Dorothy M. Ohler-Robinson

Dorothy May Ohler-Robinson, of Elkridge, formerly of Arbutus, died June 5, 2008, of cancer, at her residence. She was 85.

She was born March 31, 1923, in Baltimore. In her youth, she worked on an aunt's farm in Severn where she picked produce and earned $1 a day.

She also worked as an egg candler for a company in Baltimore, and spent 21 years as a telephone sales operator for Montgomery Ward, in Baltimore.

In the early 1970s, she retired from Montgomery Ward to open and operate her own cleaning business, called Ohler Maids, in Arbutus. She later closed the company.

Then in the early 1980s, she began working part-time as a deli worker, floral arranger and greeter for Metro grocery store in Glen Burnie. She retired from there in 1998.

She is survived by five daughters and a son-in-law, Nancy Bedsaul, of Towson, Sandra Sanders, of Fulton, Melva and Charles DiGiacomo, of Maryland, Doris Bryan, of Maryland, and Shirley Stevens, of Elkridge; a son and a daughter-in-law, James and Linda Napier, of Maryland; four grandchildren, Michael Bowling, Steven Spiker, Lynn Wilder and Robert Bedsaul, all of Maryland; and three great-grandchildren, Morgan Keefer, Miranda Wilder and Nathaniel Bedsaul, all of Maryland.

A memorial service was held June 10, 2008, at the Melville Chapel United Methodist Church in Elkridge. A luncheon followed in the church hall.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Agnus Healthcare Hospice Fund, 3421 Benson Ave., Suite G-100, Baltimore, MD 21227-1056

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