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Dolores Pulvirenti Obituary


  
DOLORES M. PULVIRENTI  
On Wednesday, November 2, 2011, of Bethesda, MD, died peacefully at home surrounded by her family. She was predeceased by her parents, Joseph S. and Julia M. Guido and her beloved husband, Domenic P. Pulvirenti. She was a devoted mother to her son, Darren S. Pulvirenti and his wife, Julianne. She was also a devoted grandmother to her step-grandchildren, T. Buxton and Julia B. Hobbes. Dolores was born in Utica, NY and moved with her family to Washington, DC. She graduated from the Notre Dame Academy for Girls and the Georgetown Visitation Junior College. She trained in nursing at Georgetown, G.W. and the original Children's Hospital in Washington, DC. She was a past member of the Catholic Daughters of America and the Ladies Auxiliary of the Knights of Columbus, Rock Creek Council. Both Dolores and her husband were active members of Holy Redeemer Catholic Church in Kensington and later, attended St. Jane Frances de Chantal in Bethesda. A committal service will be held at Gate of Heaven Cemetery Chapel, 13801 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, 20906 on Tuesday, November 8, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com  

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Published by The Washington Post on Nov. 6, 2011.

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Maura O'Rorke

November 7, 2011

We are sorry to hear about your loss. We have fond memories of your mother when we all grew up together on Parkhill Terrace. Please express our condolences to your father. We will keep you and your family in our prayers. Maura O'Rorke and Judy O'Rorke Trigiani

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