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Rev. Carl H. Doerr Jr.

Carl Doerr Obituary

Rev. Carl H. Doerr Jr., age 77, originally from Catonsville, MD, died at his home in Glen Mills, PA on Feb. 13, 2020. A 1960 graduate of Catonsville High School and 1965 graduate of West Virginia Wesleyan College, he also earned master's degrees from Morgan State University and Johns Hopkins University. He served as a teacher and education administrator in Maryland before becoming a pastor in the Philadelphia area. He is the son of the late Carl, Sr. and Josephine (née Gordon) and brother of the late Virginia Resch. He is survived by wife, Carol (née Louden), children Brian Doerr (Victoria), Laura Doerr, Jennifer Clover (Samuel), niece Sharon Allen (Wayne), and grandchildren, Joshua, Benjamin, Carolyn and Michaela.

Relatives and friends are invited to visit at the Sterling Ashton Schwab Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, Inc., 1630 Edmondson Ave., Catonsville, MD 21228 on Wednesday, February 19, 10:30AM to 11:30AM, where A Celebration of Life service will follow at 11:30AM. Burial, 1:30pm at Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens, 2150 Mt. View Rd., Marriottsville, MD 21104. Donations in memory of Carl may be made to the West Virginia Wesleyan Alumni Association, 59 College Avenue, Buckhannon, WV 26201 or at their website https://www.wvwc.edu/alumni/.

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Published by Baltimore Sun on Feb. 17, 2020.

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Visitation

10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

Sterling-Ashton-Schwab-Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, Inc.

1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville, MD 21228

Feb

19

Celebration of Life

11:30 a.m.

Sterling-Ashton-Schwab-Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, Inc.

1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville, MD 21228

Feb

19

Burial

1:30 p.m.

Crest Lawn Memorial Gardens

2150 Mt. View Rd., Marriottsville, MD

Funeral services provided by:

Sterling-Ashton-Schwab-Witzke Funeral Home of Catonsville, Inc.

1630 Edmondson Ave, Catonsville, MD 21228

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