Della Windsor Hastings SEAFORD - Della Windsor Hastings, of Seaford, died peacefully at the Guest Wing of the Hospice House, Easton, Md., on July 4, 2010, after a brief illness. Mrs. Hastings was born on Aug. 21, 1916, in Laurel, the only child of Clayton G. and Mary W. Elliott. She graduated from Laurel High School in 1934. After high school, she attended what is now Goldey-Beacom College, then in down town Wilmington. She was married to James B. Windsor for seven years until their divorce in 1943. Mrs. Hastings worked at the Nanticoke Memorial Hospital from 1952 – 1973, rising to the position of Comptroller. In 1944, she married Paul B. Hastings and they operated a grain and dairy farm near Middleford. After retiring from the hospital, she worked for Windsor's Flowers in Rehoboth Beach for several years. Mrs. Hastings was married to Paul B. Hastings for 64 years before his death in 2008. She is survived by her daughter, Nancy H. Klein and her husband Michael J. Klein; and her sons, James C. Windsor and his wife Janet H. Windsor, P. Gary Hastings and Steven E. Hastings and his wife Jeanne Walter-Hastings. She is also survived by her grand children Jill Rice, Jenifer Caudill, James H. Windsor, Amy Billy, Timothy Hastings, Christopher Hastings, Scott Walter, Hannah Hastings and Rebecca Hastings and eight great-grand children. A graveside service for the family was held at Odd Fellows Cemetery in Laurel on Friday July 9, 2010, at 11 a.m. The family requests donations in Mrs. Hastings' name be made to Delaware Hospice, 100 Patriots Way, Milford DE, 19963 or the Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601.