Earl C. "Sonny" Kammerer, who owned two restaurants in Aberdeen and later worked for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland, died Saturday of complications from diabetes and pneumonia at Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
The Cockeysville resident was 88.
The son of an Edgewood Arsenal security guard and a homemaker, Earl Carville Kammerer was born and raised in Aberdeen.
After graduating in 1941 from Aberdeen High School, he worked during World War II at the Aberdeen Proving Ground. After the war, he remained at the proving ground, where he installed and maintained oil burners. He later worked in a similar capacity for C.C. Cronin Co. and Grier Oil Co.
He married the former Elva R. Brown in 1947.
In the early 1960s, he became the owner of the Aberdeen Restaurant and the Twin-Kiss Drive-In. After becoming blind, he worked for Blind Industries and Services of Maryland until retiring in the early 1980s.
Since 1960, he and his wife had lived in Cockeysville, "where we built our house from the ground up," she said.
He had been a volunteer firefighter with the Aberdeen Fire Department and was a member of the Aberdeen Odd Fellows Lodge and Wanago Camping Club.
"Sonny loved reminiscing and telling stories," said Mrs. Kammerer.
He was an accomplished woodworker and enjoyed camping and fishing. He also liked listening to football and baseball games on the radio.
He was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Reisterstown.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Lemmon Funeral Home, 10 W. Padonia Road, Timonium.
Mr. Kammerer's son, Steven Kammerer, died in 1990.