Elsie L. Steerman, 86 HARRINGTON - Elsie L. Steerman, of Harrington, died Friday, July 9, 2010, in the Hospice Center of Milford. She was 86. During WWII, Mrs. Steerman worked in Baltimore at an aircraft factory. She also worked at Quillen's Market of Harrington for many years as a cashier, as well as a housewife who took care of her family. She loved to crotchet and along with her late husband, they would always grow a big garden. She would then can everything that she could from it. Her family was her life. She made sure she always took Tammy to band practice, and her sons to their baseball games, which she enjoyed watching. She always made holidays special, especially Christmas time. She went all out to make sure everyone had a good Christmas. Later in life, she enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She will be remembered as loving and kind and will be sadly missed. The family would like to extend special thanks to the nurses on 2 West at Bayhealth-Milford Memorial Hospital and the Delaware Hospice Center, Milford, for their special care and support of Mrs. Steerman. She was preceded in death by her parents, Wirt and Violet Smith; husband, Warren G. Steerman; two children, Shirley and Gary Steerman; brothers, Gayle, Kemp, Glenn, and Stanley Smith; sisters, Jean Lowther, Mary Lee Collins, and Betty June Smith. She is survived by sons, Warren G. Steerman and wife Connie of Harrington, Terry L. Steerman and wife Terri of Harrington; daughters, Linda L. Melton and husband James of Pendleton, S.C., and Tammy S. Shahan and husband Donald Jr. of Harrington; eight grandchildren; and ten great-grandchildren; brother, William Smith of Bealton, Va.; sisters, Madeline Eckes of Buckhannon, W.Va., and Virginia Ellis of Wilmington. Funeral services will be 12 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, in Rock Cave Independent Baptist Church, Rock Cave, W.Va., where friends may call one hour prior. Interment will follow at McCutchen Chapel Cemetery, Lewis County, W.Va. Local Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Monday, July 12, in Melvin Funeral Home, 15522 S. DuPont Hwy., Harrington, DE 19952. Instead of flowers, family request donations to Delaware Hospice Center, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963. Arrangements are by the Melvin Funeral Home, Harrington.