On Sunday, January 24, 2010, at Meadowvale Farm, Lutherville, MD, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's disease, we mourn the loss of Harry Jessop. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Julia LaMotte Jessop and is survived by his sister Mary Campbell Everts, daughters, Betsy Kaufmann, Judy Jessop, Pepper Armacost, grandchildren Wayne Armacost, II, Genevieve Jessop Marsh
, Page Armacost Wasti, great granddaughters Tennyson and Leighton Armacost and his faithful dog, Ben. Harry was one of the original principals who made up the nucleus of G.W. Stephens and Associates, civil engineers, in Towson. He retired as CEO of the company in 1999 after 59 years of dedicated service. Harry will be remembered by all who knew him as an avid bird hunter, loving father and loyal friend, with a profound sense of humor and kind heart.

Friends may call at the family residence Meadowvale Farm, Lutherville, MD on Wednesday January 27, 2010 from 3 PM to 6 PM. Funeral Services will be held on Thursday January 28, 2010, 11 AM at Sherwood Episcopal Church, York and Sherwood Roads, Cockeysville, MD. Interment, following the services, will be in the church cemetery. Family requests that, in lieu of flowers, that donations be made in his name to the Fund for Psychogeriatic Research, Meyer 279, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 600 N. Wolfe St., Baltimore, MD 21287 attn: Kate Jacobson. Arangements by Ruck Towson Funeral Home, inc. www.ruckfuneralhomes.com