Anna G. Haley

Anna G. Haley of Easton, MD passed away peacefully on Thanksgiving Day, November 22, 2007 at Talbot Hospice House, Easton, MD. She was 93. Born October 23, 1914, in Emmitsburg, MD, she was one of 7 children of the late Felix A. and Mary Hardman Stouter. She attended St. Joseph High School in Emmitsburg until the completion of the 11th grade, leaving school after the sudden death of her father. She lived briefly in Gettysburg, PA where she worked for the Phillip’s Family Sewing Factory as a floor supervisor. On Thanksgiving Day, November 25, 1937, she married M. Wayne Haley, Sr. and moved to Easton where they made their home. Mr. Haley died on Sunday, July 14, 1974, aboard his boat while fishing with members of his family. Mrs. Haley was employed in 1945 by the H. N. Firstman Sewing Factory as a floor supervisor, and in the early 1950s by the Talbot County Board of Education as the cafeteria manager for schools in Easton and St. Michaels until her retirement in the 1980s. She was a member of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Easton and a past member of the Talbot County Retired Teachers’ Association. Mrs. Haley’s hobbies included sewing, cooking, gardening, playing cards, crabbing, and spending time with all her family. Mrs. Haley is survived by her daughter, Frances H. Duncan and her husband Thomas of Easton; three sons, M. Wayne Haley, Jr. and his wife Janet; Laurence F. Haley, and his wife Lynda, and Martin C. Haley, DDS and his wife Suzanne, all of Easton; two sisters, Ruth A. Wisotzkey of Hanover, PA, and S. Margaret Valentine of Thurmont; one brother, Charles F. Stouter of Emmitsburg, and one stepsister Christine A. Welty of Gettysburg, PA; three granddaughters, Kimberly D. Snyder of Commack, NY, Elizabeth A. Haley of Ferndale, and Megan P. Haley of Bethesda; six grandsons, Thomas G. Duncan, Jr., DDS of Cambridge, W. Bradford Duncan, Gary K. Haley, Gregory M. Haley, Laurence F. Haley, Jr. all of Easton, and Martin C. Haley, Jr. of Charlotte, NC.; seventeen great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren, all of whom loved her very much and will miss her greatly. She was preceded in death by three sisters Edith M. Haley, Ethel B. Greenholtz, and Hilda M. Hanlin; two stepsisters, Mary E. Florence, and A. Irene Haley, and three stepbrothers, William B. Stouter, Stanley Stouter, and Martin B. Stouter. A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated on Thursday, November 29, 2007 at 11:00 a.m. at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Easton. Friends may call on Thursday morning from 9:30 to 10:30 am at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton. Internment will be held immediately following the funeral services at Spring Hill Cemetery Easton, where she will be laid to rest next to her beloved husband. Serving as pallbearers will be her grandsons, Dr. Thomas Duncan, Jr., Brad Duncan, Gary Haley, Greg Haley, Larry Haley, and Martin Haley, Jr. The family suggests memorial contributions be made to Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Building Fund, 7906 Ocean Gateway, Easton, MD 21601 or Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Drive, Easton, MD 21601. Funeral arrangements are by Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home P.A., Easton.