Mary Gertrude Austin

God looked around His garden and He found an empty space, He then looked down upon the earth and saw your tired face. He put His arms around you and lifted you to rest, Gods garden must be beautiful, He only takes the best. He knew that you were suffering, He knew you were in pain; He knew that you would never get well on earth again. He saw the road was getting rough, this hills were hard to climb, so He closed your weary eyelids and whispered, peace by thine. It broke our hearts to lose you but you did not go alone; for part of us went with you the day God called you home.

Born Mary Gertrude Crane on May 1, 1924 in Cumberland, MD to John Crane and his wife Ethel (Waters) Crane. Trudy as she was known had lived in Glen Burnie since 1953. She was both a homemaker and a clerk at Ft. George G. Meade. She volunteered at Baltimore Washington Medical Center for over 20 years. An avid Pinnocle player, she was also a member of the Womens Club and the Long Point Garden Club. Her true passion in life was time spent with her grandchildren and great-grandcildren. In addition to her parents, she is preceeded in death by her husband of 43 years Warren Henry Austin. She is survived by her daughters Linda Kressler and her husband Michael of Glen Burnie and Sheila Holt and her husband Robare of Seabrook, MD and well as grandchildren Lisa Kressler, Laurie Beatty and Kristjun Holt and Great-grandchildren Christopher Beatty, Jr. and Matthew Beatty.