Richard Ruble Macdonald

Richard Ruble MacDonald, 90, of Ocean City, MD passed away peacefully on Monday, April 16, 2018 at Atlantic General Hospital in Berlin, MD.

Born on June 18, 1927, in Kitzmiller, MD, Richard was the son of Homer Guy MacDonald and Wanda Lee Carter MacDonald. His family moved to Baltimore after the death of his father. Richard took an accelerated high school course at Baltimore Polytechnic Institute, graduating in February, 1945, so that he could join his 3 older brothers in the Navy, all serving in the Pacific. He married Elizabeth Hanna in 1949, a marriage lasting 60 years until her death in 2009. He worked at the Baltimore Gas and Electric Company for 39 years. After their retirement, Dick and Betty moved to Ocean City, MD.

He is survived by his son Richard Stewart MacDonald and his wife Janet, granddaughter Cristine MacDonald Donovan, her husband Charles, and his great grandchildren, Thomas and Reilly Donovan, all of Ithaca, NY.  He is remembered fondly by several generations of nieces and nephews, his many friends, and his church family at the Church of the Holy Spirit in Ocean City.

In addition to his wife, he was predeceased by his son, Randall Guy MacDonald.

The family will receive visitors on Thursday, April 19, from 5- 8 pm at the ECKHARDT FUNERAL CHAPEL, P.A. 11605 Reisterstown Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117, where a funeral service will be held on Friday at 10:30 am. Interment to follow in All Saints Cemetery, Reisterstown, MD.