Hazel M. Salmons Downes

FEDERALSBURG - Hazel M. Salmons Downes, 81, passed away on Friday, Sept. 21, 2007, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital in Seaford, Del.

She was born near Eldorado, on Dec. 27, 1925, the daughter of the late Phillip C. Speorl and Carrie Bramble Speorl. She was preceded in death by her husbands, Norman Charles Salmons in 1965 and John "Jack" Downes in 2000.

She was a certified nurse assistant in which she had worked at the Methodist Manor House in Seaford and also had done private duty sitting.

She enjoyed doing crafts, knitting and working in her garden. She enjoyed spending time with her family which included Sunday family dinners.

She is survived by six daughters, Sandra Swafford of Lewes, Del., Gloria Osterman and her husband, John of Federalsburg, Brenda Tribbett and her husband, Harry, Beverly Jean Richards, Barbara Layton and her husband, George, all of Bridgeville, Bonnie Travers of Federalsburg; 11 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Carl Speorl and his wife, Edna of Newark, Del., and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by four sisters, Dorothy Stidham, Lillian Layton, Hilda Swain and Betty Wilson.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Monday, at Framptom Funeral Home, P.A. in Federalsburg. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from noon to 2 p.m. Burial at Hill Crest Cemetery will be private.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Bonnie Hilghman Cancer Fund, c/o Mid-Shore Community Foundation, 102 East Dover St., Easton, MD 21601.