Erwin R. Lindsey

Erwin R. Lindsey, of Easton, MD died at the Gilchrist Center For Hospice Care, Baltimore, MD on Wednesday, June 11, 2003. He was 85. Born in Philadelphia, PA, February 14, 1918, he was the son of the late Millard W. Lindsey of Richmond, VA and the late Myrtle Loller Lindsey of Sudlersville, MD. He was raised in Oaklyn, NJ where he graduated from Oaklyn High School. He attended Rutgers University in Brunswick, NJ. During World War II, he served in the U. S. Army with the 44th Infantry Division in France and Germany for five years. Following his release from active duty, he began working in the poultry industry in the late 1940’s in Maryland and Delaware,.moving for a short time to the Shenandoah Valley. He returned to the Eastern Shore of Maryland in late 1951 to work for J. McKenny Willis & Sons in Easton. He was promoted to Vice President and Manager of Broiler Production in 1960. The company was sold to Kane Miller of New York and later, the Delmarva Broiler Operation was purchased by Country Pride of Arkansas. They promoted Mr. Lindsey to Manager of all Live Operations, a position he held when Country Pride was sold to ConAgra of Omaha, NE and until his retirement in 1983. A member of St. Mark’s United Methodist Church in Easton, he was also very active in Little League Baseball and Football as well as the Boy Scouts of America. A member of the Talbot Country Club where he served on the Board of Governors for six years and as First Vice President for one year, he had served on the Easton Planning & Zoning Commission and was a member of the Easton Lions Club and the Easton Elks Lodge #1622. Mr. Lindsey is survived by his wife, the former Barbara E. Francis whom he married June 28, 1947; three sons, Richard A. Lindsey of Hopedale, MA, Jeffrey W. Lindsey of Potomac, MD and Robert F. Lindsey of Ruxton, MD and five grandchildren. A Memorial Service will be held at St. Mark’s United Methodist Church, Easton, on Wednesday, June 18, 2003 at 11AM. Private burial will be at Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, MD under the direction of Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Easton, MD. Memorial donations may be made to Talbot Hospice Foundation, 586 Cynwood Dr., Easton, MD 21601 or Alzheimers Association, Eastern Shore Chapter, 213 W. Main St., #205, Salisbury, MD 21801-4871.