Elizabeth A Marcotte

Elizabeth Ann (Kuhn) Marcotte, died Saturday, December 23, 2017, with her son by her side at her daughter’s home in Silver Spring, Maryland.

She is survived by her son, Scott, of Hyattsville, Maryland; her daughter, Jacqueline Keeling, two granddaughters, Laura and Rachael Keeling, of Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland, respectively; a sister, Meg Mader and her husband Art, of Brighton, Colorado; a sister, Barbara Kuhn, of Chicago, Illinois; a brother, Richard Kuhn and his wife Judy, of Hays, Kansas; a sister-in-law, Mary Ann Kuhn, of Odessa, Missouri; and a sister-in-law, Judy Hayden and her husband Leo, of Goodland, Kansas. She was preceded in death by her parents, her brother Clarence James Kuhn, her sister-in-law Sundra Clark, and in 2013, by her husband of 48 years, Gerard H. Marcotte.

Elizabeth was born on June 28, 1945, in Ellis County, Kansas, to Clarence and Laurina (Rohleder) Kuhn. She grew up on the family farm in Victoria, Kansas, graduated from Victoria High School in 1963, and attended Fort Hays Kansas State College (now FHSU). She met her future husband when he tagged along to a wedding dance with his fraternity brother.

Following her husband’s discharge from the United States Army in 1968, she and her family made their home in Maryland. She worked for many years in the commercial construction industry. After her husband’s passing, she started a new career at Regency Commercial Construction, in Beltsville, Maryland, where she enjoyed working until only weeks before her death.

She was renowned for her homemade raisin bread and chocolate chip cookies. She no doubt will be mourned by the backyard birds and the semi-feral cats who relied on her kind heart and generosity. She loved to watch golf and football. She loved to be near the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. She loved to baby her houseplants and her garden. She loved her friends. She loved her family, and she was most delighted when she was with all of them together, whether it was by the beach, or in a fine restaurant, or at the kitchen table.

The family suggests memorials to:

The Folds of Honor Foundation or The Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States.