Stella Brannan, a retired member of the housekeeping staff at the main offices of the Baltimore Gas and Electric Co., died Wednesday of heart failure at the Meridian-Catonsville Nursing Center.

She was 88 and had been a Drew Street resident for many years.

Services for Mrs. Brannan were being held today at the Charles S. Zeiler & Son Inc. funeral establish

ment, 6224 Eastern Ave.

She retired about 30 years ago after working many years in BG&E;'s downtown offices. Before moving to Drew Street in the early 1940s, she had lived near Patterson Park, where she often provided snacks for neighborhood youths playing baseball and other sports in the park.

The former Stella Zyglarski was a native of Baltimore. Her husband, Charles T. Brannan, a retired street car motorman, died in 1990.

She is survived by a son, Charles E. Brannan of Catonsville; two granddaughters; and four great-grandchildren.

The family suggested memorial contributions to the Alzheimer's Association of Central Maryland.