GUILFORD – Sherwood Harvey Herring, 90, died May 3, 2011, at a Dover-Foxcroft hospital. He was born Nov. 10, 1920, in Guilford, son of Clinton and Dorothy (Whitman) Herring.
Sherwood served his country honorably with the U.S. Navy. He was a retired captain with the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, retiring in 1971 as a detective. He loved to travel and especially enjoyed his trips to Ireland, Scotland and England. Sherwood also enjoyed eating out at his favorite restaurants in Guilford and Dover-Foxcroft. He will be missed by his miniature schnauzer, Sadie.
He is survived by his wife, Mary McDonald Herring of Ottawa; his children, Linda A. Herring of Dover-Foxcroft, Edwin B. Herring and his wife, Ruby, of Dover-Foxcroft, and Cathleen Otto and her husband, Christopher, of Spring, Texas; seven grandchildren, Dr. Lydia Harrington and her husband, Dr. Matthew Harrington, of Cambridge, Mass., Emily K. Herring of Springfield, Mass., Amanda F. Herring of Stamford, Conn., Molly E. Herring of Dover-Foxcroft, Rachel Dixon and her husband, Michael, of Redwood City, Calif., Dr. Andrew Otto and his wife, Emily, of Humble, Texas, and Kevin Otto of Spring, Texas; several nieces and nephews, including a special niece, Virginia Mae Nicolson and her husband, Don, of Annapolis, Md. He was predeceased by his first wife, Faye (Monroe) Herring.
Friends are invited to call 10 a.m. until time of funeral service 11 a.m. Monday, May 9, at Lary Funeral Home, Dover-Foxcroft, with Pastor Toby Smitherman of Guilford Center Baptist Church officiating. Burial will be in the family lot at Lawn Cemetery, Guilford. Messages of condolence and memories may be expressed at
www.laryfuneralhome.com.