Ruth Wilson Laws
SALISBURY — Ruth Wilson Laws, 81, of Salisbury, died Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Coastal Hospice at the Lake.
Born in Salisbury May 23, 1933, Ruth was a daughter of the late Royce B. and Belva Wilson. When Ruth was five, the family moved to their farm in Dorchester County, Puckum, where her father farmed for many years. After graduating from Federalsburg High in 1951, Ruth moved to Salisbury and worked downtown at Hess, Benjamin’s and Ted Winkler’s — loving every minute of it, especially the New York buying trips.
Ruth W. Laws
Even though she was a “farm girl,” as she often said, she was also a “fashion girl,” in the words of one of her granddaughters.
On April 28, 1957, she married Richard M. Laws of Salisbury. Dick and Ruth spent practically every minute together, working in the family business, 64th Street Market, in Ocean City, in Annapolis when Dick was a delegate in the Maryland State Legislature, or at Delight Farm, their home near Hebron. They could often be seen in the fall and winter riding down the corn rows near the farm on their horses Leroy and Pill, or foxhunting with the Wicomico Hunt, of which they were longtime members. Ruth’s happiest moments when foxhunting were at the close of the day, when she would wrap her arms around Pill’s sweaty neck and thank him for keeping her alive through one more chase.
Ruth is survived by a son, Richard M. Laws Jr. and his wife, Wendy, a daughter, Cathy L. Hyneman and her husband, Roger; and granddaughters Shelby, Melissa and Ashley Laws, and Kelsey and Caroline Hyneman. She is also survived by her brother-in-law, Daniel Doub Stoner, of Seaford, and nephews, J. Brooke Willson of Glen Allen, Va., Bill Laws, of Salisbury, and Joe O’Brien, of Marydel, Del.
In addition to her husband, who died in 2009, preceding her in death were her parents and sister, Carolyn W. Stoner, of Seaford.
A funeral service will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at Bounds Funeral Home, 705 E. Main Street in Salisbury, with visitation at 1 p.m. Interment will follow in Wicomico Memorial Park in Salisbury. Donations in Ruth’s memory may be made to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802.
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Ishbel Currie McBride
OCEAN PINES — Ishbel Currie McBride, age 91, passed away on March 31, 2015 at Catered Living in Ocean Pines.
Born in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Ronald and Elizabeth Currie MacManes. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband of 55 years, James B. McBride in 2003.
Ish is survived by her son, Kirk McBride and his wife Lynne Lockhart of Berlin, and daughter Elizabeth Kopack and her husband David of Arnold, Md. She was an adored grandmother to Andrew McBride, Megan Charles, Justyn Kopack, Natalie Kopack Ray, Meredith Kopack and great-grandchildren Brooke Kopack Ware and August Kopack Ware.
Ishbel graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School and was employed at United Clay before her marriage. She and her husband Mac raised a family first in Hyattsville then College Park, Md. where she became an active member of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, College park Women’s Club and avid University of Maryland sports fan. Later she worked for SCAN Furniture before retiring in Ocean Pines in 1984.
Retirement afforded her time to enjoy her family, especially the five grandchildren. She spent many hours playing golf with the Ocean Pines 18-holers, worked as a volunteer at Atlantic General Hospital, took an active role in the Sinepuxent Chapter of The Questers, and St. Paul’s by the Sea Episcopal Church. Ish and Mac enjoyed several trips traveling the world and loved spending winter months in Puerto Rico with a group of their Ocean Pines friends.
A memorial service will be held in June, her favorite month. The day and time will be announced at a later date. In lieu of flowers, a donation in her memory may be made to Coastal Hospice, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, Md. 21802-1733.
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