Mildred H. Tims

     Mildred H. Tims died at Homestead Manor in Denton, MD on Nov. 9, 2022. She was 106, born July 24, 1916 at Pipestone, MN, the daughter of the late Robert Edison and Anna Marshal McGaw.

     After graduating from Pipestone High School, she attended teachers college at Mankato, Minnesota, then taught in the public schools of Pipestone County.

     After her marriage to Tony C. Tims in 1939, they resided in the Washington, D.C. area. From 1958 to 1962, Mrs. Tims and her husband published a community newsletter, The Berwyn Heights Informer, which later became a community newspaper renamed The College Park News.

     In 1970 they relocated to Church Hill, Maryland where Ms. Tims manufactured office furniture until his retirement in 1982, when they moved to Denton, Maryland.

     Mrs. Tims was employed at the University of Maryland, College Park; Washington College Chestertown; and Chesapeake College, Wye Mills from which she retired in 1986.

     Active in community service throughout her lifetime, she participated in school and church activities and served as a pianist and organist from early youth on. Since 1987 she was an active member of Caroline County Chapter #915, AARP, serving in many capacities and as president, and most recently as editor of the chapter newsletter (1996-2005?). She was also active in several service organizations, which included The American Red Cross in Caroline County from 1986-1995, the Caroline County TRIAD/S.A.L.T. Council 1996-2003, and for ten years served as representative payee for a nursing home resident through the Adult Protective Services, a part of the Caroline County Department of Social Services.

     In 1995 she was honored by induction into the Maryland Senior Citizens Hall of Fame for her volunteer community service.

     Surviving her are three children: Helen L. Gosnell, Manahawkin, NJ.; John M. Tims, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Linda L. Smallwood, Oxon Hill, MD.; eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. She was predeceased by a son, Paul Warren Tims in 1973 , her husband in 1985 and a brother, James E. McGaw, in 1998.

     A Memorial service will be private.

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