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Olean Maclane

Posted 2/14/07

Olean Maclane, 96 BRIDGEVILLE - Olean Maclane of Bridgeville died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, in Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. She was 96. Ms. Maclane was born Aug. 8, 1911, in …

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Olean Maclane

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Olean Maclane, 96

BRIDGEVILLE - Olean Maclane of Bridgeville died Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, in Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. She was 96.

Ms. Maclane was born Aug. 8, 1911, in Durham, N.C.

She was employed by Fleetwood Farms in Laurel for many years.

Ms. Maclane was a member of Church of God in Seaford, where she served board in the dining hall.

Her favorite songs were, "There's a Bright Side Somewhere" and "I've Learned How to Lean and Depend on Jesus." She loved to sew and cook pastries.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert and Mary Elliot Banks; four sisters, Elizabeth Banks, Thelma Clarke, Hattie Pitts and Gladys Badger; and a nephew, Christopher Brewer.

She is survived by five sisters, Maebell Joyner and Daisey Pinder of Bridgeville, Edna Dillard of Salisbury, Allenzine Joseph of Wilmington and Arletha Brown of Seaford; three nieces, Gladys Brewer of Bridgeville, Monterey Brewer of Georgetown and Helen Brewer; two nephews, Willie Howard and Luther Pladgett, both of Florida and a host of great nieces and nephews and great-great nieces and nephews.

Services were Feb. 10 in Mount Olive Baptist Church, Bridgeville.

Burial was Feb. 13 in Mount Calvary A.M.E. Church Cemetery, Concord.

Arrangements by Young's Funeral Home, Seaford.

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