E. Madelyn Hearn, 86

LAUREL - E. Madelyn Hearn, died on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, in Lifecare at Lofland Park in Seaford. She was 86. Madelyn was born in Laurel, a daughter of the late Wm. Raymond Hearn and Leila E. Hearn. She was also preceded in death by her siblings Pearl Reynolds, and Wm. Harold Hearn. Mrs. Hearn was a graduate of Laurel High School's class of 1940. She was also a graduate of Goldey Business College. Madelyn retired as a supervisor for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company in Salisbury. After retirement she worked for several businesses, with the last being Nanticoke Cardiology in Seaford. She attended Messiah's Vineyard Church in Laurel. She is survived by her sister, Ruth H. Lewis, of Laurel; her brothers, Martin T. Hearn and his wife Mary Catherine Hearn, of Laurel, and E. Ross Hearn, of Stratford, N.J.; a sister-in-law, Edna M. Hearn; a brother-in-law, Linford Reynolds; and several nieces and nephews. A Funeral Service will be 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, at the Hannigan, Short, Disharoon Funeral Home, 700 West St., Laurel, where a viewing will be one hour prior to the service. The Rev. Dr. Carl Vincent will officiate. Internment will follow in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made in her memory to Messiah's Vineyard Church, P.O. Box 60, Laurel, DE 19956; or Vistas Hospice, 100 Commerce Drive, Suite 302, Newark, DE 19713.