Visitation
May 12, 2011
2:00- 4:00 & 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Funeral Service
May 13, 2011
11:30 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Interment
Location: Maryland Veteran's Cemetery Cheltenham [Map]
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Lee Russell Dove, age 89, of Lothian, MD died May 4, 2011. Lee was born June 24, 1921 in Lyons Creek, MD to Joseph Louis and Omie Mae (Lincoln) Dove. He served in the U.S. Army from August 14, 1945 until being discharged as a Private First Class on February 13, 1947. Lee married Bertie E. Moreland in 1955 and they have resided in Lothian since that time. Lee was employed primarily as a farmer, and also worked in construction and as a waterman. He was a groundskeeper for Hargrove, Inc. from 1983 until retiring in 2010. He enjoyed rabbit hunting, old country music and spending time with friends. Lee was preceded in death by his parents and by his siblings Charles Joseph Dove, Edward Louis Dove, Raymond Herbert Dove and Ruth Marie Muller. He is survived by his wife Bertie E. Dove; three daughters, Patricia Whitely and her husband Ronnie of Upper Marlboro, Shirley Dove of Lothian and Sandra Lee Duley and her husband Rodney of Upper Marlboro; a son Paul Dove and his wife Annie of Lothian; nine grandchildren, twenty great-grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren; six sisters, Helen Mae Thomas of Jessup, MD, Pearl Helena Beaton of Huntingtown, MD, Edna Thelma Clurod and Shirley Jean Dorsey, both of Port St. Lucie, Fl, Omie Jeanette Sanders of Barstow, CA and Mary Alice Dove of Louisville, KY; three brothers, Oliver Harry Dove of Newburg, MD, Roy George Dove of Jacksonville, NC and James Franklin Dove of Dunkirk, MD.
Memorial Contributions
Deale Volunteer Fire Deptartment
6007 Drum Point Road
Deale, MD 20751
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