Rev. Robert Donald Stover Sr.

Rev. Robert Donald Stover, Sr., 88, of Stevensville, MD went home to be with his Lord and Savior on February 1, 2013. Born in Baltimore, MD on June 23, 1924, he was the son of the late Nellie Boone Robertson King and Hartwell M. King. He attended school in Gwynn Falls High School in Baltimore, MD. He served in England in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II. When he returned home, he married Vera Florence Weidman of Baltimore, MD. Mr. Stover attended the Art School Institute of Maryland in Baltimore. He was a member of Carpenters Union Local 101 and retired from the United States Naval Academy in 1986. Reverend Stover attended Berean Bible college in Springfield, MO from 1984-1987, was ordained by the Association of Fundamental Ministers and Churches, Inc. in Springfield, MO that same year. He was a pastor of Friendship Community Church in Friendship, MD. Rev. Stover served as a Pray Advocate of the Peninsula Methodist Conference from 1983-1986; became a Certified Lay Speaker of the United Methodist Church in 1985; was a Minister of the Lay Witness Mission from 1981-1985; served as Secretary of the Trustees of Kent Island United Methodist Church from 1982-1985; earned a Certification from the American Bible Society in 1992; and was a Trustee of The Love church of Maryland under Dr. William M. Comfort. Rev. Stover received his Bachelor’s Degree in Ministry in 1994 from the Chesapeake Bible College and Seminary in Ridgely, MD. His passion was spreading the Gospel Word and doing missionary work at local nursing homes, including many years at Corsica Hills in Centreville, MD. Rev. Stover served missionary trips to Jamaica and Mexico. Rev. Stover was a former member of the Kent Island American Legion Post 278 and the Grasonville VFW Post 7464. He was an avid supporter of local cancer support groups and an individual top fund raiser for “Relay for Life”. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa Rosendale and her husband, Chris, of Centreville, MD; his sons, Robert D. Stover, Jr. and his wife, Martha, of Parsonsburg, MD and Mark David Stover and his wife, Denise, of Easton, MD; his grandchildren: Daniel Stover, Summer Strickland and her husband, Dusty, Cari Leith and her husband, Cailean, Chris Rosendale, III, and his wife, Sarah, and Rebecca Kellum and her husband, Willie; his great-grandchildren: Brayden Kellum, Regan Kellum, Gavin Leith, Christopher Rosendale, IV, Briar Strickland and Luchen Strickland; and his brother, Hartwell King of Stevensville, MD. He was preceded in death by his wife, Vera Stover; a son, Carl Stover; a daughter, Patricia Stover; and his sisters, Kathleen Jahnigen and Nancy Jewett. The things he loved were his Lord, his late wife, Vera, his family, driving his truck, and living on the Eastern Shore. The family will receive friends at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A. in Chester, MD on Wednesday, February 6 from 2-4 pm and 6-8 pm. A funeral will be held at 11 am on Thursday, February 7 at the Kent Island United Methodist Church in Chester, MD. Burial will follow in Stevensville Cemetery, Stevensville, MD. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Hospice of Queen Anne’s, Inc., 255 Comet Dr., Centreville, MD 21617. For online condolences, please visit www.fhnfuneralhome.com.

Rev. Robert Donald Stover Sr.

June 23, 1924 - February 1, 2013