Miriam Dean

Miriam Bishop Dean of Centreville, MD died at her home on Sunday, May 9, 2004. She was 98. Born January 5, 1906 on Wyoming-On-Wye in Carmichael, MD, she was the daughter of the late Clarence Tilghman and Ethel Bartlett Bishop. She grew up in Carmichael and was a 1923 graduate of Centreville High School and in 1925 she received her AA in Business from Pierce School in Philadelphia, PA. In 1930 she received her Bachelor of Science in Business Education from the New York University. She taught business subjects at Ellicott City High School and Eastern High School in Baltimore City until 1940. In 1940 she returned to Queen Anne’s County and married Robert P. Dean and in 1945 she started the Business Dept. at Centreville High School, retiring in 1966. Mrs. Dean was very interested in civic organizations. She was a charter member of the Ruthsburg Community Club, a charter member of the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association, a charter member and life member of the Queen Anne’s Museum of Eastern Shore Life, a life member of the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society, a life member of the Centreville High School Alumni Association. She was also a member of the Ruthsburg Women’s Club, the Queen Anne’s County Farm Bureau, and the Adkins Arboretum. She was awarded the Centreville Rotary Citizen of the year in 2000 and was a past Centreville High School Alumni Association Honoree. She was a member of the Hillsboro-Queen Anne United Methodist Church and an associate member of the Centreville United Methodist Church. Mrs. Dean is survived by a daughter, Bonnie D. Roschy and her husband, John D. of Centreville, MD; a grandson, R. Dean Roschy of Ellicott City, MD; a granddaughter, C. Anne Eastman and her husband, Dustin of Centreville, MD; two great grandchildren, Hannah D. Eastman and Elizabeth A. Eastman, both of Centreville, MD. She was pre-deceased by her late husband, Senator Robert P. Dean, who died February 22, 1984; two brothers, Virgil Bartlett Bishop and Joseph Tilghman Bishop; two sisters, Mildred Bishop Rittenhouse and Catherine Bishop Cantrell. Funeral services will be held at the Hillsboro-Queen Anne’s United Methodist Church, Hillsboro, MD on Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 11:00 AM. Friends may call at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, Centreville, MD on Wednesday evening from 7 – 9 PM. Burial will be at Greenmount Cemetery, Hillsboro, MD. Memorial donations may be made to the Queen Anne’s County Museum of Eastern Shore Life, P.O. Box 525, Centreville, MD 21617.