Elizabeth Marcalus

Elizabeth Marcalus

Elizabeth Marie Marcalus, "Betty", 76, a 34-year resident of Edgewater and previously of Darnestown, died March 27 at Anne Arundel Medical Center of respiratory failure after many years of illness. She was born June 5, 1934, in Rockaway, NY, to the late August and Isabel Meyer. Betty grew up in the Bronx, NY and Patterson, NJ and as a young adult, Betty taught dance and played the piano. In 1955, Betty graduated and received her diploma from St. Joseph's Hospital School of Nursing. On August 18, 1956, Betty married Vincent Joseph Marcalus, and soon after they moved to California so that Vincent could pursue his career in the U.S. Air Force and continue his education. Most of Betty's registered nursing career was in the field of pediatrics in both the office and hospital settings. During her nursing career she had been employed by Suburban Hospital and Anne Arundel Medical Center. In the mid-1980s, Betty began working for the Federal Government as an Occupational Health RN and received her COHN (Certified Occupational Health Nurse) certification and served on the board of the American Association of Occupational Health Nurses (AAOHN) for 15 years. In 2000, she retired as Director of Nursing for Hunter Medical Services of the Greater Metropolitan DC area. While in her sixties, Betty took up snow skiing and enjoyed drum corps competitions, gardening, reading, cross-stitching, traveling, cooking and loved being with her children and grand-children. In addition to her parents, Betty was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent, who died Dec. 7, 2008; and brother, Robert Meyer, who died in May 2006. She is survived by four sons, Steven (Suzanne) Marcalus of Bishopville, Craig Marcalus of Berkeley Springs, WV, Jeffrey (Vondrea) Marcalus of Arnold and Eric (Tracy) Marcalus of Edgewater; daughter, Tracey (Edward) Verschueren of Edgewater; four grandsons, Michael and Jeremy Marcalus of Berkeley Springs, WV, Bryce Marcalus of Edgewater and Jacob Marcalus of Arnold; two granddaughters, Amanda Marcalus of Berkeley Springs, WV and Alyssa Marcalus of Edgewater; and step-grandson, Tucker Fanzo of Lothian. Friends are invited to Betty's Life Celebration from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 1 at the George P. Kalas Funeral Home, 2973 Solomons Island Rd., Edgewater, where services will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, April 2. Interment Lakemont Memorial Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the American Lung Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Ste. 800, Washington, DC 20004 or online at www.lungusa.org, or the National Psoriasis Foundation, 6600 SW 92nd Avenue, Ste. 300, Portland, OR 97223 or online at www.psoriasis.org. An online guestbook is available for your convenience at www.kalasfuneralhomes.com