Edna Geraldine (Gerry) Cox-Albertsen, 76, of Ridge, Maryland, U.S.A. passed away Nov. 26, 2008 at Prince George’s Center, Cheverly, Maryland. Born Feb. 12, 1932 in Salmon River. She married Peter Albertsen on Dec. 20, 1954 in Bermuda. She was the daughter of the late Sidney B. Cox and Ethel B. Cox (Johnstone) and sister of David R. Cox (Alice), Bass River. She was predeceased by two brothers James (Jim) B. Cox (Rowena), Alister C. (Pat) Cox (Olive) and sister Dorothea (Dot) E. Cox-Smith (Cyrus), all of Truro. Gerry is survived by her husband Peter and five children Debra Ann (Rob), Roy Jacob (Patti) and sons Blaine and Duane, Michael Allen (Cindy) and sons Robert and Ryan, John David (Missy) and daughter Ashleigh and son Daniel, all of St. Mary’s County, Maryland, William James (Randi) and son Noah and daughters Kylie and Lily of Woodstock, Maryland. Six great-grandchildren complete her immediate family group. Her extended family includes seven more grandchildren and eight more great-grandchildren. Gerry graduated from Colchester Academy and then graduated as a Canadian registered nurse from the Aberdeen School of Nursing, New Glasgow. Gerry was employed by the Bermuda Hospital as an assistant to the emergency and operating rooms until August 1955 when she quit to begin raising her family. While raising their children during her husband’s naval career, they lived in Bermuda, Florida, Virginia Beach, VA, Imperial Beach, CA and Patuxent River, MD. She owned and operated Albertsen’s Foodway, Hideaway Bar and the Ridge Gulf Service Centre in Ridge, MD from May 1971 until the early 1980s. She then enjoyed traveling with her husband during his employment with Sikorsky Helicopters, living in Malaysia, Jordan, Holland and the Philippines. After his retirement from Sikorsky in July 1997, they returned to Ridge, MD where she was a homemaker who loved to be around her family. Her favourite hobbies were playing pinochle and canasta with family and friends. Gerry also enjoyed weekends spent eating crabs with the family and overlooking the Chesapeake Bay from her home and garden. Relatives and friends attended Gerry’s life celebration in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Rd., Leonardtown, MD on Monday, Dec. 8, 2008. Interment will be held on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 at 11 a.m. in Arlington National Cemetery. Condolences to the family may be made at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com