Mary Holt
September 12, 1924 — June 12, 2005
Mary Belle Holt, age 80, passed away at Carroll Hospital Center Sunday morning, June 12th 2005, during a beautiful sunrise. Belle was best known as a beloved mother and a doting grandmother and great-grandmother. She was born to Wilbur and Grace (Selby) Smith on September 12, 1924 in Lisbon , Maryland .
Mrs. Holt graduated from Lisbon High School in 1942, and then attended Strayer Business College . Shortly after college, Belle briefly worked at Fidelity Trust until her marriage to Earl K. Holt on April 1, 1945 when she discovered the joys of being a homemaker and mother. She started her notable fashion retail career at Peck & Peck in 1964 until she retired from the sales staff of Miller Brothers Clothiers in 1992. After she moved to Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster , MD in 1992, she became the manager of the Westminster Mission Store where she worked until 2001.
Belle is survived by her children Dennis and Barbara Holt of League City , TX and Marla Holt of Reisterstown , MD. She is also survived by her brothers Crawford and Rose Marie Smith of Greeneville, TN; Robert and Shirley Smith of Mt. Airy, MD; Edward and Patricia Smith of Mt. Airy, MD; her sister Margaret and Cliff Duntley of Owosso, MI. Surviving also are her three grandchildren, Zac, Jeremy and Emily Tibbels; her five step-grandchildren, Christina and Scott Jeffcoat, Holly Goldstein, Jeannie Long, and Stephen Holt; her five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Earl K. Holt, her parents Wilbur and Grace Smith, her brother Selby Smith, and her two grandchildren, Angel and Missy Holt. She leaves her devoted caregiver, Shirley Masemer, her beloved friends Nancy Billingslea, Lynne Gebhardt, Vince Dyer and her neighbors at the Carroll Lutheran Village community.
Funeral services will held on Friday June 17, 2005 10 Am in the Krug Auditorium and Chapel at Carroll Lutheran Village , 300 St. Luke Circle , Westminster , MD 21158 . Interment will be in Lake View Memorial Park , Sykesville , MD
The Family will receive friends on Thursday June 16, 2005 at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home and Crematory, P.A. 1212 W. Old Liberty Rd. Winfield, MD 21784
The family requests, in lieu of flowers, for all donations to be made to the American Lung Association: 61 Broadway, NY , NY , 10006 ; http://www.lungusa.org/ We are comforted knowing that our loved one has finally been welcomed home by her loving Father.
Mrs. Holt graduated from Lisbon High School in 1942, and then attended Strayer Business College . Shortly after college, Belle briefly worked at Fidelity Trust until her marriage to Earl K. Holt on April 1, 1945 when she discovered the joys of being a homemaker and mother. She started her notable fashion retail career at Peck & Peck in 1964 until she retired from the sales staff of Miller Brothers Clothiers in 1992. After she moved to Carroll Lutheran Village in Westminster , MD in 1992, she became the manager of the Westminster Mission Store where she worked until 2001.
Belle is survived by her children Dennis and Barbara Holt of League City , TX and Marla Holt of Reisterstown , MD. She is also survived by her brothers Crawford and Rose Marie Smith of Greeneville, TN; Robert and Shirley Smith of Mt. Airy, MD; Edward and Patricia Smith of Mt. Airy, MD; her sister Margaret and Cliff Duntley of Owosso, MI. Surviving also are her three grandchildren, Zac, Jeremy and Emily Tibbels; her five step-grandchildren, Christina and Scott Jeffcoat, Holly Goldstein, Jeannie Long, and Stephen Holt; her five great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband, Earl K. Holt, her parents Wilbur and Grace Smith, her brother Selby Smith, and her two grandchildren, Angel and Missy Holt. She leaves her devoted caregiver, Shirley Masemer, her beloved friends Nancy Billingslea, Lynne Gebhardt, Vince Dyer and her neighbors at the Carroll Lutheran Village community.
Funeral services will held on Friday June 17, 2005 10 Am in the Krug Auditorium and Chapel at Carroll Lutheran Village , 300 St. Luke Circle , Westminster , MD 21158 . Interment will be in Lake View Memorial Park , Sykesville , MD
The Family will receive friends on Thursday June 16, 2005 at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home and Crematory, P.A. 1212 W. Old Liberty Rd. Winfield, MD 21784
The family requests, in lieu of flowers, for all donations to be made to the American Lung Association: 61 Broadway, NY , NY , 10006 ; http://www.lungusa.org/ We are comforted knowing that our loved one has finally been welcomed home by her loving Father.
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