Bernice Chenoweth

Bernice Mae Chenoweth (nee Crosby), a longtime resident of Glen Burnie died August 17, 2011 of cancer at the Tate Chesapeake Hospice House in Linthicum. She was 81. Born March 13, 1930, on a family farm in Millersville, she was the daughter of Ella Mae Phelps and George Dewey Crosby. She was the widow of Richard "Dick" Chenoweth to whom she was married for 58 years. She graduated from Glen Burnie High School in 1947 and began her working career at Montgomery Wards. She also worked until her retirement as a Media and Kindergarten Aide at the Richard Henry Lee Elementary School. She was a member of the Patapsco Valley AARP #3850, The Marley Milers, and the Glen Burnie United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school for 28 years. She was a member of the Anne Arundel Retired School Personnel Association and was part of their "Yarn Ladies" group that made lap robes, wheel chair pockets and pillows for the local nursing homes. She was one of the original female members of the Glen Burnie Improvement Association when the by-laws were changed to include women in September, 1969. She had worked at the Automobile Booth at "The Big Glen Burnie Carnival" since 1947. Bernice loved to bake and was known for her Cold Oven Pound Cake and Christmas cookies. She hosted a Christmas Eve buffet for family and friends to wait for Santa's arrival on Maple Lane. This was a family tradition for many years. She enjoyed traveling with the Patapsco Valley AARP and making family trips to Lancaster for good food, shopping and shows. Even though she had no children, she was generous with her time to help her nieces and nephews. In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by her sister, Doris Barker. She is survived by her brother, Kenneth Crosby and wife Mary Kay; nieces, Carol Guyton and husband Charles, and Linda Crosby; nephew, George Crosby and wife Carol; and great nieces & nephews, Andrew Guyton and wife Tina, Rebecca Boyer, and Raymond Boyer.