Geneva A. Short of Aberdeen passed away on Wednesday, March 15 at the Sen. Bob Hooper House. She was 88.

Born in Doran, VA she was the daughter of the late Winfred Helbert and Arcie (Shelton) Riley and stepdaughter of James Riley.

Mrs. Short retired after 35 years from ACME, having worked at both the Aberdeen and Havre de Grace stores. In her spare time she enjoyed cooking, working in her flower beds and especially spending time with her family.

She is survived by her daughters; Sandra Bowman and her husband Donald, Melissa Short and Angela Visser and her fiancé, Michael Luckett; grandchildren, Jason Brown, Ryan Brown, Donald Bowman, II and wife Penny; great grandchildren, Gary Visser, Samantha Brown and Chase Bowman; siblings, Donald and Billy Helbert, Jerry Riley, Juanita Chambers and Frances Sizeman. In addition to her parents and step father she was predeceased by her husband, Hurley Short, Sr. in 2011; daughter Judy Ann Short Grace in 1970; son, Hurley “Danny” Short, Jr. in 2017, grandsons Mark Short and Nathen Smith and her siblings, Terry Riley, Carl Helbert and Mary Simmons.

A visitation will be held on Tuesday, March 21 from 10am-11:30am at the Tarring-Cargo Funeral Home where a funeral service conducted by Pastor Donnie Smith will begin at 11:30. Interment will be in St. Paul’s Lutheran Cemetery. Contributions in her memory may be made to the Sen. Bob Hooper House, 2007 Klein Plaza Dr., Forest Hill, MD 21050.

Geneva A. Short

March 16, 1934 - March 15, 2023

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