Harry L. Ring Jr.

Harry Leroy Ring Jr., 88, of Eldersburg, died Friday, March 22, 2013, at Seasons Hospice at Northwest Hospital in Randallstown.

Born Jan. 20, 1925, in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Harry Leroy Sr. and Natalie Mae MacDaniel Ring. He was the husband of Nelda Inez Hill Ring, his wife of 66 years.

He had been the owner and operator of Ring's Texaco Service Station in Arbutus for more than 50 years. He served in the Army during World War II. He was a 1950 graduate of Johns Hopkins University.

He enjoyed collecting rocks, traveling in his younger years, his retirement years and especially spending time with his family. He was a member of Liberty Church PCA.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are sons and daughters-in-law Jeffrey Dennis and Marybeth Ring, of Ellicott City and John Raymond and Janice Ring, of Bluffton, S.C.; daughters and sons-in-law Judith Inez and Casey Sterbenz. of Eldersburg and Joan Carolyn and Terry Brammeier. of Ranson, W.Va.; brother and sister-in-law Lawrence and Dolores Ring, of Arbutus; a sister, Doris Campion, of Powhatan, Va.; a naturalized daughter-in-law, Elizabeth Jesada, of Havre de Grace; 17 grandchildren; and 16 great-grandchildren.

He was predeceased by a naturalized son, Dr. M. Jesada.

The family will receive friends from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at Haight Funeral Home & Chapel, 6416 Sykesville Road, Sykesville.

A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Liberty Church PCA, 11301 Liberty Road, Owings Mills. Interment will follow in Arlington Baptist Cemetery in Baltimore.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at jdrf.org; or to Liberty Church PCA, 11301 Liberty Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117.

Online condolences may be offered at www.haightfuneralhome.com.

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