Betsy Catherine FauntLeRoy Marker

Betsy Catherine FauntLeRoy Marker died on May 24, 2024 at Penn State Lancaster Medical Center after a brief illness. A long-time resident of Homestead Village in Lancaster PA, she was 90 years old. Betsy was born and raised in the Roland Park community of Baltimore, MD, the daughter of William R. and Mary L. FauntLeRoy. After the death of her father in 1947, the family lived briefly in Nassau and Tampa FL. She graduated from Towson High School in 1951 and married Robert Marker in 1957 after meeting in Annapolis on a sailing trip. After living in Washington D.C, and Silver Spring Maryland for a short time, they moved to Lancaster County PA, where Robert began a career at Armstrong Cork Company. Betsy was a devoted mother and homemaker who was always singing, playing the piano, and filling the house with recorded folk and classical music. When her children grew older, she began a long and varied life of work and volunteer activities. These included study at Millersville University where she received an Associate’s Degree in Gerontology, teaching at the Head Start early learning program, and a long held volunteer position at the Mountville Library. Betsy was an early member of St. Edwards Episcopal Church in East Hempfield and served on the Alter Guild there for many years. She had a lifelong interest in health and nutrition and was knowledgeable about homeopathy and other alternative medical practices long before those topics became popular. She enjoyed the beach and spent at least a few weeks every year at Ocean City, Maryland with her family. Betsy loved horses and rode English Saddle well into her 50’s. She also cherished time spent with her six grandchildren. Betsy was preceded in death by her husband Robert in 2004, and was the last surviving of 8 brothers and sisters. She is survived by son Robert Marker Jr. (married to Nancy Zink) son David Marker, (married to Elizabeth Marker) and daughter Elizabeth Mallin (partner of Joseph Ortiz,) six grandchildren and five great grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at St Edwards Episcopal Church, 2453 Harrisburg Pike in Lancaster PA on June 14, 2024 at 11AM. Family will greet guests at the church between 10AM and 11AM; interment will follow the service in the St. Edwards Memorial Garden. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in Betsy’s name to St Edwards Episcopal Church, (2453 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster PA 17601,) Homestead Village Employee Appreciation Fund (Homestead Village, 1800 Village Circle, Lancaster PA, 17603) or the Dementia Society of America (www.dementiasociety.org).

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Betsy Catherine FauntLeRoy Marker

October 3, 1933 - May 24, 2024