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DENTON Louise Dukes Singer of Denton died Monday, April 9, 2012, at the Caroline Nursing Home. She was 95 years old.
Born April 22, 1916, in Hynson, Md., Mrs. Singer was the daughter of the late Albert Gradles Dukes and Mary Catherine Stafford Dukes. Her husband of 69 years, Paul C. Singer, died December 19, 2003.
Mrs. Singer had lived in Caroline County all of her life and was a 1934 graduate of Caroline High School in Denton. She worked with her husband in their Denton Texaco station for many years and drove a Caroline County school bus in the 1960s and 1970s. In 1948, she organized the Denton Volunteer Fire Co. (DVFC) Auxiliary and was its first president. She was a life member of both the DVFC Auxiliary and the DVFC. She was active in the Caroline County Fireman's Association Auxiliary, numerous past presidencies (more than 25 years) of Delmarva Fireman's Association, the Md. State Fireman's Association, past president of the Md. State Fireman's Association, and was a member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church in Denton. She was also a charter member of the Tuckahoe Steam and Gas Association, having held the position of secretary.
Mrs. Singer is survived by one son, Robert D. Singer and his wife Jean of Denton; two grandsons, David W. Singer and his wife Anne of Chestertown and Wesley P. Singer and his wife Lucille of Greensboro; one great-granddaughter, Ashley Kramer Singer and one step-great-granddaughter, Rachel Bradley. She is predeceased by three brothers, Carlton Dukes, Albert Dukes and Ralph Dukes; and one sister, Dorothy Dukes.
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1916 - 2012 (95 years)
