Mamie J. Domras, 82 wife of Philip C. Domras of Lusby, MD passed away on Thursday, August 19, 2010 at the Burnett-Calvert Hospice House, Prince Frederick, MD. She was born on September 17, 1927 in Gay, West Virginia to the late Jessie H. Tuttle and Tressie H. Stewart Tuttle.

Her father worked in the oil fields, her mother as a sales clerk in stores in Spencer, West Virginia. Her father died in 1966, her mother remarried Leslie Burns and she died in 1991. Mamie lived with her grandmother while attending Ripley High School. Mamie graduated from high school on May 24, 1945. Mamie and a classmate Garnet Hunt signed up to go to work in Washington, D. C. with the Food and Drug Administration as clerks. Mamie retired in 1982 as an Administrative Assistant. Mamie and Garnet Hunt lived in a basement apartment on 12th Street, S. E.

Her husband Phil met her while walking home on Portland Street and started talking to her. She was nervous and he kept going the same way she was. When she got to the rear of her apartment he told her that he lived in the house at the end of the back alley. They started dating and on New Years Eve and were married at his parent's home in 1947. They moved into their first apartment together on 2nd Street, then bought a house in Wheaton, MD in 1964. They sold there home in Wheaton, MD in 1986 and moved into their new home in Lusby, MD were she remained until her death.

Mamie is survived by her loving husband Philip Domras of Lusby, MD; nieces, nephews and many devoted friends.

The family will receive friends on Monday, August 30, at the RAUSCH FUNERAL HOME, P. A., 20 American Lane, Lusby, MD at 10:30 AM until the time of the funeral service at 12:00 noon; interment to follow at MD Veterans Cemetery, Cheltenham, MD.

Should friend's desire contributions may be made in her memory to the American Legion Post #274 Auxiliary, 11820 H. G. Trueman Rd., Lusby, MD 20657.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.