Obituary
Susan D. Lower (nee Jacobs), of Clarksville, MD, passed away on Sunday, November 28th, 2021 at the age of 71. She is survived by her beloved husband, Philip E. Lower; children, Shelley L. Lower (Yoav Littman) and Jeremy J. (Nykki) Lower; mother, Trudy Jacobs; brothers, David Jacobs and John Jacobs (Theresa Homan Jacobs); and grandchildren, Kira Jean Lower and Ripley Meyer Lower. She was predeceased by her cherished father, Meyer Jacobs.
Susan grew up in Rockville, MD and attended Wheaton High School. She earned a BS from the University of Maryland. Susan and Philip met while working at GC Murphy, in Congressional Plaza, and were married in 1972. Susan loved her work as an educator and held teaching jobs in Oklahoma, Texas, and Maryland. She taught at River Hill High School for 14 years.
Services at Temple Isaiah, 12200 Scaggsville Road, Fulton, MD 20759, on Tuesday, November 30th, 2021 at 1:00 pm. Interment Columbia Memorial Park. Please omit flowers. Contributions in her memory may be sent to Temple Isaiah, 12200 Scaggsville Road, Fulton, MD 20759; The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10036 (bcrf.org); the Environmental Defense Fund, PO Box 98051, Washington, DC 20077-7004 (edf.org); the Community Action Council of Howard County, 9820 Patuxent Woods Drive, Columbia, Maryland 21046 (cac-hc.org); or the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW, Washington, DC 20024-2126(ushmm.org). The family will be in mourning at 5809 Old Sea Place, Clarksville, MD 21029 on Tuesday immediately following interment. Continuing on Wednesday and Thursday. Shiva services will be held each evening at 6:30pm.
Arrangements by Sol Levinson. www.sollevinson.com