Elizabeth Montgomery

Those who knew William Donald Schaefer from all walks of life — as an employer, a leader or just another Baltimore resident — gathered on a warm, breezy Tuesday at City Hall to pay their final respects to the former mayor and councilman.

By 9:15 a.m., a long line of people snaked out the Fayette Street entrance of the building, where Schaefer's body lay in state a second day. Visitors walked one by one through a metal detector, greeted by a large picture of Schaefer as they made their way through.

Tricia Janitzky, 57, and Mary-Beth Patterson, 41, sisters who both worked for Schaefer in the 1980s, came together to say goodbye to the boss they remembered as maintaining his human...