Loretta Beuchert

1944 - 2021

Loretta Ann Beuchert born March 5, 1944 in Niagara Falls, NY and lived in Elkridge, MD for the past 25 years. She worked for the F.C.C./Federal Communication Commission, Bureau of Customs, National Institutes of Health, the Neurology Institute, and the Drug Abuse Institute. She volunteered teaching Sunday school as well as room mother at her children's school. She retired in 2014, after 35 ½ years of government service. Loretta was a fantastic cook and avid reader with a gift for creativity. She was a true lover of life with a great sense of humor and a big heart, despite many medical setbacks. She was an avid traveler and loved taking cruises with her many girlfriends and road trips with her significant other, Lanning Penn, since 1993. She loved playing pickle ball at the "Y" and making many new friends. She enjoyed the outdoors which included hiking at state high points and became a Patapsco Senior Ranger. One of her major accomplishments was climbing Mt. Mansfield in Vermont. She is survived by her daughter, Teresa (Ralph) Wax and sons, Bruce, Jr. and Steven, grandchildren Rachel Massuda (Aaron), Matthew Wax, Bruce III, Brett and Brooke Beuchert, and sisters, Barbara Boileau (Brian), Pam Price (Bill), and Elaine LaFollette (Len). She is predeceased by her parents, Conrad and Marie Michaels and her sister Suzanne Simms. In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of Loretta Beuchert may be directed to support general cancer research at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Please make checks payable to Johns Hopkins University. Gifts may be mailed with a memo indicating that this gift is in memory of Loretta Beuchert to the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, PO Box 17029, Baltimore, MD 21297-1029 or online at:

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