On September 15, 2011 Gloria M. Linz (nee Bishop), beloved wife of John S. Linz, devoted mother of Pamela Lang and husband Timothy, Debra Gurny and husband Paul, Jacqueline Holland and husband Cliff, Lisa Linz and husband John van deCrommert, and the late Laura Linz, loving grandmother of twelve grandchildren and two great grandchildren, dear sister of Walley Bishop.

Friends may call at the family owned Ruck Towson Funeral Home, Inc. 1050 York Road (Beltway Exit 26A)Monday, September 19, 1-4 and 7-9pm. A funeral mass will be celebrated at St. John the Evangelist Church, Hydes (13305 Long Green Pike Hydes, MD 21082) Tuesday, September 20 10:30am. Interment will following in the adjoining cemetery. In lieu of flowers, gifts in memory of Gloria M. Linz may be directed to support the research efforts in the laboratory of Dr. Hetty Carraway for her research efforts on Myelodysplastic Syndromes at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Mailing address: The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center. Attn: Michael Hibler, 100 North Charles Street, Suite 234, Baltimore, MD 21201. Please make checks payable to Johns Hopkins Medicine.