SEAFORD -- Faye Tyndall Carey, 72, of Seaford passed away peacefully Thursday, May 18, 2006, while surrounded by her family, at Nanticoke Memorial Hospital after a short illness.

Born Jan. 17, 1934, in Horntown, she was the daughter of the late Thelma Coulbourne Passwaters and the late Robert Passwaters. She moved to Blades at an early age and graduated from Seaford High School's class of 1952, where she met and married her high school sweetheart, James W. Carey. They would have celebrated their 53rd anniversary Aug. 27, 2006.

During her career, she was a manager for Progressive Cafeteria and Harley's Restaurant before retiring with more than 28 years service as a stenographer with the DuPont Co. in Seaford in 1993.

At the time of her death she was a mentor at Seaford Central Elementary School and a volunteer for Nanticoke Health Services and the American Red Cross. She was a knitter of lap-robes, president of Friends of the Seaford District Library, a member of Ladies of the Oriental Shrine of North America Inc., Delaware Tech Adult Plus, Nanticoke Senior Center, Seaford Community Concert Association and Seaford Alumni Association, and a docent at the Seaford Historical Society.

She loved to do needlework and handcrafts and Faye always delighted in giving her friends, doctors and their staffs jars of her homemade jellies. She was also an avid reader and enjoyed jigsaw puzzles. She also enjoyed the stock market and travel.

Faye was an animal lover and particularly fond of cats and the wildlife in her back yard. She loved the Baltimore Orioles and Ravens and had season tickets for 10 years at the Delmarva Shorebirds ballpark in Salisbury.

She was a member of St. John's United Methodist Church, where she had served on various committees and as a circle leader. Faye was a past president of the Peninsula Conference of United Methodist Women and was a former member of the Seaford Golf and Country Club.

She is survived by her husband of 52 years, James W. Carey; nieces-in-law, Donna Mowbray and husband, Philip, of Seaford and their daughter, Nikki Mowbray, of New Castle, Del., Cindy Irwin and her children, Brian, Fred and Mathew, and Kathy Keidel; nephews-in-law, Robert Carey and wife, Bonnie, and their children, Katie Carey and Tiffany Short and her husband, Blaine; William Carey and his wife, Frankie, and their children, William Carey Jr., Robert James, Leslie and her husband, Thomas Glen; Faye's godson, retired Navy Lt. Cmdr. Kenneth L. McElroy Jr. and his wife, Lori, and their children, Ian and Cullen; and a very special cousin, Dawn Fox and her husband, John, of Hartford, Conn.

Friends may call Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Watson-Yates Funeral Home at Front and King streets in Seaford. A service will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the funeral home. The Rev. Boyd B. Etter will officiate. Burial will follow in Odd Fellows Cemetery in Seaford.

Contributions may be made in her memory to Friends of the Seaford District Library, c/o Jean Gandek, 745 Woodlawn Ave., Seaford, Del. 19973.