Earl Markley Shaneor

Earl Markley Shaneor died at his home on January 2, 2026. He was 86.

Earl is survived by his four children, Rebecca Shields (David) of Pasadena, Maryland; Sandra Rosenberger (Brian) of Columbia, Maryland; Beth Ainsworth (Thomas) of Pikesville, Maryland; and Mark Shaneor (Barb) of Pasadena, Maryland; seventeen grandchildren, sixteen great-grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents, John Henry and Mozella Boyer Shaneor; his five brothers, John, Thomas, Fred, Donald and Kenneth, his only sister, Patricia; and one grandchild, Katherine Elizabeth Shields.

Earl was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1939 and spent his early years growing up in the country outside Middletown until his family moved into town when he was around thirteen. Earl loved cars, and as a teen worked at a service station on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. His first car was an ugly tan 1937 Chevy with brushed-on brown-painted fenders. He couldn’t remember what he paid for it, but he sold it for $200 and bought a blue 1947 Ford. He tried drag-racing in the Ford once, which resulted in the radiator being wrenched free from the frame and pulled back into the engine. He left the car on the side of the road, got a friend to pick him up and take him to the junkyard where he got the parts to fix it - and never told his dad about what had happened. He sold the Ford for about $800 and bought his third car, a 1949 Mercury. “Everybody had a Mercury and the thing to do was to take all the chrome off, fill the holes and repaint the car black. It looked cool that way,” he said. “About 12 inches off the ground.”

Earl left Middletown for Maryland in 1958 and went to work at Bethlehem Steel on the 56” saw. He had only worked there for about a year when the steel workers went on strike and that was when he got into the automotive business “for the first time really.” Earl spent most of his years working as a parts manager at Ritchie American in Glen Burnie, and later at Antwerpen in Catonsville. He amassed quite a collection of model cars over the years - especially of his favorite 1934 Packard. He also loved Jeeps, which he divided into two categories: “Jeeps” and “not quite Jeeps.” Earl was also a collector of Ravens memorabilia, beer steins, coins and ducks. He was an avid football and baseball fan - always routing for his Ravens and O’s, even when it was hard.

Earl’s greatest joy in life by far though, was his kids and his grandkids, and he will be greatly missed by all of them.

Relatives and friends are invited to gather at the family owner and operator MCCULLY POLYNIAK & COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, P.A. 3204 Mountain Road PASADENA on Friday, January 30, 2026, 1:00 to 3:00 pm. A Memorial Service will be held at 3:00 pm.