Marguerite (Bowers) Whitlock, 84

DELMAR - Marguerite Bowers Whitlock of Delmar, formerly of Seaford, died Saturday, Aug. 4, 2007, in Delmar Nursing and Rehabilitation, Delmar. She was 84.

Mrs. Whitlock was born in Seaford, daughter of the late Hattie (Larrimore) and Percy Frederick Bowers.

She was a self-employed seamstress.

Mrs. Whitlock was a member of Mount Olivet United Methodist Church, Seaford, and a lifetime member and past president of the Ladies Auxiliary, Virgil Wilson VFW Post 4961, Veterans of Foreign Wars.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Bruce Earl Whitlock, in 2000; a brother, Alton Bowers; two sisters, Jane Phillips and Charlene Tubbs; and a daughter-in-law, Carol Lord Ellingsworth.

She is survived by two sons and a daughter-in-law, Fred L. Ellingsworth of Laurel, and Vernon R. Jr. and Barbara Ellingsworth of Millsboro; a sister, Ann Wingate of Laurel; three grandchildren, Scott Ellingsworth, Jessica Hudson and Noell Warren; and four great-grandchildren.

Services will be 1 p.m. Wednesday in Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front and King streets, Seaford, where friends may call one hour earlier.

Burial will be in Blades Cemetery, Blades.