Lauren Elizabeth Tyler, 26, of Annapolis died on September 6, 2011 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore.

Lauren was born to her parents, Stephen and Linda Myers Dowling on June 28, 1985 in Annapolis. Raised in the Cape St. Claire Community of Annapolis, she graduated from Broadneck Senior High School in 2003 and later attended Anne Arundel Community College. Lauren met her husband at the U.S. Naval Academy while he was a Midshipman. They later married in May of 2008. She enjoyed playing basketball, teaching, cooking, volunteering for The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and being with children. In addition, she was a member of St. Andrew of the Bay Catholic Church.

Lauren is survived by her husband, Jordan P. Tyler and her daughter, Kaelyn Grace Tyler of Annapolis; her parents, Stephen and Linda Dowling of Annapolis; her brother, Stevie Dowling of Annapolis; her sister, Melissa LaBue of Charlotte, NC; and her grandparents, Drew Dowling of Arnold, and Donald and Elizabeth Myers of Silver Spring.

Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation at the Barranco & Sons, P.A. Severna Park Funeral Home on Friday, September 9th from 2-4 and 6-8pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be offered at 12 noon on Monday, September 12th at St. Andrew by the Bay Catholic Church, 701 College Parkway Arnold, MD 21409 with the interment to follow at the United States Naval Academy Cemetery in Annapolis. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in honor of Lauren to "Sean's Pals" Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2 Vosseler Court West Orange, NJ 07052.