Remembrance Planned For Former Severna Park Educator

Colleen Stauffer

Colleen Stauffer had a long-lasting impact at Severna Park High School.

To help athletes be as successful in the classroom as they were on the field or in the gym, she piloted the Athletic Academic Advisor program for two years. The idea was well received, and the Board of Education of Anne Arundel County adopted it for its public high schools.

She held that advisor role until she died at age 83 on March 26. A visitation will be held next Monday from 2:00pm-4:00pm and 6:00pm-8:00pm at Barranco Severna Park Funeral Home & Cremation Care, located at 495 Ritchie Highway in Severna Park. On Tuesday, a funeral service is planned for 10:00am, with a burial at Lakemont Memorial Gardens in Davidsonville.

Former students might remember Stauffer as the Anne Arundel County Public Schools Educator of the Month in December 1994. She was inducted into the Severna Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2011; was given the Anne Arundel County Coaches Association Bob Pascal Award in June 2015, as well as the Maryland’s State Athletic Directors Distinguished Service Award in 2017.

She retired from the classroom in 1999, but she continued to announce boys and girls basketball games at Severna Park High School. Her other hobbies included reading and writing, music and paper crafting. She was known for making her own cards, especially for Christmas.

Stauffer met the love of her life, Fred, while attending Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. The couple loved to travel and visited 49 states and all the provinces in Canada. They were huge Orioles fans and had season tickets for many years. An athletic director at Annapolis High School from 1971 through 1999, Fred died in 2020.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Scholarships for Scholars by visiting www.scholarshipsforscholars.org/donate.