Sara Jean Speer “Jeannie” passed away, peacefully, in her sleep on the evening of July 26, 2015. Jeannie was born June 17, 1959 in Birmingham, AL to welcoming parents, Walter Thurston Schroeder, Jr. and Ruth Elizabeth “Lansinger” Schroeder. Jeannie soon moved to Baltimore, MD and welcomed sister, Linda Diane. The family moved to St. Mary’s county in the summer of 1974 to the Spring Ridge area and she lived in St. Mary’s County until the time of her passing. She married Robert Michael Speer on the afternoon of November 24, 1976. The new family welcomed their only child, Mark Anthony, on Friday May 13, 1977. Jeannie graduated from Great Mills High School in June of 1977. Jeannie was a gifted artist and started working for government contractors as a drafter and Auto Cad technician. She worked full time and took classes at the College of Southern Maryland to receive her Associates degree in 1988. The latter part of her career she was project manager who oversaw, and was instrumental in, the installation of the fiber optic system at Pax River NAS. Her only grandchild, Lillian Elizabeth Speer, was born on July 9th 2002. She always said being a grandmother was the […]
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