Maxine V. Harden, 91
November 18, 1930 - March 23, 2022
SALISBURY, Md. - Maxine Vandevander Harden passed away peacefully with her family by her side on March 23, 2022. She was born on November 18, 1930, in Arbovale, W.Va. to her late parents, Wesley Newton Vandevander and Lora Ena Rader Vandevander. Maxine was a graduate of Green Bank High School in Pocahontas County, W.Va. and West Virginia Business College in Fairmont, W.Va. She moved to Salisbury in 1960 when her late husband, Robert Edwin Harden Jr., transferred to Salisbury, Md. with Texaco Oil Company. Widowed in 1975 at age 45, Maxine returned to the workforce for the first time since marriage. She worked as an Administrative Assistant at Salisbury University in the Information Technology department. Maxine retired in 2011 after 30 years of service to the university. She was a 50+ year member of Asbury United Methodist Church in Salisbury, active member of the United Methodist Women Circle Dorcas, and past member of the Altar Guild.
She was a loving mother and grandmother with the spiritual gift of helps to her family and friends. Maxine's greatest joy was having all her family and extended family together.
Maxine is survived by three daughters, Kimberly Collison and her husband, Michael, of Marietta, Ga., Robin Holloway, and her husband, John, of Salisbury, Md., and Lori Smoot, and her husband Bart, of Salisbury, Md.; three grandchildren, Jenna Khan and her husband, Shahriar, of New York City, N.Y., Jonathan Holloway, and his wife, Britta, of Salisbury, Md., and Alex Smoot of Salisbury, Md.; two step-grandchildren, Brian Collison, and his wife, Roseanne, of Aurora, Colo. and Greg Collison, and his wife, Amanda, of Lafayette, Calif.; one great-granddaughter, Razia Khan; five step-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mary Cassell of Arbovale, W.Va. and Arlene Rexrode of Arbovale, W.Va.; and numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.
In addition to her parents; Maxine was preceded in death by her husband, Robert E. Harden Jr.; and three siblings, Ruth Pugh, Leona Simmons, and John Vandevander, Sr.
A Visitation for family and friends will be held today, Thursday, March 31, 2022, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Holloway Funeral Home, 501 Snow Hill Road, Salisbury, MD 21804.
A Funeral Service will be held on Friday, April 1, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801. Family will receive guests 1-hour prior to the service from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Details of a live webcast will be available on Maxine's online obituary at www.HollowayFH.com. Interment will take place immediately following at Parsons Cemetery in Salisbury, Md.
Memorial contributions may be made to Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD 21801, or Salisbury Urban Ministries, 326 Barclay Street, Salisbury, MD 21804.