Robert Morris Hewes III

Robert Morris Hewes, III, of Quaker Neck, Chestertown, MD, died on October 29, 2017. He was 95. Bob was born on May 19, 1922, to Robert Morris Hewes Jr. and Anna Middleton Hewes of Morrestown, NJ. He attended Moorestown Friends School and Peddie School from which he was graduated in 1940. After two years at Franklin and Marshall College, he served in the United States Army in which he served until the end of the second World War. Upon his return to civilian life, he joined his father’s company, Rulon, where he continued to work until the company was sold. In 1950, he married Janet MacLaren Johnson of Gladwyne, PA, whom he had known since kindergarten. The newlyweds settled in Gladwyne, PA, where they raised four children. In 1986, they moved to Bachelor’s Hope Farm in Chestertown on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Bob loved hunting, boating and above all sailing, the SilverHeel, a Chesapeake Bay log canoe built in 1902, which his wife gave him as a surprise birthday present. SilverHeel is still sailed by his son and grandchildren. He was Captain Bob to everyone in the Log Canoe Association. Always cheerful and supportive, Bob sponsored the annual Chester River Log Canoe Regatta followed by many fine parties at Bachelor’s Hope Farm. In addition to his love of hunting on the Eastern Shore, he was a member of the Santee Club which offered some of the finest sport in South Carolina. He was a former Commodore of the Corinthian Yacht Club of Philadelphia, a member of the New York Yacht Club and a former Commodore of the Chester River Yacht and Country Club as well as a member of the Philadelphia Country Club. Bob loved quietly helping others and served on the board of the Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation and Kent Youth. Bob is survived by his four children, Janet Hewes Kurland (Lawrence), Robert Morris Hewes IV (Nancy), Dana Hewes Duffield (Barrie), Donald Frederick Hewes (Darby); his 10 grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. “A life well lived.” Services will be held on Friday, November 3, 2017, at 2:00 pm, at the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown. A public visitation will be held Thursday evening from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newman Funeral Home in Chestertown. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the SilverHeel Foundation (101 Talbot Blvd., Chestertown, Maryland 21620) and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF.org).

Robert Morris Hewes III

May 19, 1922 - October 29, 2017