Claire Cotter Tumulty, 72, who lived in Homeland for many years, died yesterday of cancer at Johns Hopkins Hospital.

A mass of Christian burial will be offered at 10 a.m. tomorrow at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, 5200 N. Charles St.

Survivors include four daughters, Claire Brown of Norwich, Vt., Kate Bell of Monkton, Mary Gill of Timonium and Alicia Connor of Baltimore; a sister, Dorothy Cotter of Washington; and 12 grandchildren.