Janet Hope Messick
 
1945 - 2020

« Hope » was a charter member of the Tidewater Stamp Club, having joined at their first meeting in March 1982.

 

 

 

    Hope's interests in stamp collecting were many topics: Cats (wild and domestic), Sea Shells, Horses, King Fishers, etc. as well as U.S. correspondence saved and passed along to her from her father that were letters written in the mid 1800's during the Civil War between relatives of her family, sent between TX and Caroline County, MD.
    Many of the members of the Tidewater Stamp Club have been fortunate to have seen these collections during her exhibits in the Stamp Shows and at Club meetings.

 

 

This is the obituary for Janet Hope Messick that appeared in the Star Democrat newspaper from Easton, MD
on July 30, 2020

    Janet Hope Messick, 75, a lifelong resident of Easton, MD, passed away on July 17, 2020. Hope was born on March 11, 1945, the daughter of Robert M. Messick and Janet Catherine Hope.
Hope will be sadly missed by her lifelong step mother Joan Hahn; sisters Ginny Messick Bowes of Denver, CO, Eve Ginnett of Herndon, VA, Robert Messick of St. Michaels, MD, and Kirky Messick Tidd of Sydney, Australia. She is also survived by nephews Christopher Ginnett, James Ginnett, Kitt Tidd, Dex Tidd, Robert M. Messick III, and nieces Natasha Tidd Dean and Marisa Messick.
 
    Hope graduated from Easton High School and achieved a Bachelor's and Master's Degree from Frostburg State University and University of Colorado. She returned to the Eastern Shore which she dearly loved and began her 30 years of teaching History at Easton Middle School. Hope's love of books and history gave her great pleasure which she thoroughly enjoyed passing on to her students.'Hope had many interests and particularly enjoyed designing and creating numerous needlepoint creations, being a member and president of the Tidewater Stamp Club, volunteering for the Historical Society of Talbot County, and playing bridge regularly with her close group of friends. Hope obtained and cherished her many friendships that she developed throughout her life. She also had an affinity for all animals and particularly loved and cared for her brood of cats starting with Attila the Hun, Genghis Khan, to her recent cat Goblin.

    An outdoor memorial will be held in celebration of her life in the coming month of September. A notice will be placed closer to the time.
    In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Hope's name can be made to The Talbot Humane Society, PO Box 1143, Easton, MD 21601.