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Barbara Mandel Obituary

Barbara B. Mandel (Butsy) of Baltimore passed away peacefully ?on December 11, 2023. A former First Lady and a Grande Dame of Maryland who lived her 103 years with kindness, courage, integrity and unrelenting optimism. Born on Maryland Day, she was a true daughter of Maryland. Her late husband Marvin Mandel was a governor of Maryland. Her love of family, friends and the State of Maryland were paramount in her life. Both in her personal and political life, her extraordinary wisdom was shared and her advice was sought, received and followed by many. Barbara was attended and survived by her loving daughter Ellen M. Maltz, adoring granddaughter Morrisa Maltz and grandson-in-law Tommy Heitkamp and is also survived by her granddaughter Brittany R. Mandel.

Services at Sol Levinson's Chapel, 8900 Reisterstown Road, Pikesville, MD 21208, on Friday, December 15th, 2023, at 12:00 pm. Interment is private. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, 7401 Park Heights Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21208 or Chizuk Amuno Congregation, 8100 Stevenson Road, Pikesville, MD 21208. The family will be in mourning at The Suburban Club, 7600 Park Heights Avenue, Pikesville, MD 21208. The family will be receiving on Friday from 3 pm to 7 pm with a service at 3 pm.

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Published by Baltimore Sun on Dec. 13, 2023.

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Susan Potash

January 3, 2024

To Ellen, I was sorry to hear about your mother's passing. She lived a very long life. My condolences to you and your family. Susan Potash

Michael Salem

December 30, 2023

Sorry for the loss of such a wonderful person. we had many laughs.
Michael Salem. Nyc

Timothy S.

December 17, 2023

Decades ago, when Mrs. Mandel was First Lady of Maryland, I was a volunteer at a summer camp for individuals with muscular dystrophy. Mrs. Mandel made the drive down from Annapolis, just to say hello to us all. She arrived without fanfare, and couldn't have been more kind, speaking to all of us. It was an exciting thing for us, to have the governor's wife drive all the way down to wish us the best.
She was a wonderful person; my condolences to her family, and I hope they rely on their many wonderful memories of her during this difficult time.

Amy Mandel Payne

December 13, 2023

I will love and miss you always grandma. My entire childhood you and I were together so much and I loved it. So many amazing memories. I will cherish them forever.

Lisa Cook

December 12, 2023

She was a great woman. I helped keep her house clean. This was a shock.i never thought she was that old. She was set in her ways which is why we got along so well.

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