February 20, 2021
Mary Beth Crafts, nee Mary Elizabeth Amend, was born Sept. 4, 1941, in New York City (Manhattan). Her parents were Edward R. and Kathryn Quinlan Amend of the Bronx.
At the age of 2, Mary Beth moved with her parents to Bayside (Queens) where she attended Sacred Heart Grammar School. Following her high school graduation from The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, the family moved to Slingerlands, N.Y., a suburb of Albany. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree in history from the College of St. Rose in Albany, she was employed as a claims representative by the Social Security Administration, training first in the Albany District office, and then returning to Queens to work in the Flushing District Office. In 1968, she was promoted to a budget analyst position at Social Security Headquarters in Woodlawn, Md.
December 21, 2020
Walter Crafts Jr., 86, of Lewes passed away Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes. He was born Nov. 3, 1934, in Flushing, N.Y., son of the late Walter and Suzanne (Clifton) Crafts.
Walter spent his childhood years in Niagara Falls, N.Y. He attended the DeVeaux School, a military prep school founded in 1852 and administered by the Episcopal Diocese of Western New York. Walter first attended Oberlin College in Ohio, and subsequently received a bachelor of science degree in management and production from Babson College in Wellesley, Mass. While at Babson, he was a member of the Student Government, the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity, and the Blue Key National Honor Fraternity.