Pamela Jane Bennett

Pamela Jane Bennett, 76, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Monday, June 30, 2025, in Timonium, Maryland, after a 6-month illness. Pam was born on March 17, 1949, in Stanford, CT, to Harry R. Bennett and Margaret S. Bennett. The second of five children, she grew up in Ridgefield, CT. The family first lived on Barry Ave., then Great Hill Road and finally on Main Street. Pam attended St Mary’s School and graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1967. She received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1971 and first worked in Washington, DC and Maryland. Her first field was in social work, working with adoptive children. She married Dr. David Rorison in 1981 and settled in a beautifully wooded home in Towson, MD to raise her three children, Margaret, Tyler, and Eve. Pam was a highly prolific, creative and talented costume designer and fabric artist. She worked tirelessly for twenty years as the primary costume designer and seamstress for numerous theatrical productions of the Park School of Baltimore. A compassionate and selfless mother, she was also a talented and enthusiastic cook and dessert chef, who took joy in creating incredibly delicious meals at holidays and events over decades for family and friends to enjoy. A witty, warm, kind, generous, loving, talented and very funny soul, she instilled those traits and values into her children. She loved gardening, sewing, embroidery, travel, antiquing; she had a warm place in her heart for Cape Cod, Massachusetts and the Outer Banks in N.C. Pam was also a fantastic swing and lindy dancer, and has developed many dear friendships over the years as she continued to dance in events throughout the Baltimore area. She took great joy in her family; in recent years she found happiness in being “Gammy Pam” to her young grandson, Heath. She was preceded in death by her parents, Harry and Margaret. She is survived by her children Margaret Rorison, Tyler Rorison and Eve Rorison; her husband David; grandson Heath; daughter-in-law Corrin and son-in-law Kevin. She is also survived by her sister Deborah and husband Manu, brothers Harry and wife Demetra, brothers Michael and Thomas, as well as many cousins, nieces, and nephews. Memorial announcements will be forthcoming.

Pamela Jane Bennett

March 17, 1949 - June 30, 2025