Betty Jane Savering Gorman, age 85, of Lutherville/Timonium, Maryland, died at her longtime Pot Spring home on Sept. 20. Born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania on Oct. 31, 1925, Betty always loved celebrating her Halloween birthday. A graduate of Southmont High School in Johnstown, Betty married her late husband of 62 years, Thomas A. Gorman III, on December 27, 1947, and moved with him that year to the Baltimore area where they started T.A. Gorman, Inc. Mechanical Contractors in 1963. Betty shared her husband's love of boating and the Chesapeake Bay. She maintained a winter home in Marathon, Florida and was a member of both the Baltimore Yacht Club and the Annapolis Yacht Club. She is survived by her daughter Judith Gorman Cangemi and son-in-law Charles Cangemi of Scituate, Massachusetts; her son Thomas A. Gorman IV of Chicago, IL and his partner, William R. Zwecker; and her grandchildren, Mary Elizabeth Cangemi of London, England, and Michael Cangemi of Marathon, Florida. Betty was known for her deep devotion to her husband, her feisty spirit and her enduring loyalty to her close friends.

Visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, Sept. 23 at Ruck Towson Funeral Home, 1050 York Road, Towson, MD. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 24 in the funeral home's chapel, with a burial to follow at Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens in Timonium, MD.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions in Betty Gorman's memory to the Gilchrist Hospice Care, 11311 McCormick Rd., Suite 350, Hunt Valley, MD 21031 or the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, 6 Herndon Ave., Annapolis, MD 21403.