Harriet Dresser Chichester, 84, of Prince Frederick, passed away May 9, 2014 at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore, MD.  She was born June 14, 1929 in Prince Frederick, MD to Joseph R. and Susannah L. Dresser. 

Harriet retired from the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company in 1986, with 30 years of service, and was a Life Member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.  

A life-long member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Prince Frederick, she had been a Sunday School Teacher and former Chairman of the Alter Guild.  Harriet was a resident of Dares Beach, a community initially developed in 1927 by her Grandfather, Walter David Dresser.  Among other activities, she especially enjoyed sewing. 

Harriet was preceded in death by her parents, and her husband, William Sydnor Chichester, who passed away in 1999. 

She is survived by her son, Joseph R. Van Y, Jr. and wife Frances, of Indianapolis, her three sisters, Ruth Stange of Solomons, Josephine Bowen of Dares Beach, and Susie Boss of Dares Beach and her three step children, Sherry Dameron, Carol Dawson, and Robbie Chichester.  Also surviving are seven Grandchildren, Christina, Stephanie, Aaron, Tiffany, David, Jeff, and Shaun. On April 13, 2014, Harriet celebrated the birth of her newest Great-Grandchild, Christopher Ty Frederiksen.

The family received friends on Tuesday May 13, 2014 from 4-7 PM at the Rausch Funeral Home, 4405 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, Maryland. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday May 14, 2014, 11 AM at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Prince Frederick, Maryland. Interment will follow in Southern Memorial Gardens.

Memorial Contributions may be made to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, P.O. Box 99, Prince Frederick, Maryland 20678.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.