Betty "Jean" Banz, 85, of Lusby, MD passed away on September 26, 2010 at Solomons Nursing Center, Solomons, MD. She was born on May 5, 1925 in Ashe County, NC to the late Mattie Lee Harris Combs and Mason L. Perkins.

She was the loving wife of John Henry Banz, Sr. whom she married on April 16, 1977. He preceded her in death on February 21, 1999.

Jean was a School Bus Driver for Baltimore County Schools and in 1977 moved from Baltimore County to the Chesapeake Ranch Estates where she worked at the security gate until 1988. She was a member of the Red Hat Ladies Club, loved cooking, working her flower gardens and most of all spending time with her family.

Jean was preceded in death by her parents, husband, and siblings Pauline Martin, Josephine Darce, and Bill Perkins.

She is survived by her children, Clara Jewel Beatty and her husband Chester of Lusby, MD, Janice Lee Wiley and her husband Robert of Middle River, MD, John Francis Humphrey of San Antonio, TX, Judith Marie Siwinski and her husband Arthur of Reisterstown, MD, Jennifer Gail Mateycik and her husband Joseph of New Orleans, LA, and Jeffrey Wayne Humphrey of Baltimore, MD; siblings, Clay Perkins of Palm Bay, FL and Edna Latham of Honey Brook, PA; fifteen grandchildren, twenty three great grandchildren, and two great-great grandsons.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 2 ~ 4 PM at the Rausch Funeral Home, Lusby, MD where a funeral service will be held at 4PM with Fr. Richard Gardiner officiating. Interment will be private.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.