Benjamin "Bill" Catterton, 82, Harwood

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Benjamin “Bill” Catterton, 82, of Harwood, beloved husband and best friend of Betty Phipps Catterton, passed away on Monday, April 13, 2015. He was born January 28, 1933, to Myrtle and Dewey Catterton.

In 1954, Bill married Betty Phipps. The two owned and operated Bill’s Country Store, and in 1978 purchased Shady Side Market, which is still family owned and operated to this day. Bill served in the Navy from 1955 to 1957, aboard the SS New Jersey. Bill also worked as a meat cutter at Safeway, and also was the manager at Wayson’s Restaurant.

Bill and Betty have two sons, Benjamin V. Jr., and Robert Scott. Bill loved spending time with his six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Bill loved baseball, and was an avid Orioles fan.

Bill is survived by his loving wife, Betty; his son Benjamin “Skip” Jr., his wife Chrissy, of Harwood, Maryland; his son, Robert Scott and his wife Debbie, of Shady Side, Maryland; his six grandchildren, Mary Dekowsky, Elizabeth Gilliam, Scottie Catterton, Ben Catterton, Erin Catterton, William Catterton; his six great-grandchildren; his brother, Sam Catterton, of Lothian, Maryland; his sister, Mary Farrell, of Greenbelt, Maryland; his sister, Eleanor Proper, of Lothian, Maryland.

Bill is preceded in death by his parents, Myrtle and Dewey; his brothers, Virgil and Turner Catterton; his sister, Blanch Windsor.

»Information from the Hardesty Funeral Home website.