SALISBURY - Colleen Vaughn Sterling, 85, died Sunday, July 8, 2012, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center in Salisbury. Born in Crisfield on May 29, 1927, she was a daughter of the late Vaughn and Emma Landon Sterling. She was a graduate of Crisfield High School and attended Nassawadox School of Nursing. She was a retired LPN working at McCready Memorial Hospital in Crisfield and the former Springhill Nursing Home in Salisbury. A member of the Crisfield Wesleyan Church, she loved cooking, reading the Bible, and was a very good self-taught piano player. She also donated to numerous charities that were very special to her including the Humane Society, Salvation Army, Feed the Children, and Disabled Veterans. Along with her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Sharon Ford; her husbands, Sidney Oscar Landon and "Bus" Sterling; and a niece. She is survived by two children, Darrell Landon and wife Cathie of Washington, D.C. and Carla Carter and husband Richard of Berlin; two sisters, Vonie Beety and husband Gil of Snow Hill and Maureen "Bowen" Ward of Salisbury; four grandchildren, Kristin DiCintio and husband Dennis of Fruitland, Kathryn Landon of Fairfax, Va., Suzanne Tromans and husband Phil of Fairfax, Va., and Stephanie Landon of Falls Church, Va.; five great-grandchildren, Koby, Kiley and Karter DiCintio, and Josephine and Henry Tromans; and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Wednesday, July 11, 2012, at Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home in Crisfield where friends called one hour prior. The Rev. Robert Daniels officiated. Interment was in Crisfield Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to The Humane Society of Somerset County, P.O. Box 493, Princess Anne, MD 21853. To send condolences to the family, please visit www.bradshawandsonsfuneralhome.com.