- Date Of Birth: October 25, 1926
- Date Of Death: June 28, 2011
- State: Maryland
Mary D. Zepp, age 84 of Westminster, died peacefully on Tuesday evening June 28, 2011. She was born to Philip Dodd and Bertha Hitchcock on October 25, 1926 in South Hampton, NY. She was the wife of the late Ira G. Zepp, Jr.
In 1949 Mary received her BA from Western Maryland College then taught elementary school in between raising her four children.
With an MS in counseling from Western Maryland College in 1983, Mary began an extensive study in Sexuality Education which led to her certification through AASECT. She conducted workshops locally on Sexuality and Aging, Sexuality and the Disabled, and Sexuality and Cancer Patients. Additionally, from 1994-1996, Mary worked for the United Methodist Church’s Baltimore-Washington Conference’s Sexual Abuse Task Force for the Commission for Congregations and Pastors at Risk.
Her far-reaching volunteer work ranged from Girl Scouts, Sunday school, and the Carroll Players to Planned Parenthood, Hospice, and the Red Cross. Mary held a deep passion for examining the Status and Role of Women in the Contemporary Church. Her heart was large, and her parish/pastor relations work always involved social concerns.
All who knew Mary knew her angelic singing voice, and there are dozens of church choirs who remember her gift for song.
She is survived by her four children, Alan P. Zepp of Westminster, Karen P. Zepp of Columbia, Paul H. Zepp of CA, and Jody K. Zepp of Westminster; granddaughter, Rachael E. Carter; four sisters Margaret D. Easton of PA, Phyllis Dodd of ME, Barbara Protheroe and Virginia Wells both of CT; and step brother John N. Dodd of CT.
