Melanie Wilhelm Dunaway is a third generation of the Wilhelm family to serve in the funeral business and created Advent based on a simple philosophy – It’s about your needs. Not ours.Wendy A. Hester passed peacefully on January 16, 2012 at the Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland. She is survived by her husband, Dan Crim, her siblings, nephews, niece and many wonderful friends in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Arnold, Maryland, Ocean City, Maryland, and Winchester, Virginia.
A memorial service will be held at a later date in St. Thomas. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions in Wendy’s name can be made to the Humane Society of St. Thomas, PO Box 8150, St. Thomas, VI 00802, 340-775-0599, info@HSSTT.com or Serenity Sisters, 331 Epping Way, Annapolis, MD 21401, % Angel Traynor, angelclean@yahoo.com, 410-507-7583.
I have only known Wendy for a little over a year. Being around on the weekends helping out at her wonderful home was always a blessing. Wendy even welcomed my crazy 110 lb. German Shepherd Dog (Rea) into her home after learning that I kept her in the truck. I’ll never forget the happy look in Wendy’s eyes when Rea ran into the home to greet her on the couch. It was easy for me to see Wendy’s love and connection to dogs. The short times that we talked were always fun, kind and evenly split between her family, friends, dogs and the Redskins even though I happen to be a Ravens fan. It was an honor to meet you Wendy. God bless you and may you rest in peace. Gary Distler.
Wendy was my sister. She was 5 years older than me. As a young child I always wanted to be just like her. I can’t believe she died so young. She was always my partner when we played against Mom & Dad in cutthroat canasta.