Theresa H. Vickers' Obituary
Theresa Hammond Vickers, age 94, passed away peacefully on January 8, 2018 at her home near Bridgeville, DE. She was born on the family farm east of Bridgeville on April, 12, 1923, daughter of the late Harry and Bessie (Snowberger) Russell.
Mrs. Vickers attended Bridgeville High School and graduated as Salutatorian of the Class of 1941. After graduation, she entered the Memorial Hospital School of Nursing in Wilmington, DE. Mrs. Vickers left the nursing program in 1943 and married her fellow high school classmate, Harry A. Hammond. Following World War II, they opened Hammond’s News Stand on Market Street in Bridgeville and operated it for many years, when small towns in Sussex County had “Mom & Pop” stores. Eventually, they closed the store and Mrs. Vickers went to work at Milford Hospital for 13 years. She was proud to be one of the nurses assigned to the first Intensive Care Unit at Milford Hospital.
After the death of her first husband in 1977, Mrs. Vickers married Brad Vickers of Cambridge, MD in 1980. They spent happy years traveling between their homes in Georgetown, DE and Cambridge, MD until his death in 1998.
In 2006, Mrs. Vickers moved to a new home built on land she had owned since 1967 at Collins Pond, with her daughter and son-in-law.
Mrs. Vickers is survived by her daughter, Carol Williamson and her husband Kenneth, of Collins Pond, DE; her brother, Gary Russell and his wife Judy of Bridgeville, DE; her sisters: Evelyn Baker of Seaford, DE, and Carolyn Green of Georgetown, DE; her step-son, Steve Vickers and his wife Phyllis of Grasonville, MD; her step-daughter, Barbara Jarrell and her husband Fred of Easton, MD; her step-granddaughter, Sharon Dunston and her husband Frank of Seaford, DE; her step-grandson, Christopher Williamson and his wife Sandra of Greenwood, DE; her special great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.
A Funeral Service will be held on Saturday, January 13, 2018 at 11:00 AM at Parsell Funeral Homes and Crematorium, Hardesty Chapel, 202 Laws Street, Bridgeville, DE, where friends may call beginning at 10:00 AM. Burial will follow the services at Bridgeville Cemetery, Market & Laws Streets, Bridgeville, DE.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions in Mrs. Vickers’ memory to The Bridgeville Historical Society: 102 Williams Street; Bridgeville, DE 19933, or the Bridgeville Lions Club: P.O. Box 414
Bridgeville, Delaware 19933.
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