Brenda Henson Strange Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

Brenda Henson Strange passed away on July 18, 2022 at her home in Chestertown, MD. Brenda was born in North East, MD on November 24, 1945. She was the only child of Walter and Jeanne Henson. Brenda was a graduate of North East High School with the class of 1963. After graduating high school, she attended the Delaware Hospital School of Nursing in Wilmington, DE and became a Registered Nurse in 1966. She worked as an R.N. at the old Delaware Division Hospital of Wilmington Medical Center now called Wilmington Hospital and was the head nurse on the emergency floor. In 1974, she married Dr. Theodore B. Strange. Brenda moved to Chestertown where she raised two children and integrated herself into the community. She was a member of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church as well as the Chestertown Garden Club, serving as the President for two terms and as District Director. Brenda helped maintain and improve Fountain Park and had the vision to extend the lanterns into Memorial Park. Brenda was integral to the Wilmer Park shoreline restoration project, completed in 2006, by securing the grant and helping with plant design and install. Brenda’s floral and horticultural talents continually improved as she regularly took classes at Longwood Gardens and Chanticleer. It was this high level of skill that led Brenda into opening a floral design business. These same skills can be seen at her home and surrounding gardens. Brenda also enjoyed cooking and baking. If you were lucky, you would make the annual Danish pastry list. She adored her five grandchildren, who affectionately called her “Bubble”. Brenda has enjoyed the last several years working part time at the Mill where she could share her lifetime of plant knowledge. When not at work, Brenda enjoyed time with her cats and working on her extensive gardens. She will be most remembered by her wit and sense of humor. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by one daughter, Ann Henson. She is survived by her son, Thomas Strange of Marshall, VA, her daughter, Suzanne Felman of West Chester, PA, and her grandchildren: Charlotte, Thomas, Elizabeth, Isabel, and Charles. Services will be held on Saturday, July 23 at 12:00 pm at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestertown. Interment to follow in St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to Really Great Cats Rescue at P.O. Box 363, Chestertown, MD 21620 or to the Animal Care Shelter of Kent County at 10720 Augustine Herman Hwy, Chestertown, MD 21620.

Brenda Henson Strange

November 24, 1945 - July 18, 2022