Grace (Ritter) Lafferty, 73

LEWES - Grace (Ritter) Lafferty of Lewes passed away Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes. She was 73.

Mrs. Lafferty was born June 24, 1933, in Lewes, daughter of the late Lewes Chief of Police Lynn Ritter and Amelia (Rogers) Ritter.

She was a 1951 graduate of Lewes High School and a 1953 graduate of Goldey-Beacom College.

She worked for the city of Wilmington in the Water Department, and with the State of Delaware, Mosquito Control Division, Lewes. She was also employed at Fort Miles military base at Cape Henlopen in the latter part of 1950.

Mrs. Lafferty was married to the late Captain Mervyn "Buzz" Lafferty Jr., who died in 1984, a Delaware River and Bay pilot. She and her husband owned and operated the Corners Inn in the 1970s at Westcoats Corner, Lewes.

She was a member of the Lewes Presbyterian Church.

Mrs. Lafferty spent many winters in the Fort Myers and Naples area on the west coast of Florida.

She is survived by a son, John M. Lafferty of Lewes; two daughters, Linette Greener and her husband Lance of Milton and Lacey Lafferty of Lewes; two granddaughters, Casey Greener and Lacey Lynn Lafferty; a grandson, Lance Greener Jr.; and a great-granddaughter, Ella Madelyn Hoefler.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday in Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Atkins-Lodge Chapel, 16961 Kings Highway, Lewes, where friends may call one hour prior to the service.

Pastor Gary Hayden will be officiating.

Interment will follow at Bethel Methodist Cemetery, Savannah Road, Lewes.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to the Delaware S.P.C.A., ATTN: Jerry Linkerhof, 22918 DuPont Blvd., Georgetown, DE 19947.