Bertha M. Joseph, 83

GEORGETOWN - Bertha M. Joseph of Georgetown passed away Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007, at her home. She was 83.

Mrs. Joseph was born June 7, 1924, in Georgetown, to the late Walter and Alice (Parker) Betts.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Norman E. Joseph; and by her daughter, Thelma Short, who passed in 1969.

Mrs. Joseph was a member of the Mt. Olivet Brethren Church, Shortly Road, Georgetown.

She worked as a caregiver at Stockley Center, Georgetown, for a number of years.

She loved being with family and friends, loved her church and loved attending family functions.

Mrs. Joseph is survived by two aunts, Pearldean Parker of Greenwood and and Sarah Parker of Georgetown; her close cousins, Madeleine Lewis and Margaret Conaway, both of Laurel, Annabel Hignutt of Seaford, Ellery Parker of Georgetown and Isabelle Morris of Raleigh, N.C.; a sister-in-law, Ruth M. Hitchens; and other family members, nieces, nephews, other cousins and a group of very special friends and neighbors.

Services will be 1 p.m. Thursday in the Watson Funeral Home, 211 S. Washington St., Millsboro, where friends may call two hours prior.

The Rev. Jerry Fike will officiate the service.

Interment will be in Millsboro Cemetery.

Instead of flowers, the family asks for contributions to FMC–Mid-Sussex County (Dialysis Unit), 34 Georgetown Plaza, Georgetown, DE 19947.