Elizabeth Flynn Duff
Ocean Pines
Elizabeth (Betty) Flynn Duff, age 96, died on Monday, September 15, 2025, at Brightview Senior Living in Catonsville.
Born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, she was the daughter of the late Thelma Caddell Flynn and the stepdaughter of the late Charles A. Flynn, Jr. In addition to her parents, she was predeceased in 2015 by her loving husband of 65 years, James A. Duff.
She is survived by her four children, Catherine, James and his wife Karen, Michael and his wife Marilyn, and Matthew and his wife Jodi. She is also survived by eight grandchildren, Jacqueline, Elise, Kevin, Caitlin, Brian, Kellie, Shannon, and Patrick, as well as five great grandchildren, Frances, James, Tate, Elliott and Mason.
During her younger years she lived in various places as her stepfather worked for a Navy contractor and was assigned to sites for navy base construction from Florida to Virginia prior to and during World War II.
Mrs. Duff graduated from Benjamin Franklin University in Washington, D.C.
During her husband’s career with General Accounting Office, the family lived in Madrid and Paris. After returning to the states, they made their home in Bethesda, Maryland until Betty and her husband retired. After retirement, they moved permanently to Ocean Pines, Maryland in 1982.
In Ocean Pines, she became active in many community organizations and served on various boards. Mrs. Duff was a parishioner of St. John Neumann Catholic Church, where she served as a Eucharistic Minister and was a member of the Altar Guild. She also served as Secretary for the U.S.S. Miami, a reunion group for her husband’s WWII ship.
A viewing will be held on Monday, Sept. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Burbage Funeral Home, Berlin. A mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. John Neumann Catholic Church in Ocean Pines on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 11 a.m. Interment will follow at Garden of the Pines Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Betty’s name to Gilchrist (gilchristcares.org/donate). Letters of condolence can be sent to the family via www.burbagefuneralhome.com. Arrangements are in care of The Burbage Funeral Home in Berlin, Md.