Peacefully and surrounded by family on May 26, 2011 ROSE M. SPERA (nee Loverde) of Cockeysville; beloved wife of the late John M. Spera, Sr.; loving mother of Rosemary Thrift and her husband Bob, Julia Ann Elgert and her husband John, John M. Spera, Jr. and his wife Chris, Theresa Marie Durbin and Paul Anthony Spera; dear sister of Joseph and John Loverde; cherished grandmother of Christopher, Belinda, Lori, J.B., Jennifer, Benjamin and Laura; devoted great-grandmother of Amber-Sierra, Jessica and Jackson.
The family will receive friends in the LEMMON FUNERAL HOME OF DULANEY VALLEY INC. 10 W. Padonia Road (at York Road) Timonium, MD 21093 on Monday, 2-4 & 7-9pm. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. Joseph Church, Texas on Tuesday, May 31 at 10am. Interment Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens. Expressions of sympathy may be directed in Rose’s memory to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 and/or the Alzheimers Association, 1850 York Road, suite D, Timonium, MD 21093. A guest registry is available at www.lemmonfuneralhome.com