- Date Of Birth: November 10, 1908
- Date Of Death: February 10, 2009
- State: Maryland
E. Beatrice Holland (Miss Bea), 100, of Secretary, passed away on Tuesday, February 10 at the Chesapeake Woods Center where she had been since December 31. She was born on November 10, 1908, the only daughter of Wilbur and Cecelia Lonis of Columbus, Ohio. She earned a nursing degree in 1930 from White Cross Hospital in Columbus and a B.S. degree in education from Ohio State University in 1936. Her career quickly moved from that of RN to director/supervisor of nurses at various teaching hospitals in the Northeast.
In 1939, while working as assistant supervisor of nursing at a hospital in Hagerstown, Maryland, she met the love of her life, William M. Holland who had been born and raised in Secretary, Maryland. They were married the next year in Hagerstown and two years later located to Annapolis, Maryland where their two daughters were born. In 1950, they moved to the Eastern Shore where Beatrice joined the hospital administration team which opened Deer’s Head Hospital in Salisbury, Maryland which is now the center for Coastal Hospice. The next year she launched her career in elementary education. In 1957, the family moved to Dover, Delaware where Beatrice joined the teaching staff of the Caesar Rodney School District in Camden, Delaware until her retirement in 1971. During her l4-year tenure in that district, she earned a M.S. in education from the University of Delaware; taught various grade levels in each of the district’s elementary schools; was selected as “Teacher of the Year”; and was active in the county (KCEA) and state (DSEA) teacher organizations holding offices in each.
In 1971, both Beatrice and her husband retired from teaching and relocated to their weekend retreat property on Hooper’s Island, Maryland where they resided until 1983. She occasionally taught (as substitute) at the Hooper’s Island school which is now “Old Salty’s” restaurant and attended St. Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church.
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