William H. Ash Jr., 85

SEAFORD - William H. Ash Jr., of Seaford, died on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital. He was 85. Mr. Ash retired from the Dupont Company in Seaford in 1985 after 33 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II. He was a lifetime fan of the New York Yankees, an avid fisherman and enjoyed carving wooded ducks. His wife Peggy died in 1995. He is survived by a son, Richard "Pete" Ash and his wife Fran of Seaford; two daughters, Brenda Adams and her husband James of Milford, and Sandra Thompson of Laurel; five grandchildren, Allison Ash, Bethany Ash, Jeanine Thompson, Kyle Thompson, Timothy Lord and his wife Laura; and two great-grandchildren, Brennan Lord and Kyle Thompson Jr.; and four sisters. Funeral Services and burial will be private. Arrangements by the Cranston Funeral Home, Seaford.