MD 20722. In Lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to: Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition, 16529 Coastal Highway, Suite 116, Lewes, DE 19958 or Long Neck Cheer, 26089 Long Neck Road, Shoppes of Long Neck, Unit #7, Millsboro, DE 19966.