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MILDRED ELIZABETH BISHOP CANNON (Age 94)
Daughter of the late Ruby Shaffer Bishop and Walter Clyde Bishop, was
born on June 10, 1917 in Washington, DC, and died on October 9, 2011 in
Gaithersburg, MD.
She grew up in the neighborhood of Petworth and attended Petworth
Methodist Church where she was assistant organist and a member of the
choir. In her youth, she attended Central High School. As a young woman,
she attended American University where she received a bachelor of arts
degree. She also attended Strayer College.
She was employed by the federal government and worked for the
Department of the Navy. In April of 1950, she married Charles William
Cannon and moved to Hyattsville, MD where she helped raise her three step
children. Later, when the children were gone, she and her husband moved to
Rockville, MD. She became a member of Rockville United Methodist Church
where as an accomplished musician, she contributed to the music department
by writing a Christmas cantata that has become an endearing part of her
legacy.
After her husband died, she moved to Asbury Methodist Village in
Gaithersburg, MD and lived many happy years there until failing health caused
her to be moved to the Wilson Center where she died peacefully of natural
causes.
She was a dignified, quiet and caring "lady" all her life and as a Methodist
tried to follow the Christian ideals so that her Father in Heaven would be
proud and welcoming when it was time for her to come to her "Heavenly
Home".
She is survived by her step daughters Barbara Jane Dittenber and Grace
Marie Smith and her step son Charles Herbert William Cannon, their spouses
and their children. She is also survived by her niece Doris Gerlach and
nephews Robert L. Bishop and Richard C. Bishop, their spouses and children.
Service previously held.
Published in The Washington Post on October 30, 2011
Daughter of the late Ruby Shaffer Bishop and Walter Clyde Bishop, was
born on June 10, 1917 in Washington, DC, and died on October 9, 2011 in
Gaithersburg, MD.
She grew up in the neighborhood of Petworth and attended Petworth
Methodist Church where she was assistant organist and a member of the
choir. In her youth, she attended Central High School. As a young woman,
she attended American University where she received a bachelor of arts
degree. She also attended Strayer College.
She was employed by the federal government and worked for the
Department of the Navy. In April of 1950, she married Charles William
Cannon and moved to Hyattsville, MD where she helped raise her three step
children. Later, when the children were gone, she and her husband moved to
Rockville, MD. She became a member of Rockville United Methodist Church
where as an accomplished musician, she contributed to the music department
by writing a Christmas cantata that has become an endearing part of her
legacy.
After her husband died, she moved to Asbury Methodist Village in
Gaithersburg, MD and lived many happy years there until failing health caused
her to be moved to the Wilson Center where she died peacefully of natural
causes.
She was a dignified, quiet and caring "lady" all her life and as a Methodist
tried to follow the Christian ideals so that her Father in Heaven would be
proud and welcoming when it was time for her to come to her "Heavenly
Home".
She is survived by her step daughters Barbara Jane Dittenber and Grace
Marie Smith and her step son Charles Herbert William Cannon, their spouses
and their children. She is also survived by her niece Doris Gerlach and
nephews Robert L. Bishop and Richard C. Bishop, their spouses and children.
Service previously held.
Published in The Washington Post on October 30, 2011