Samuel J. Deckelbaum

Samuel J. “Sam” Deckelbaum of Crownsville, MD, formerly of Stevensville, MD died Wednesday, June 8, 2005 at Genesis Health Care Severna Park Center in Severna Park, MD. He was 96. Born on October 31, 1908 in Baltimore, MD to the late Phillip Deckelbaum and Anne Mudrick Deckelbaum. On March 28, 1934 he married, the former Mildred Alice Clark and they resided in Washington, D.C. During WW II he worked at the Naval Shipyard as a crane operator, repairing and preparing the guns for the ships. At the end of the war, he began working as a taxi cab driver for the Washington, D.C. area. In the mid 1950’s Mr. Deckelbaum began working in sales as a liquor salesman. He later worked as a car salesman and other sales jobs. In 1975, he and his wife moved to Kent Island, where he continued his career in sales, working for Long & Foster as a real estate agent. He retired in 1995. Mr. Deckelbaum was a Pilgrim member of the Bay Country Moose Lodge #831, the Masonic Lodge of Montgomery County where he was a past master and the Kent Island Elks Lodge. He was also very active in the American Legion Post #278 and with the Red Cross Blood Drive. He once wore the title as Kent Island Citizen of the Year and raised the 2nd highest amount of money pledged in the country for the Queen Anne''s County Heart Walk. He enjoyed dancing and music. Mr. Deckelbaum is survived by one son, Donald R. Deckelbaum; three grandchildren, Michael Deckelbaum, Betsy Arbogast and Richard Deckelbaum; and four great grandchildren, Travis Deckelbaum, Lauren Deckelbaum, Erica Arbogast and Justin Deckelbaum. In addition to his wife, Mildred A. Clark Deckelbaum, three sisters, Rose Sherman, Ida Goldberg and Minnie Lutsky, and one brother, Robert Deckelbaum, predeceased him. A service will be held on Tuesday at 2:30PM at the Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home, P. A., Chester, MD where family & friends may call on Monday, from 2PM to 4PM & 6PM to 8PM. Interment will be in Stevensville Cemetery in Stevensville, MD. The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society Eastern Shore Chapter, 1358 Parsons Road Salisbury, MD 21801 or Alzheimer''s Association Eastern Shore Chapter, 213 W. Main Street, Suite 205, Salisbury, MD 21801-4871.