Sally Raisner

Sally J. Raisner of Dover, DE on died Wednesday, September 26, 2007 in the Milford Memorial Hospital, Milford, DE. She was 64. Born in Chestertown, MD, she was the daughter of the late, Samuel James and Pauline Bostic Raisner. Sally lived in Chester, PA until nearly age five, then moved to Ingleside, MD. She went to Sudlersville High School where she met and later married Dawson Shahan in 1959. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree from Delaware State University, 1975; her Masters Degree from Southern Illinois University, 1977 and her Doctorate Degree in Education from Temple University in 1988. Mrs. Raisner worked in the field of education as a teacher, Counselor, Principal and Program Director in Kent County Delaware and Queen Anne’s County Maryland public schools. She also taught as Adjunct Professor at Delaware Technical Community College and taught as Adjunct Professor of graduate courses at Delaware State University, Salisbury State University and the University of Delaware. She was a member of Alpha Kappa Mu Honor Society, Phi Delta Kappa, National Certified Counselors, Association for Curriculum and Development, a Past Commissioner on the Delaware Commission for Women Governor Appointed, was a past Vice President of the First State’s Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. She was also a member of the Women’s Republican Club. She loved horseback riding and rode with the Wicomico Hunt Club, chasing foxes, never hunting them. She loved reading, writing and wildlife care. She also enjoyed her loving foxhound, Juno, pets and horses. Mrs. Raisner is survived by two sons, Samuel and his wife, Julie of Hartly DE and Jeffery and his wife, Eva of Arlington, VA and a daughter, Shellie and her husband, Randy of Edgewood, MD; grandchildren, Jennifer Stinson, Randall Stinson and Rachel Stinson all of Edgewood, MD and Dawson Shahan of Hartley, DE. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, at 2pm from the Fellows Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, 370 W. Cypress St., Millington, MD where friends and family may call after 12 noon. Interment will be in the Sudlersville Cemetery, Sudlersville, MD. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the Dover Church of Christ, 1156 S. Governors Ave., Dover, DE 19904 or the First State Chapter of Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 100 west 10th St., Wilmington, DE 19801.