Rodney Russell Abrahams

On Sunday afternoon, March 13th, 2016, Rodney Russell Abrahams passed away due to neurological complications. His final words were voiced in the company of loved ones at University of Maryland’s Shock Trauma Center with assurances of comfort and peace by the hands of his daughter’s colleagues. Rodney was 85 years old. Rodney was born on October 9th, 1930 in Port Deposit, Maryland. He was one of 5 siblings raised by Martha and Woodward Abrahams. A fervent reader and electrical engineer by trade at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Rodney was held in high esteem by friends and loved ones as an intellectual who possessed incomparable candor. His tenacious work ethic was evident in his home desk occupied by ongoing research projects and drafts, his workshop containing troves of self-designed mending tools, and his attic housing an assortment of intricate model airplanes. Rodney dutifully served his country during the Korean Conflict as a Sergeant in the United States Army. Contently residing in the town where he was born, Rodney happily dedicated mental and physical energy toward improving his local community. He was also an active and dependable member of Tome Memorial United Methodist Church. In even the most capacious of reflections, words prove expectedly meager when measuring the degree of his integrity. Rodney survives in fond memories held by his loving wife, Janet (Walker), to whom he was married for 65 years; his siblings, Norman, Audrey, and Eleanor; his children, Lynn, Mark, and Michael; his grandchildren, William, Janet, Elizabeth, and Andrew; and many nieces and nephews. Rodney is further survived by three great-grandchildren with one more on the way. Rodney was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Wilson Abrahams. In lieu of flowers, the family request memorial contributions be made to the Tome Memorial United Methodist Church in care of Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., P.O. Box 766, Perryville, MD 21903-0766. Funeral services are scheduled for Friday, March 18, 2016, 1 PM, at the Lee A. Patterson & Son Funeral Home, P.A., Perryville, MD. Visitation for family and friends will be held Thursday, March 17, 2016, 7 PM until 9 PM, at the funeral home. Pastor Michael A. Caldwell of Tome Memorial United Methodist Church of Port Deposit, MD, will officiate. Interment will be in Hopewell Cemetery, Port Deposit, MD.