Pearl M. Spanish, 85

ELLENDALE - Pearl M. Spanish, of Ellendale, died Friday, Feb. 27, 2008, at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury, Md. She was 85. She was born Feb. 8, 1924, in Milford to the late Alonzo and Mary Jones Hammond. Pearl enjoyed the outdoors, especially the woods. This past year she went deer hunting and got two deer. She always had a huge garden every year. She loved people, and looked forward going to Greenwood Cheer Center where she was a member. She was also a member of the Greenwood VFD Ladies Auxiliary and attended Oakley Community Church in Ellendale. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph. She was survived by special friends who she lived with the past three years, Roberta and Wayne Smith of Ellendale; a niece, Nancy Lyons and her husband Gene of Seaford; and extended family and friends. Services will be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Delaware Hospice, 100 Patriots Way, Milford, DE 19963. Arrangements by Fleischauer Funeral Home, Greenwood.