Ruth Ann Stevens - Obituary

uth Ann Stevens, a 49-year resident of Lothian, MD and previously of Annapolis, MD, died on Wednesday, July 6, 2016, of melanoma following a 4-month illness. She was 72. Ruth was born April 24, 1944, in Annapolis, MD to the late Lillian and Claude Hopkins, she was a 1963 graduate of Annapolis High School. She was a homemaker and daycare provider. Ruth was a longtime member of Eastport United Methodist Church. She enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and family, gardening, baking hot milk cakes and chocolate chip cookies. Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, of 38 years, Raymond R. Stevens, Jr. on April 22, 2002; and a brother, Pete Hopkins. She is survived by her children, Keith B. Stevens and his wife, Melissa of Edgewater, MD and Melinda A. Brennan and her husband, James of Annapolis, MD; and six grandchildren, Joshua, Kaley and Ava Brennan, and Will, Katie and Maddie Stevens. Friends may call at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Road, Edgewater, MD on Sunday, July 10 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9pm. A funeral service will be held at Eastport United Methodist Church, 926 Bay Ridge Ave, Annapolis, MD 21403 on Monday, July 11 at 11 a.m. Interment Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 1041 MD-3, Gambrills, MD 21054 or American Melanoma Foundation, 8929 University Center Lane, Ste. 202, La Jolla, CA 92122.