Nola Ida Sturgess, age 88, of Huntingtown died January 25, 2011 at Calvert Memorial Hospital. She was born May 13, 1922 in Clinton, TN to Richard and Nettie Mae (Brumette) Wallace.

The family moved to Maryland when she was a young girl and she received her education in Maryland Schools.

On January 14, 1942 she married James Edward Sturgess in Forestville, MD. They operated a tobacco farm in Upper Marlboro and later in Huntingtown.

Nola was also employed as a clerk and meat cutter at Bucks General Store in Upper Marlboro for 20 years. Nola enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, puzzle books and gardening. In later years she would use her hunting skills to shoot at the squirrels raiding the bird feeder with a slingshot to scare them away.

Nola was preceded in death by her parents, Richard and Nettie Wallace, her husband James E. Sturgess a brother Kermit Wallace and a great grandson Edwin Molina, Jr.

Surviving are a daughter Nancy Lee King and her husband Kenneth and a son Roger Louis Sturgess and his wife Frances all of Huntingtown; three grandchildren Carole Molina and her husband Edwin of Linthicum, MD, Nola Ward and her husband Chip of St. Leonard, MD and Kenneth M. King and his wife Christy of Chesapeake Beach and eight great grandchildren.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.

Visitation
January 30, 2011
2:00 - 5:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD

Funeral Service
January 31, 2011
11:00 A.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD