Robert Cecil Stoutsenberger of Bowie, Maryland, died on Monday, March 5, 2018 at University of Maryland Laurel Regional Hospital.
Cecil was born January 7, 1939 in Washington, D.C., the ninth and youngest child of Arthur and Helen (Conard) Stoutsenberger. He graduated from Theodore Roosevelt Senior High School, Class of 1958. In 1963, he received his B.S. in Mathematics from the University of Maryland. He worked for the NSA from his graduation until his retirement in 2003.
Cecil’s lifelong passion was sports. A member of the 14th Street Boy’s Club in his youth, he grew up loving baseball, football, and basketball, and was a skilled player and coach. An avid fan of the Redskins and Nats, his autograph and memorabilia collection was a source of great pride and pleasure.
He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Mary Anne (MacRae); his son Michael (Tracy Reilly); siblings Arthur Waine, Lloyd Stoutsenberger, Chirley Ullberg, and LaVerne Gowin; grandchildren, Acadia Rose Reilly and Aiden Sawyer Reilly; and many nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his father and mother, and siblings, Leroy Stoutsenberger, Marvin Stoutsenberger, Clifford Stouts and Estelle Mangrum.
A celebration of his life will be held at Fort Lincoln Funeral Home, 3401 Bladensburg Rd., Brentwood, MD on Thursday, March 15, viewing 9:30 a.m., service 10:30 a.m. Interment Fort Lincoln Cemetery. Flowers are welcome. Memorial contributions may be made to the Parkinson’s Foundation, the American Diabetes Association, St. Jude Children’s Hospital, and the Wounded Warrior Project.
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