Alma M. Way, a retired city schools piano teacher, died March 8 of complications from cancer at Stella Maris Hospice. The Towson resident was 84.
Born Alma Neumann in Baltimore and raised on North Broadway, she was a 1936 graduate of Eastern High School. She also received a certificate from the Peabody Conservatory.
She was a bookkeeper at the Social Security Administration and General Automatic Corp. before beginning a piano-teaching career at Northwood and Gardenville elementary schools. She also taught privately at her home in Hillendale.