Bertram Thomas Lloyd

Bertram ("Bert") Thomas Lloyd passed away on Monday, June 9, 2025, in Baltimore, Maryland.
Bert was born in the Bronx, New York on October 1, 1941, to the late Mary Jane (Rowan) Lloyd and Bertram Alvin Lloyd. He was the oldest of three children. The family moved from New York to the Baltimore area in 1943. He was a Maryland resident for most of his life.
Bert graduated from Edmondson High School and attended Baltimore Junior College, where he played football and baseball. He subsequently graduated from the University of Maryland with a B.A. in Education, later earned master's degrees from Loyola College and Johns Hopkins University, and studied at the Harvard Business School. He was the first member of his family to ever earn a four-year college degree.
Bert had several professions and vocations during his life, but he was most proud of his time as a teacher and educator. During his 20s, he taught in the Montgomery County Public School System and in the summer worked with the federal government to implement education policy changes in the southwest United States. Always interested in sports, he often played football with his students at recess. He commented that one of the best football receivers he ever saw was a fifth grader by the name of Ramona who never dropped a pass, until one fateful day when she failed to make a difficult catch. As a consequence, she had to carry the football in school for the rest of the day to reinforce her focus, which she did. Although Ramona and her classmates found this funny, he said she never dropped another pass. Later in life, it was not unusual for Bert's former students to stop him while he was out, say hello, and ask if he remembered them.
Bert left teaching for a number of years and worked in insurance and real estate, but returned to the classroom in the early 2000s at Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. where he founded the Archbishop Carroll Speech and Debate Program. Through his instruction in social studies, speech, and debate, he shaped the skills and confidence of countless students and fostered an environment where every student felt valued and inspired to reach their full potential. He had a keen ability to challenge students to think critically, argue persuasively, and express themselves eloquently. Under his guidance, teams from Archbishop Carroll competed in high school speech and debate competitions-including competitions held at Princeton, Yale, and Harvard-and achieved numerous awards and accolades. Importantly, his students developed skills that would serve them well beyond high school competitions. He often spoke of the excellence of the students at Archbishop Carroll and how fortunate he was to have worked with them.
Bert coached youth baseball, basketball, and football during the 1970s and 1980s. His teams were always competitive. From the 1980s to the early 2000s, he coached competitive summer league baseball teams for high-school age players, including outstanding teams from Baltimore and Montgomery Counties such as Harbor Federal, the Yankee Rebels, and Damascus American Legion. He subsequently umpired baseball until he was in his late 70s.
As a baseball fan, Bert loved the New York Yankees. His favorite baseball players were Mickey Mantle, Willie Mays, and Yogi Berra. He was also passionate about the great Baltimore Colt teams of the late 1950s through the early 1970s and the Colt greats like Johnny Unitas, Raymond Berry, Lenny Moore, and Gino Marchetti. He was a member of the Terrapin Club and loved Maryland Basketball. He had season tickets at Cole Field House during the 1970s and 1980s where he watched great Maryland players like Albert King, Buck Williams, Adrian Branch, and Len Bias.
Bert was a member of the Hopkins Club in Baltimore, Maryland and the Harvard Club in Washington, D.C. where he attended and enjoyed many functions.
Bert is survived by his wife, Marjorie Brown-Lloyd of Sparks-Glencoe, MD; his son, Michael Lloyd of Middletown, MD; his step-daughter Katie (Haley) Diehl of Hanover, PA; his niece, Lisa (Jordan) Resh of Middletown, MD; his nephew, Andrew Jordan of Joppa, MD; his grandchildren Matthew Lloyd, Christopher Lloyd, and Rachel Lloyd of Middletown, MD; his grandnephew and grandniece Bennett and Juliann Resh of Middletown, MD; and his cousins James Redding (Warfordsburg, PA), Robert Galvin (San Diego, CA), Karen Galvin (East Meadow, NY), Jeanette Perrotta (Merrick, NY), Jonathan Kaplan (Clark, NJ), and Maurice ("Reese") Kaplan (Ipoh, Malaysia).
Bert was preceded in death by his first wife, Margaret Ann (Loftin) Lloyd; his second wife, Mary (Walsh) Haley; his mother and father, Mary Jane (Rowan) Lloyd and Bertram Alvin Lloyd; his sister and brother-in-law, Barbara Ann (Lloyd) Jordan and Thomas J. Jordan; his brother, Alvin Maurice Lloyd; his aunt and uncle, Ethel (Lloyd) Redding and Clyde Redding; his aunt Eileen "Sissy" (Rowan) Kaplan; and his aunt and uncle Florence "Nancy" (Rowan) Galvin and William Galvin.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to "Archbishop Carroll High School in honor of Bertram T. Lloyd." The mailing address for Archbishop Carroll High School is 4300 Harewood Rd. NE, Washington, DC 20017.
A memorial Mass will be held at St. Joseph Parish, 100 Church Lane, Cockeysville, MD 21030 on Saturday, June 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM. His remains will be interred at a later date at St. Louis Catholic Church Cemetery in Clarksville, Maryland.