SALISBURY - Elsie Dougherty died Monday, Mar. 6, 2017, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center. Born in Auburn, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Frank and Mary Nicpon who emigrated from Poland in the late 1800s.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years, Edwin James Dougherty, in 2004; and six brothers and sisters.
She is survived by three children, Christine Knights, Dan Dougherty and Gerry Dougherty; nine grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She and her husband moved to Salisbury in 1963, and just returned from living the last five years in New Mexico.
She will be interred with her husband in the Maryland Veterans Cemetery Eastern Shore. Arrangements are in the care of Bounds Funeral Home in Salisbury.