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Michael Dennis O'Ferrall
Posted 5/20/07
Michael Dennis O'Ferrall, 68 MARYDEL - Michael Dennis O'Ferrall of Marydel passed away Friday, May 18, 2007, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. He was 68. Born on March 31, 1939, near Barber, …
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Michael Dennis O'Ferrall
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Michael Dennis O'Ferrall, 68
MARYDEL - Michael Dennis O'Ferrall of Marydel passed away Friday, May 18, 2007, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. He was 68.
Born on March 31, 1939, near Barber, Md., he was one of nine children to Elsie V. (Campbell) O'Ferrall and the late James H. O'Ferrall.
He was a graduate of Sudlersville High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he served primarily in Germany as a heavy equipment operator. After the Army he became a plumber and worked 19 years with the Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Local Union 782 in Seaford. Later he owned and operated a contracting company before retiring.
Michael was a part-time professional bluegrass musician who played with many bands including Bill Harrell and the Virginians, Special Blend and the Kent County Ramblers. He served several posts and was an active member with the Eastern Shore Bluegrass Association. He was a well known and respected statesman within the bluegrass community.
He was preceded in death by his father; two sisters, Kathleen Winterstein and Patricia "Tish" Matthews; and a brother, James Patrick O'Ferrall.
Mr. O'Ferrall is survived by his mother, Elsie V. O'Ferrall of Green Valley, Ariz.; a son, Shawn O'Ferrall and his wife Jodianne of Wilmington; a daughter, Jennifer Lynch of Wilmington; a granddaughter, Madelyn O'Ferrall; his fiancee, Pamela Thompson of Marydel, and her three children and five grandchildren, Billy Joe Thompson and his daughter Stacey of Marydel, Robert Thompson and his wife Leonda and their children Shelby and Emma of Buffton, Ind., and Tammy Lowery and her husband David and their daughters Nikki and Desiree of Bear; two brothers, Robert L. O'Ferrall and his wife Jean of Willards, Md., and William H. O'Ferrall and his wife Margaret of San Angelo, Texas; three sisters, Sharon K. Miller and her husband James of Tucson, Ariz., Betty Ann Hood of Lampasas, Texas, and Lois Baker of Trappe, Md.; and his former wife, Lore O'Ferrall of Dover.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home, 212 N. Broad St., Middletown, where family and friends may call one hour prior to services. Interment will be private.
Letters of condolences may be sent and guestbook signed at www.daniels-hutchison.com.
MARYDEL - Michael Dennis O'Ferrall of Marydel passed away Friday, May 18, 2007, at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. He was 68.
Born on March 31, 1939, near Barber, Md., he was one of nine children to Elsie V. (Campbell) O'Ferrall and the late James H. O'Ferrall.
He was a graduate of Sudlersville High School and a veteran of the U.S. Army, where he served primarily in Germany as a heavy equipment operator. After the Army he became a plumber and worked 19 years with the Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Local Union 782 in Seaford. Later he owned and operated a contracting company before retiring.
Michael was a part-time professional bluegrass musician who played with many bands including Bill Harrell and the Virginians, Special Blend and the Kent County Ramblers. He served several posts and was an active member with the Eastern Shore Bluegrass Association. He was a well known and respected statesman within the bluegrass community.
He was preceded in death by his father; two sisters, Kathleen Winterstein and Patricia "Tish" Matthews; and a brother, James Patrick O'Ferrall.
Mr. O'Ferrall is survived by his mother, Elsie V. O'Ferrall of Green Valley, Ariz.; a son, Shawn O'Ferrall and his wife Jodianne of Wilmington; a daughter, Jennifer Lynch of Wilmington; a granddaughter, Madelyn O'Ferrall; his fiancee, Pamela Thompson of Marydel, and her three children and five grandchildren, Billy Joe Thompson and his daughter Stacey of Marydel, Robert Thompson and his wife Leonda and their children Shelby and Emma of Buffton, Ind., and Tammy Lowery and her husband David and their daughters Nikki and Desiree of Bear; two brothers, Robert L. O'Ferrall and his wife Jean of Willards, Md., and William H. O'Ferrall and his wife Margaret of San Angelo, Texas; three sisters, Sharon K. Miller and her husband James of Tucson, Ariz., Betty Ann Hood of Lampasas, Texas, and Lois Baker of Trappe, Md.; and his former wife, Lore O'Ferrall of Dover.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Tuesday at Daniels & Hutchison Funeral Home, 212 N. Broad St., Middletown, where family and friends may call one hour prior to services. Interment will be private.
Letters of condolences may be sent and guestbook signed at www.daniels-hutchison.com.
