Harriett Virginia (Dwyer) Cottrell, 78

ROCK HALL, Md. - Harriett Virginia (Dwyer) Cottrell of Rock Hall, died on July 9, 2007, at Chester River Hospital Center. She was 78.

She was born in Lynch on Aug. 6, 1928, daughter of the late Frank Dwyer and Hazel B. D. Norris.

Mrs. Cottrell was educated at St. Stephens in Bradshaw.

She resided in Edgewood where she worked as a telephone operator and later lived in upstate New York where she worked with Hudson Pulp and Paper Co. for eight years.

She was married to Leroy J. Cottrell on May 27, 1967. He preceded her in death on Jan. 11, 1983.

Mrs. Cottrell has resided in Rock Hall since the late 1980s. She enjoyed fishing, cooking, her friends and living on Long Cove.

She is survived by many friends.

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Thursday in Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, 130 Speer Rd., Chestertown.

Burial will be in Still Pond Cemetery.

Instead of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Kent and QA Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 126, Chestertown, Md.; or Rock Hall Volunteer Fire Co., P.O. Box 577, Rock Hall, MD 21661.