On April 15, 2012 Ethel Mae Schmelz (nee Seitz); loving wife of the late Robert S. Schmelz, Jr.; dear mother of Stephen A. Schmelz and wife Nancy, Jamie Johns and husband Tony and the late Robert S. Schmelz, III; grandmother of Dawn Newman and husband Jeff, Robert A. Schmelz and wife Karen, Jason Schmelz and wife Brandi, Stephen R. Schmelz, Thomas Schmelz, Rachel Johns and Tyler Johns; great grandmother of Jordyn, Ethan and Parker Newman, Waylon and Robert A. Schmelz, Jr.; aunt of Shirley Wantland and husband Stanley, Bonnie Simon, Sandi Clisham and husband Gordon and Thomas Seitz.

Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (Beltway Exit 26A) Friday, April 20, 2-4 and 7-9 PM. Where a funeral service will be held on Saturday at 9 AM. Interment Parkwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society; 8219 Town Center Drive; Baltimore, MD 21236.