Flora K. Auld

Flora Estelle Auld (nee Kirkley) died on May 18, 2025, in Bigfork, Montana. She was born in Baltimore on April 21, 1927, to Rev. Edward T. Kirkley and Flora Estelle (Glasgow) Kirkley. She graduated from Glen Burnie High School and Bob Jones College. She was sent out to teach while she was still in high school.

Flora's first full time job after college was as a teacher at Linthicum Heights Elementary School. She went on to teach English at Glen Burnie High School and then Towson High School. While at Towson, she was affectionately known by her students as "Mother Auld."

She married Stuart D. Auld October 4, 1957, at Glen Burnie Methodist Church in a ceremony officiated by her father, and two of her brothers, Reverend Charles F. Kirkley, and Reverend Robert G. Kirkley.

Devoted to her extended family, Flora hosted the Kirkley family gatherings at her home for the traditional holidays and took joy in providing bountiful meals and decorative settings.

Flora is preceded by her parents, her husband, Stuart, brothers, Holmes and his wife Ruth; Charles and his wife Dorothy; James and his wife Maxine and Robert and his wife Joyce, as well as two nieces, Carol Wills and Janice Kirkley. She is survived by nephews, Edward Kirkley (wife Ginny), Gary Kirkley (wife Peggy), James Kirkley (wife Mary), Craig Kirkley, Chad Kirkley (wife Jamie), Cort Kirkley (wife Karen), and Robert Kirkley (wife Margaret) and nieces, Joyce Hornberger (husband Richard) and Beth Kennedy and numerous great-nieces and great-nephews.

Family and friends may call at the KIRKLEY RUDDICK FUNERAL HOME on Tuesday, May 27th, 6-8pm. Funeral service, Wednesday, May 28th, 11am, from the funeral home. Interment Glen Haven Memorial Park.