Dr. Thomas F. Herbert

Easton, MD: Thomas “Tim” Franklyn Herbert, M.D., 86, died Sunday, July 20 in Easton, MD after a long battle with cancer. Born on April 10, 1928 in Baltimore, he was the son of the late Alpha Nathan and Dorothy Kraft Herbert. In addition to his wife, Katherine, of 59 years, he is survived by his daughter, Kathleen Nueslein and her husband Anthony, his niece Christine Giovetti, her husband Alfred, three great nieces, one great nephew, and many loving in-laws and friends. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his sister, Ann Herbert Ramsburg. He was a graduate of Ellicott City High School, Johns Hopkins University and University of Maryland Medical School (1953). He served his internship and residency at St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore. From 1955 – 1957, he served in the USAF assigned as the physician to the US Embassy in Moscow, USSR (now Russia). Before leaving for his assignment, he married the former Katherine B. Rohe on March 26, 1955. Their daughter, Kathleen, was born in West Berlin, Germany during this Cold War period. He spent the rest of his professional life in Family Practice in Ellicott City, his home town, where his father practiced medicine before him. Dr. Herbert served as a member of the medical staff at St. Agnes Hospital for over 30 years. He was a past president of the Howard County Medical Society, and a member of the American Academy of Family Practice, the Maryland Academy of Family Practice, the American Medical Association, and the Maryland Medical-Chirurgical Society. For Howard County, he served as the Assistant Medical Examiner from 1957 to 1965 and the Chief Deputy Medical Examiner from 1965-1990. He loved Ellicott City, his patients, and its people and was serving as president of the Ellicott City Historical Society at the time of the 1984 fire that burned down many buildings on Main Street. He headed the committee that helped restore the damaged buildings. In 1991, Dr. Herbert retired and moved to St. Michaels. For a time, he belonged to the Seaford, DE, Barbershop Chorus and after that, he helped organize the Easton Chapter of the Bay Country Chorus, where he sang bass. He also sang in the St. Michaels and Sts. Peter and Paul choirs and was a member of the St. Joachim and Anne Society. Dr. Herbert’s life-long hobby was model railroading and his joy was creating his awesome annual Christmas train garden using O, HO, or N-gauge trains. Music was a big part of his life, playing piano for family, friends, special functions, or anyone who asked. In Easton, family and friends may call on Wednesday, July 23, 2014 from 6 to 8 PM at the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., 200 S. Harrison St., 21601. A funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at St. Michaels Mission Church, 109 Lincoln Ave., St. Michaels, MD 21663 on Thursday, July 24, 2014 at 10:30 A.M. In Ellicott City, family and friends may call on Friday, July 25 from 4 to 7 PM at the Slack Funeral Home, 3871 Old Columbia Pike 21043. On Saturday, July 26, a prayer service will be held at 11 AM at the funeral home. Burial will follow in the St. John’s cemetery in Ellicott City. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to: Sts. Peter and Paul School Scholarship Fund, 900 High St., Easton, MD 21601; www.ssppeaston.org/schools

Dr. Thomas F. Herbert

April 10, 1928 - July 20, 2014