August 25 2017: FLANAGAN, Brian E.

Brian Emmett Flanagan

Brian Emmett Flanagan, 46, of Silver Spring, Maryland, died Friday, August 18, 2017 at the University of Maryland Medical Center, in the company of family and friends, following an extended illness.

Born October 23, 1970 in Erie, Pennsylvania, he was the son of the Rev. Carol Cole Flanagan and the late William E. Flanagan, Jr. He was a graduate of Pittsford Sutherland High School in Pittsford, NY. At Towson University he earned a degree in mass communications, and was a member of the National Broadcasting Society’s Alpha Epsilon Rho Chapter where he served as president and delegate to the national convention. During that time he worked for six years at Holy Cross Hospital as a pharmacy technician earning the 5 Year Service Award. Upon graduation he served as a Public Information Officer and Communication Specialist for the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. He joined the Baltimore City Fire Department in 1998 and served as an Emergency Vehicle Driver for Truck 23 until he was injured in a house fire in 2010. In 2011 he relocated to Rockville and earlier this year, he moved to Silver Spring.

Serving as a fire fighter was his passion, and in 1998 he received the Annual Scholar’s Award of the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Company. Five years later, in 2003 he was awarded the Baltimore City Fire Department Exemplary Performance Medal and the Distinguished Unit Citation. He was a proud member of The Emerald Society, BCFD.

Survivors include his mother, Carol Cole Flanagan, of Silver Spring, his sister, Patricia A. Flanagan, of Baltimore, his maternal grandmother, Joan Van Steenberg Cole of Charlottesville, Virginia, two uncles, Timothy and Jeffrey Cole, and cousins Benjamin and Samuel Cole. Brian was preceded in death by his father, William, his paternal grandparents, Charles and Doris J. Seib, his maternal grandfather, Quintin Perry Cole, and his cousin, Riley Middleton Cole.

A memorial service will be held at 4 PM on Sunday, September 17, 2017 at The Cathedral of the Incarnation, 4 E. University Parkway, Baltimore, MD 21204. In lieu of flowers contributions in his memory may be made to the Box 414 Foundation, 414 N. Gay St., Baltimore, MD 21202. Founded in 1949, the association serves the Baltimore City Fire and Police Department and operates the Baltimore City Fire Museum.

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