Shirley June Maslin Spry, 84

CHESTERTOWN, Md. - Shirley June Maslin Spry of Chestertown died Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, in Chester River Hospital Center, Chestertown. She was 84.

Mrs. Spry was born June 11, 1922, in Chestertown, daughter of the late Wallace Miller and Margaret Angeline Lingerfelt Maslin.

She was a 1939 graduate of Chestertown High School.

On June 14, 1940, she married John Benjamin Spry Jr. and they made their home in Chestertown.

She worked in the office for Home Beneficial Life Insurance Co. for several years before retirement.

Mrs. Spry was a member of Christ United Methodist Church and enjoyed playing cards.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Benjamin Spry Jr., Nov. 6, 2002; and a daughter, Benita Hyland in 2001.

She is survived by two sons, John B. Spry III of Chestertown and Bob Spry of Fredericksburg, Va.; two daughters, Linda Laye Miller of Dover, Del. and Mary June Beales of Chestertown; 17 grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, where friends may call one hour earlier.

Burial will follow in Crumpton Cemetery.

Grandchildren will be serving as pallbearers.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Chestertown Volunteer Fire Co., P.O. Box 296, Chestertown, MD 21620; or Kent & Queen Anne"s Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 126, Chestertown, MD 21620.

Arrangements by Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, Chestertown.