John Alfred Prouty, 87, a lifelong resident of Huntingtown, MD passed away November 17, 2010 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. Mr. Prouty was born at Women's Hospital, now Union Memorial Hospital, on December 15, 1922 in Baltimore, MD.

He returned home to Calvert County with his parents Alfred Howe and Florence Chesley (Beck) Prouty aboard a steamboat, and they arrived at the Deep Landing port on the Patuxent River in Huntingtown on Christmas Eve, 1922.

John was raised on his family's farm and attended the Huntingtown Elementary School and graduated from Calvert High School, Class of 1940. He attended the University of Maryland in College Park where he majored in agriculture until enlisting in the US Navy in 1943. He served as a Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class until being discharged in 1946.

He returned to Calvert County and married Margaret Gray on May 7, 1949 at St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Prince Frederick. They made their home on the family farm where they raised their family and John farmed the land, raising tobacco, grains, cattle, hogs and chickens. In his leisure time John enjoyed crabbing, fishing and boating on the Patuxent River. He also enjoyed sports and played softball into his 50's. He was fond of travel in his later years, and had a lifelong love of meeting people and making new friends. He was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, an active member of the Calvert County Farm Bureau where he served as President from 1965-75, and was a member, Director and a past Vice President of the Maryland State Farm Bureau. He advocated for the establishment of zoning regulations in Calvert County, was a past member of the Calvert County Planning Commission, was a citizen water monitor who took samples of the of the Patuxent River for environmental study, and was a member of the Calvert County Agriculture Preservation Board.

Mr. Prouty is survived by his wife of over 61 years, Margaret Gray Prouty; a daughter Susan Howe Prouty, M.D. and her husband Vincent Garone of Phoenixville, PA; a son John Chesley Prouty and his partner Roxana L. Whitt, and a daughter Elizabeth Anderson Prouty and her husband Richard C. Due, all of Huntingtown. He is also survived by grandchildren Katherine E. Garone, Andrew T. Garone, Meredith V. Prouty-Due and Clare O. Prouty-Due.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.

Memorial Contributions:
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 231 Church Street, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
or
Calvert Farmland Trust
P.O. Box 3448
Prince Frederick, MD 20678

Visitation
November 22, 2010
2:00-4:00 & 7:00-9:00 P.M.
Location: Rausch Funeral Home - Owings, MD

Funeral Service
November 23, 2010
11:00 A.M.
Location: St. Paul's Episcopal Church