Elizabeth Rosalie McDowell's Obituary
Elizabeth Rosalie (Schiff) McDowell, age 92, of Greenwood, DE passed away Monday, February 12, 2007, at Bayhealth Center, Milford, DE. She was born November 30, 1914 in Wallaston, Isle of Wright County, VA, daughter of the late William Albert & Lizzy Ida (Dearth) Schiff.
Mrs. McDowell worked many years at various sewing factories in Sussex County and Maryland. She enjoyed needlepoint and counted crossstitch.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 56 years Floyd Edward McDowell (1989), son William F. McDowell (1970); her grandson Leon "Rusty" Rust and his wife Joanne (1989); and her brother Walter Schiff (1989). She is survived by three daughters, Virginia Thomson and her husband Willard, Jr., Catherine Marvil and her husband Everett, and Betty Mae Rust and her husband Leon, Jr., all of Greenwood, DE; six grandchildren, Willard Thomson III of Smyrna, GA, Deborah Ann Thomas of Central SC, Robert Marvil of Greenwood, Everett A. Marvil of Greenwood, Edward Dale Rust of Midlothian, VA and Rev. Maleia Rust of Townsend, DE; six great grandchildren, Jeremy & Mandy Rust, Stephanie and Chase Marvil, Jennifer Hinkle and Carrie McAlexander; four great-great grandchildren, Conner Marvil, Elizabeth Johnson, Kaleb & Chloe Hinkle; and two brothers, Harry Dawson Schiff of Federalsburg, MD, and Noah Edward Schiff of Preston, MD.
Funeral services will be held Friday, February 16, 2 PM at Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Hardesty Chapel, 202 Laws Street, Bridgeville, DE with Mrs. McDowell's granddaughter, Rev. Maleia Rust officiating. Friends may call at the funeral home one hour prior to the services. Interment will follow at St. Johnstown Cemetery, Greenwood, DE.
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