Jerry Stansberry's Obituary
Jerry Stansberry, age 87 of Rehoboth Beach, DE, passed away on Friday, September 9, 2022, at Delaware Hospice, in Milford, DE. She was born on August 15, 1935, in Winston-Salem, NC, daughter of the late Jay Giles Smith, Jr. and Mabel (Wadford) Smith.
Jerry built a lifelong career as a master plumber, owning and operating a HVAC plumbing company in Northern Virginia. She had many and varied interests and hobbies. Jerry loved water skiing, football, and pickleball, and all sports. Above all, she was devoted wife and vibrant friend for those she held most dear. Loved by many, she will be deeply and genuinely missed by all who have had the good fortune to know her.
Jerry is survived by her spouse, Leslie Hegamaster of Rehoboth Beach, DE; her daughter, Kimberly Raven Barber (Patrick J. Walsh) of Long Neck, DE; her twin sister, Janet Smith, and family, of Winston-Salem, NC; her granddaughters: Alexandra Skouzes, and Anna C. Skouzes; her great grandsons: Nicolas A. Skouzes, and Noah James Carter.
A memorial Service will be held on Monday, October 24, 2022, at 11:00 AM at Epworth United Methodist Church, 19285 Holland Glade Road, Rehoboth Beach, DE, 19971 where friends and family may visit beginning at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow at Epworth Methodist Cemetery, 187 Henlopen Avenue, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, 19971.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations in Jerry’s memory to the Parkinson's Foundation, https://www.parkinson.org/?u.
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