Visitation
March 7, 2011
2:00-4:00 & 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD [Map]
Funeral Service
March 8, 2011
11:00 A.M.
Location: Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church [Map]
Interment
Location: Mt. Calvary Church Cemetery [Map]
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George J. Hardesty, 94, of Lothian, MD passed away March 3, 2011 at Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, MD. He was born March 11, 1916 in Harwood, MD to Daniel and Mollie (Drury) Hardesty. He lived with his family in Anne Arundel County, Washington, D.C. and Prince George’s County where he attended public school. He married Miriam E. Tucker on September 10, 1938 and they lived and raised their family on their Security Farm in Lothian. Mr. Hardesty was a lifelong farmer, primarily raising tobacco. He also worked as a timber agent with the former Hawkins and Connor timber companies in Calvert County. He was an active member of Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church in Lothian where he served as an usher, and was also a member of the Anne Arundel County Farm Bureau. He also enjoyed acquiring and repairing farm equipment, implements and trailers.
Mr. Hardesty was preceded in death by his parents, his beloved wife Miriam, a grandson Scott Schoenfeldt, sisters Hazel Muse, Betty Booth and Eva Cox, and brothers Daniel, William, Lee and Lawrence Hardesty. He is survived by two daughters, Miriam Jane Cook and husband Bill of Stafford, VA and Joyce Hardesty Schoenfeldt and husband Chuck of Lothian; a son Gary Hamilton Hardesty and wife Pam of Roanoke, VA; grandchildren Mason Schoenfeldt and wife Tara of Elkridge, MD and Kelly Imhoff and husband Greg of Great Mills, MD; great-grandchildren Tiffany Schoenfeldt, Frank Cobb and Annie, Emily and Peter Imhoff; sisters Emma Eicholtz of Riverdale, MD and Kathleen Jenkins of Dunkirk, MD, and by a brother Eugene Hardesty of Upper Marlboro, MD.
Memorial Contributions
Expressions of sympathy may be made to Wesley Chapel United Methodist Church, 1010 Wrighton Road, Lothian, MD 20711.
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