Edmund P. Lusby, Sr.

Edmund P. Lusby, Sr. of Kennedyville, MD died on Friday, May 7, 2010 after a long illness. Mr. Lusby was born on a farm near Kennedyville, MD on November 10, 1924. He was the son of the late, Mary T. and Arthur M. Lusby, Sr. He was 85. He graduated from Chestertown High School, Class of 1941. He then farmed the family farm near Kennedyville from 1946 – 1954. He moved to his home in Kennedyville and worked for Southern States Management Service at Kent Cooperative from 1954 – 1955. He was a Delmarva Feed salesman for John W. Eshelman Red Rose Feeds from 1956 to 1965. Agway employed him from 1966 to 1968 as a fieldman and store manager. In 1968 he took over the Montgomery Ward Catalog Agency in Chestertown where he operated it until Montgomery Ward discontinued the catalog business in 1985. Following his retirement from Montgomery Ward he enjoyed traveling and camping. Over the years, his hobbies included dancing, boating, collecting brass, antique cars, playing cards and putting puzzles together. He was a charter member of the Kennedyville Volunteer Fire Company and served as president for two terms. He was also a past president of the Kennedyville Water Association. In earlier years, he was involved with the Farm Bureau and the 4-H Club. He was also a lifetime member of the Shrewsbury Episcopal Church where he served on the vestry from 1947 to 1980 and was Junior Warden from 1962 to 1974. Mr. Lusby is survived by his devoted wife, the former Harriett A. Legg Lusby whom he married on November 24, 1945; three daughters, Harriett Rebecca “Becky” Elburn and her husband, Carl of Chestertown, MD, Linda A. Baker and her husband, Ed of Salisbury, MD, Sandra M. Hopkins and her husband, George of Crownsville, MD; a son, Edmund P. Lusby, Jr. of Preston, MD and his fiancé Kathleen Bissonnette; five grandchildren; eight great grandchildren; a sister, Mary T. Mullikin of Centreville, MD and a brother, A. Morgan Lusby, Jr. of Chestertown, MD. In addition to his parents he was preceded in death by three sisters, Margaret E. Hanlon, H. Louise Sharp and Catherine E. Harrington. A funeral service will be held on Tuesday May 11, 2010 at 11AM at Shrewsbury Parish in Kennedyville, MD. A visitation will be held from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM on Monday May 10 at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home in Chestertown, MD. Interment will be in Shrewsbury Parish Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the Shrewsbury Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 187, Kennedyville, MD 21645 or to the Kennedyville Volunteer Fire Dept., P.O. Box 98, Kennedyville, MD 21645.

Edmund P. Lusby, Sr.

November 10, 1924 - May 7, 2010