Marian Margaret Garvey Mosier

Marian was born in Cleveland Ohio to John Edmond and Gertrude Connor Garvey, the oldest of seven children. After graduating from East High School, Marian started her career with a small shipping company in Cleveland. She met her late husband Andy on a hayride shortly after WWII. After they married, she traveled the country as a USAF spouse while having and raising six children. They eventually settled in Clinton Maryland where she worked for the Census Bureau and then the Social Security Administration until retirement. For many years, Marian was a volunteer with the American Red Cross at Malcolm Grow Hospital and the Thrift Shop at Andrews Air Force Base. Golf was a favorite pastime after she learned to play on the Andrews Golf Course and she played often with friends before she and Andy moved to the Charlestown Retirement Community in Catonsville MD. There she met many new friends playing table tennis, socializing, and volunteering. Her favorite hobbies were reading and needlework – crocheting an afghan for each of her many grandchildren and knitting tiny newborn caps for gifts and donation. She was very proud of her Irish heritage and had a special talent for memorizing song lyrics, short poems, and silly ditties, which she recited often to the delight of family and friends.

On Monday, January 30, 2017 Marian Margaret Garvey Mosier passed away peacefully at the age of 94 years. A resident of Charlestown Retirement Community, Catonsville, MD, formerly of Clinton, MD. Beloved wife of the late Andrew " Andy" P. Mosier, Sr. Loving mother of Mary Ann Mosier, Andrew P. Mosier, Jr. and his wife Cathy, Nancy Mosier-Murphy and Bill, John Mosier and his wife Gayle, Jane Mosier, and David Mosier and his wife Kim. Dear grandmother of Ben, Chris, Bobby, Caroline, Megan, Elizabeth, Kyle, Margaret, Laura, and the late Kevin. Caring great-grandmother of Claire, Conor, and the late Isabella. Cherished sister of Nancy Fulton, Catherine Garvey Lhevine, Clare Garvey Mertz, Tom Garvey, the late Ed Garvey, and the late Bill Garvey.

Family and friends are invited to gather at the Gary L. Kaufman Funeral Home at Meadowridge Memorial Park, Inc., 7250 Washington Boulevard, Elkridge, MD 21075 (exit 6 off Rt. 100) on Sunday, February 5th, 2017 from 2 to 4 pm and 6 to 8 pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Monday, February 6th, 2017 at 11:00 am at Our Lady of the Angels, 711 Maiden Choice Lane Catonsville, MD 21228. Interment Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA at a later date. In Lieu of flowers, please make donations to Autism www.autism-society.org or Catholic Charities www.catholiccharities-md.org