Doris Loraine Horstkamp, age 90, of Chesapeake Beach passed away January 7, 2013 at the Burnett – Calvert Hospice House in Prince Frederick. She was born October 22, 1922 in Roanoke, VA to George W. and Annie Marie (Long) Gibbs. Doris was educated in Roanoke schools and after graduation, moved to Washington, DC where she was employed as a secretary. Doris married Thomas E. Horstkamp on August 22, 1941 in St. Anthony’s Catholic Church in Washington, DC. The couple resided in Washington where they raised their family. At the age of 60, Doris went back to work as an office manager for, Prime Electric, a family electrical contracting business. Doris moved to Chesapeake Beach after her husband passed away in 2008. She attended St. Anthony’s Church in North Beach. Doris was a former member of the Loyal Order of the Moose and the American Legion Auxiliary. Doris enjoyed designing and sewing clothes but she was mainly a devoted and dedicated wife and mother.
Surviving are her three sons Thomas E. Horstkamp, Jr. and his wife Susette of Greenbelt, MD, James D. Horstkamp and his wife Kathleen of Silver Spring, MD and Michael K. Horstkamp and his partner Michael Parrish of Chesapeake Beach, MD; five grand children, Beth Fricke and her husband David, Tracy Hahn and her husband Phil, James Horstkamp and his wife Hana, Thomas E. Horstkamp, III and his wife Donna and Karen Isailovic and her husband Victor; thirteen great grandchildren, Daniel, Zachary, Christopher, Katie, Ana, Jake, Madeline, Marion, David, Luke, Nick, Henry and Ava.