Sara Dill Fogwell

Sara Dill Fogwell of Chestertown, MD died on November 10, 2004 at Chester River Hospital Center in Chestertown, Maryland. She was 81. Born in Kennedyville, Maryland on September 24, 1923 she was the daughter of the late, Harry and Mary Elizabeth “Mamie” Chrisfield Scotten. She married Franklin M. Dill Sr. in 1945 and they resided in Chestertown where she worked as an administrative assistant with A.S.C.S. for several years. After Mr. Dill began farming full time on Flatland Road she worked as a farmer’s wife, a homemaker, and as a school bus contractor, where she drove for over 20 years. Mrs. Fogwell served as the Church Organist for over 25 years with St. James United Methodist Church where she was also a devout member. She enjoyed traveling, bowling, and playing the piano and organ. A talented musician, Mrs. Fogwell volunteered at Chestertown Nursing and Rehabilitation center playing the organ Sunday evenings. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Franklin M. Dill, Sr. in 1983 and by her second husband, Robert L. Fogwell in 2000. Mrs. Fogwell is survived by two sons, Franklin M. and his wife, Jane Dill of Worton, MD and Harry H. and his wife, Anne Dill of Phoenix, AZ; two sisters, Hilda C. Anthony of Kennedyville, MD and Bernice S. Schuster of Chestertown, MD; three grandchildren, Kurt and his wife, Connie Dill of Worton, MD, Benjamin Dill of Annapolis, MD, and Sara Marie Dill of Herndon, VA; two great grandchildren, Megan and Mason Dill and two dear nieces, Cheryl Hoopes and Roberta “Bobbi” Meeks, who she helped raise after their mother (her sister), Merva “Betty” Sutton died in 1969, several other nieces and nephews also survive her. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, November 13, 2004 at 11:00 A.M. at St. James United Methodist Church in Worton, MD. Relatives and friends may call on Friday, November 12, 2004 between the hours of 6:00 and 8:00 P.M. at Fellows, Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home. P.A., 130 Speer Road, Chestertown, MD. Interment will be in Chester Cemetery Chestertown, MD. Those serving as pallbearers are Ben Dill, Kurt Dill, Keith Dill, Jimmy Price, Jimmy Baker, David Hoopes, and Robbie Fogwell. Honorary Pallbearers are Harold Joiner, Edmund Lusby, Harry Willis, and Morgan Lusby. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. James United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 156, Worton, MD 21678.