Harrison Bernard "Hots" Connolley, 84

SEAFORD - Harrison Bernard "Hots" Connolley of Seaford died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2006, in Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford. He was 84.

Mr. Connolley was born June 21, 1922, in Ridgely, Md., son of the late Verona Hardesty and Carroll Connolley.

He was a supervisor at the Chrysler Plant, Newark, retiring in 1982 after 30 years of service. He then worked as a guard at Beebe Hospital in Lewes.

Mr. Connolley was a member of Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Henlopen Grange 20, and an auxiliary member of Little People of America, Ches-Del Bays Chapter, in which he was instrumental in helping to form.

He was a foster parent to 21 children.

Mr. Connolley had a great love for camping, fishing and crabbing.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his loving wife, Erma (Bramble) Connolley, whom he met at Heavens Gate on Nov. 18, many years ago; a grandson; a granddaughter; six brothers; and six sisters.

He is survived by two sons and two daughters-in-law, Keith and Pat Connolley of Seaford and Tom and Mary Connolley of Greencastle, Pa.; two daughters and a son-in-law, Linda and Roger Simmons of Gaffney, S.C., and Penny C. Connolley of Lewes; a brother, Charles Connolley of Warren, R.I.; two sisters, Ellen Stant Lazzeri of Camden and Henrietta Maloney of Milford; 11 granddaughters; a grandson; 15 great-grandchildren; and his extended family, including Edith and Chuck Benton of Palm Springs, Calif., Frances and Jim Shields of Delray Beach, Fla., and Janice Bramble of Millington, Md.

Mass of Christian burial will be 10 a.m. Wednesday in Our Lady of Lourdes Roman Catholic Church, Stein Highway, Seaford.

Graveside services will follow at 2 p.m. in Lewes Presbyterian Church Yard.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday in Watson-Yates Funeral Home, Front and King streets, Seaford.

Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial to Ches-Del Bays Chapter 64, 405 Ivory Lane, Newark, DE 19702.