Eleanor Sharretts

Eleanor Kimball “Kim” Sharretts of Chestertown, MD, died on Wednesday, January 29, 2003, in the Chestertown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chestertown, MD. She was 93. Born in Lunenburg, VT, on February 21, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Jennie and David Kimball. She graduated from high school in Lunenburg, VT, and from Montpelier Seminary, now Norwich College, in Montpelier, VT, in 1929. She and her husband, C. Roloand Sharretts, moved to Chestertown, MD, in 1936. She was employed for twenty years with the C & P Telephone Company, retiring in the mid 1970’s. She was a member of the Frank M. Jarman American Legion Post #36 Ladies Auxiliary, the Chestertown Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, the Chestertown Homemakers Club, and the Upper Shore Mental Health Community Volunteer Organization. She enjoyed Orioles baseball, traveling, vegetable gardening, animals, reading, ceramics, “The Chester River Chumps,” and her “cabin” in Vermont. Mr. Sharretts, her husband of 49 years, predeceased her in 1979. Mrs. Sharretts is survived by two sons, Charles R. Sharretts, III, of Salisbury, MD and David Kimball Sharretts of Chestertown, MD; a brother, Bernard Kimball of VT; five grandchildren, Marjorie Sharretts Barrett, Lynn Sharretts Sneade, Charles R. Sharretts IV, Wendy Sharretts Moore, and Timothy David Sharretts; and great-grandchildren, David A. Barrett, Erica Barrett, Kelsey Sneade, Dana Sneade, Charles R. Sharretts V, Megan E. Moore, Kaitlyn Kimball Moore, and Emily Catherine Sharretts. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 2:00 P.M. at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newman Funeral Home, P.A., 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, MD, where relatives and friends may call one hour prior to service. Interment will be held at St. Paul’s Cemetery near Chestertown, MD. Those serving as pallbearers are, Timothy David Sharretts, Michael R. Moore, W.David Sneade, David W. Barrett, Charles R. Sharretts IV, and David A. Barrett. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to Kent Hospice Foundation Inc.,103 Dixon Drive, in Chestertown or the Kent County Humane Society, on Augustine Herman Highway, Chestertown, MD 21620.