Memorial Service
April 1, 2011
2:00 P.M.
Location: Saint Nicholas Lutheran Church [Map]
Inurnment
Location: Private
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Cecelia Margaret DeVere “Ceal”, age 68, died March 24, 2011 at her home in Chesapeake Beach, MD. She was born September 24, 1942 in Trenton, NY to Harry C. and Evelyn (Hines) Walz. She was raised in Trenton and graduated from St. Francis Medical Center as a registered nurse. Ceal was married to Albert R. DeVere, Sr. in Trenton in October 1963. The couple resided in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut before moving to Maryland in 1988 and settling in Chesapeake Beach in 1989. Ceal was a nurse at Calvert for nearly 20 years before retiring in 2008. She was a founding member of St. Nicholas Lutheran Church in Huntingtown and a member of its choir. Ceal was also a member of the Board of Directors for Meals on Wheels of Calvert County until resigning in January due to health issues and was a former member of the Ladies Auxiliary of the North Beach Volunteer Fire Department. She was preceded in death by her parents Harry C. and Evelyn V. Walz, and by her husband Albert R. DeVere in January 1994. Surviving are two sons, Albert R. DeVere, Jr. and his wife Tish of Warrenton, VA and David S. DeVere and his wife Christy of Chesapeake Beach, MD; six grandchildren; two sisters, Emily E. Walz Blackwell of Trenton, NJ and Harriett E. Procaccino of Delanco, NJ; and by a brother, Edward E. Walz of Whiting, NJ.
Following the Memorial Service at St. Nicholas Church on Friday, a reception for family and friends will be held at the North Beach Fire Department at 3:30 P.M.
Memorial Contributions
Expressions of sympathy in Ceal's name may be made to: St. Nicholas Church Building Fund
1450 Plum Point Road
Huntingtown, MD 20639
or
Meals on Wheels
P.O. Box 348
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
or
Calvert Hospice
P.O. Box 838
Prince Frederick, MD 20678 or online at
www.calverthospice.org
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