WILMINGTON — Isabel Ann McLendon passed away peacefully at the Davis Community on July 24, 2023. She was born on November 1, 1927 to Anne Scollon Totten and Gerard Totten in Pittsburg Pennsylvania and spent much of her childhood in Barnesboro, Pennsylvania.
Isabel attended George Washington University and Columbia University School of Nursing, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. She enjoyed a long career as a compassionate caregiver at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington DC.
She was married on November 21, 1953 to Preston Alexander McLendon II and was happily married for 46 years. They raised three boys in McLean, Virginia and spent summers at the family seaside home in Nags Head, North Carolina. They retired to Haymarket Virginia and eventually to Sunset Beach, NC, enjoying many years traveling and playing golf with their many friends. After her husband’s death, Isabel moved to Plantation Village, now Porters Neck Village, where she made many new friends and always enjoyed a good game of bridge.
She was predeceased by her husband Preston McLendon II, brother John Albert Totten, and daughter-in-law Debra McLendon. She is survived by her three children, Preston, Larry (Pam), and Scott (Julie), four grandchildren, Michael McLendon (Allie), Becca Sixto (Alex), Kelly McLendon, and Hannah McLendon, and three great grandchildren, Nilo and Preston Sixto, and Flynn McLendon.
Her cremains will be inurned with her husband’s at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Lower Cape Fear LifeCare.
