Samuel W. Willey, 91

GEORGETOWN - Samuel W. Willey, of Georgetown, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 13, 2008, in Green Valley Terrace Nursing Home, Millsboro. He was 91.

Mr. Willey was born July 15, 1916, in Bridgeville, son of the late William and Julia (Hudson) Willey.

Mr. Willey worked 50 years as a button cutter in the Georgetown area. He later repaired lawn mowers.

He and his beagles hunted rabbits for years.

In addition to his parents, Mr. Willey was preceded in death by his first wife, Grace Willey in 1956; his second wife, Pauline Messick Willey; a daughter, Beatrice Brittingham and her husband Dalton; a son, James G. Willey; a grandson, Robert Clark Brittingham; and his brother, Norman Willey.

He is survived by his daughter, Betty Byram of Littitz, Pa.; 8 grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; several stepchildren and step-grandchildren; a brother, William Willey Jr. of Federalsburg, Md.; and four sisters, Kathleen Cain and her husband Herbert of Harrington, Reene Petter and Mary Scott, both of Federalsburg, and Ruth Sweetman of California; and Bonnie Collins of Ocean View, who was like a daughter to him.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Monday in Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Dodd-Carey Chapel, 307 N. Bedford St., Georgetown, where the family will receive friends beginning at 10 a.m.

Interment will be at Hebron Cemetery, Del. 9 west of U.S. 113, Georgetown.

Doug Albert, Delaware Hospice Chaplain will be officiating.

Instead of flowers, the family suggest memorial contributions be made to Green Valley Terrace Nursing Home, 231 Washington St., Millsboro, DE 19966.