Mary C. Stearn

Mary C. "Betty" Stearn of Aberdeen died Dec. 15 at Genesis Elder Care at the Pines on the Eastern Shhore. She was 78. Mrs. Stearn was born in Perryman, a daughter of the late Cecil C. and Ethel Belle Kimball Courtney. She was a homemaker and member of Hopewell United Methodist Church in Havre de Grace and the Rebekahs in Churchville. She is survived by her busband of 60 years, Kenneth M. Stearn; two daughters, Deborah Ann Mayhew and her husband, James, of Easton, and Kathleen Marie Boyle and her husband, John, of Atlanta, Ga.; four grandchildren, Holly and Kenneth Boyle, both of Woodstock, Ga., Mark Barbre, of Preston, and J.P. Mayhew, of Alexandria, Va.; a great-grandchild, Kelley Barbre, of Preston; and a sister, Helen Barnes, of Essex. Viewing will be from 9:30 a.m. to noon Dec. 20 at Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home in Aberdeen. Services will follow at noon at the funeral home with Rev. John Dailey officiating. Interment will be in Harford Memorial Gardens in Aldino. Pallbearers will be Mark Barbre, Kenneth Boyle, Holly Boyle, James Mayhew, John Boyle and Michael Ridgeway. Honorary pallbearers will be J.P. Mayhew and John Vitak. Funeral Home: Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home 333 South Parke Street Aberdeen, MD US 21001