DOVER - Theresa Belle Jensen, of Dover, passed away Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010, in Courtland Manor Nursing Home. She was 85. Theresa was born on Aug. 1, 1925, in Lancaster, Pa., daughter of the late Frank and Anna (McGuigan) Myhre. She had worked as a paper hanger and also a designer/contractor. Theresa's many organizations included Patchwork Theatre Guild, Homemakers Club, Downs of DE (Tessy Bell), Meals on Wheels, DE State Police, Kent General Hospital, DAFB Hospital, Ag Museum, and Bombay Hook Refuge. Her hobbies included painting, reading, sewing, needlework, travel and family genealogy. Theresa was preceded in death by John C. Sinclair, father of her eight children in 1987; and two brothers, Frank Myhre and John Myhre. She is survived by her devoted companion, Bill Carpenter; daughter, Arlene Stockwell and her husband Jim of New Castle; daughter, Carol Pippin and her husband John of Center Point, W.Va.; daughter, Kathleen Gardner and her husband Wilson of Clayton; son, John Sinclair and his wife Connie of Wyoming; son, Steven Sinclair and his wife Margie of Clayton; daughter, Marylee Ross of Fruitland, Md.; son, Michael Sinclair of Sandston, Va.; and son, Scott Sinclair and his wife Barbara of Glenn Allen, Va.; 17 grandchildren, 23 great-grandchildren, and two great-great-grandchildren; three sisters, Joan Fehrle of Sea Isle City, N.J., Pat Myers of Estelle Manor, N.J., and Ann Kester of Malvern, Pa. Services are private at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery in Vineland, N.J. Arrangements are by Pippin Funeral Home, Wyoming. Letters of condolences can be sent via
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