Clara Greenwell

Services: A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 at 11:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD with Deacon Ammon Ripple officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 from 10:00-11:00AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD. Clara Turner Ward Greenwell, 90, of Hollywood, MD died at her daughter’s home in Crofton, MD on Thursday, June 2, 2011 after a lengthy illness. Mrs. Greenwell was born on July 5, 1920 in Talbert, KY and was the daughter of the late John and Martha Turner. She was married in 1942 in Cincinnati, OH to Calvin Ward, who preceded her in death on February 22, 1955. She was the loving wife of 53 years to James Elmer Greenwell whom she married in December of 1956. He preceded her in death on September 24, 2010. Mrs. Greenwell is survived by her three children; Dorothy J. Vranish and husband John Michael of Crofton, MD, Herman R. Ward and Wife Judy of Hughesville, MD and Martha A. Waltman of Riva, MD as well as her five grandchildren; Anthony Vranish, Elizabeth Murphy, Jeffrey Waltman, Thomas Ward, Timothy Ward and 11 great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her 10 siblings; Nancy Turner, Cora Herald, Aggie Combs, Monroe Turner, Jesse Turner, Roger Turner, Polly Spicer, Reuben Turner, Robert Turner and Rutha Cole. Mrs. Greenwell was employed as a clerk with the former Peoples Drugstore in Washington, DC. She retired in 1975 and relocated with her husband, James, to their home in Hollywood, MD where they resided until his death in September 2010. She was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church in Hollywood, MD. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, June 7, 2011 from 10:00-11:00 AM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD where a funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM with Deacon Ammon Ripple officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Contributions in memory of Mrs. Greenwell may be made to the Hospice of the Chesapeake, Philanthropy Department, 445 Defense Hwy, Annapolis, MD 21401.