Dorothy Elizabeth Walker, 82, of Owings, MD, formerly of Annapolis, MD, passed away January 25, 2011 at Calvert Memorial Hospital in Prince Frederick, MD. Dorothy was born September 21, 1928 in Blowing Rock, NC to Charles Spann and Pauline Spann (Ryznar). She was raised in North Carolina until moving to Annapolis, MD in the 1940's and graduated from Annapolis High School, class of 1945.

She married Joseph S. Walker III on April 9, 1948 and they lived and raised their family in Annapolis.

Dorothy was employed as a department contract specialist at Public Works, Halligan Hall, US Naval Academy in Annapolis. She and her husband moved to Owings in 1998.

In her youth, Dorothy enjoyed bowling and loved dancing and "big city" shopping. In later years, she enjoyed cooking, especially baking. She was fond of animals and had a tender place in her heart for stray dogs.

Dorothy was preceded in death by her husband Joseph who passed away December 2, 2006.

She is survived by four children: Teresa Walker and Kevin Walker, both of Owings, Joseph S. Walker, Jr. of New York and Kim McCabe and husband Thomas of Colorado. She is also survived by two grandchildren, Thomas and Connor McCabe, and three sisters: Linda Morgan and husband James of California, Patricia Luchansky and husband Gerald of Maryland and Virginia Greene of North Carolina and by a brother, Clarence Spann, also of North Carolina. Another brother, Philip Spann, of North Carolina died in 2010.

All services for Dorothy are private.

Arrangements provided by Rausch Funeral Home.