Brenda Elise Cherry

November 26, 1938 - April 2, 2008

Memorial service for Brenda Elise Cherry, 69, DeLand, who died April 2, 2008, at Florida Hospital DeLand, will be 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 5, at Lankford Funeral Home, DeLand, with Chaplain Art Bakewell officiating. The family will greet friends from 10:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m.

Brenda was born in Boston, Mass., and moved to this area in 2001 from Attleboro Falls, Mass. She was a supervisor working in the Wrentham Developmental Center, Wrentham, Mass., and retired from there in 2000. She was a member of the Loyal Order of Moose #1126 and the Fraternal Order of Eagles Auxiliary #3959, both of DeLand. She loved riding motorcycles, shopping and, of course, her grandchildren that she lovingly referred to as her "Pies."

Survivors include her three sons, Wesley D. Cherry, Millis, Mass., William Cherry, North Attleboro, Mass., Steven Cherry, Attleboro, Mass.; daughter, Diane Dube, North Berwick, Maine; brother, Dean Albee, Deltona; two sisters, Anne Connors, Colchester, Conn., Debra Meadows, Tarzana, Calif.; and seven grandchildren, Sheriann, Kristi, Laurie, Lindsay, Billy, Christopher, Lea; and her stepson, John W. Cherry, Jr., Cape Cod, Mass.; and dear friend, Bob Benton, DeLand.

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