Janet MacLaren Johnson Hewes

Janet MacLaren Johnson Hewes of Quaker Neck, Chestertown, MD, died on October 31, 2012, at her home. She was 88. Janet was born on January 23, 1924, to Eldridge Reeves Fenimore Johnson and Janet MacLaren Darby Johnson of Moorestown, NJ. She attended The Moorestown Friends School until the family moved to Gladwyne, PA, where she graduated from the Shipley School in 1942. She earned degrees from Pine Manor Junior College and Harcum Junior College in Medical Technology. She then served as a medical technician at the Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, PA. In 1950, she married Robert Morris Hewes III of Moorestown, NJ. The newlyweds settled in Gladwyne, PA, where they raised their four children. In 1986, they moved to Bachelor’s Hope Farm on the Eastern Shore in Chestertown, MD. A former district commissioner of the Bridlewild Pony Club, she was an avid Horsewoman who had fox hunted as a child and then later on in Chestertown with Wilbur Hubbard. Mrs. Hewes was a serious gardener and plantswoman who successfully completed the demanding three-year horticultural certificate course at the Barnes Foundation. She was the Past President of the Mill Creek Valley Garden Club, and the borders and plantings at Bachelor’s Hope Farm attest to her skill. A quietly religious person she was a deacon of the Gladwyne Presbyterian Church and a founder of the Presbyterian church of Chestertown. She enjoyed fishing, hunting, and trapshooting and was the president of the Valley Forge Gun Club. She loved animals and for many years served on the Board of the Kent County Humane Society. She was also a member of the Colonial Dames, The Mayflower Society, The Clan MacLaren Society, and served on the Boards of the Woodlynde and Shipley Schools. She is survived by her husband of 62 years; her four children, Janet MacLaren Hewes Kurland, Robert Morris Hewes IV, Dana Hewes Duffield, and Donald Frederick Hewes; and her 10 grandchildren. Services will be held on Saturday, November 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM at The Presbyterian Church of Chestertown. Interment will be held privately. Memorial contributions may be made to the Humane Society of Kent County, Inc,. P.O. Box 352, Chestertown, MD 21620 or the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown 905 Gateway Drive, Chestertown, MD 21620.

Janet MacLaren Johnson Hewes

January 23, 1924 - October 31, 2012