Elizabeth Anne Rush, who in the 1950s demonstrated home-cooking techniques on early Baltimore television, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease July 21 at Spring Village at Wildewood.

The former Northwood resident was 92.

Born Elizabeth Anne Morgan in Allentown, Pa., she was the daughter of Leon Newpher Morgan, a Lehigh Cement manager, and Anne McCarrick Morgan.

She earned a bachelor's degree in home economics from what is now Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.

She moved to Baltimore in 1947 and worked with Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. Her job involved making home visits to demonstrate the use of new models of gas stoves.

On Nov. 28, 1950, she made her debut with four other women on a Tuesday afternoon television show on WMAR-TV, “Homemakers Roundup.” The show ran until 1958.

Mrs. Rush developed pamphlets with recipes and cooking techniques. She and her staff tested the recipes in a BGE kitchen.

“She took great pride in testing all recipes to ensure the recipes produced tasty results,” said her son, Gordon David Rush of Hollywood in St. Mary's County.

“When the TV show was on the air, these pamphlets were mailed out to subscribers,” Mr. Rush said. “By March 1956, her picture appeared on these pamphlets.”

In 1957 she married Cecil Rush, a chemist at Edgewood Arsenal. They lived in Northwood on Northgate Road for nearly 50 years.

Mrs. Rush belonged to Faith Presbyterian Church, where she was an elder and sang in the choir. She also worked in church finances, and edited and laid out the church bulletin.

She was also a volunteer with the YWCA and worked in its downtown Baltimore headquarters.

Mrs. Rush was active in the Friends of the Asian Collection of the Walters Art Museum.

She moved to Asbury Retirement Community in Solomons in 2011 and later lived at Spring Village at Wildewood.

Services will be held at 11 a.m. Aug. 27 at Faith Presbyterian Church, 5400 Loch Raven Blvd.

Her husband of 51 years died in 2008. She is survived by her son.

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— Jacques Kelly