MARY M. PERSICK

MARY MURRELL PERSICK  
On Thursday, September 19, 2013, of Silver Spring, MD. Murrell Persick was born in Elizabethton, TN, to Trula Lowe Berry and Daniel James Berry. She married the late Francis A. Persick of Omaha, NE. She is survived by her children, Theresa Persick Arnold and husband, Bernd M.W. Arnold of Fairfax City, VA and Kenneth A. Persick and wife, Rose Eva Persick of Silver Spring, MD and Rockville, MD respectively. Mrs. Persick was the devoted and loving grandmother to Francesca Rose Persick. Mrs. Persick was predeceased by a brother, Albert M. Berry and two sisters and their husbands, Pearl (Lester "LH") Dick, and Irene (Luke) Tucker; three sisters-in-law, Kathryn Persick Haas; Martha Persick Kinsley and Roberta Persick; brother-in-law Kyle "OK" Davis; and nephew Jeff Berry. She is also survived by four sisters, Minnie Kate Berry; A. Kaye Berry; Edna Berry Eitel (William W. Jr.), Linda Berry Davis; sister-in-law, Margaret Ann Berry; brother-in-law, William T. Persick; and several nieces and nephews. Mrs. Persick ended a distinguished Federal civilian service career of 35 years as a paralegal with the US Maritime Administration where she retired in 1987. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard, West, Silver Spring, MD on Sunday, from 2 to 4 p.m. and on Monday, September 23 at Our Lady's Chapel at St. Mary's Catholic Church, 520 Viers Mill Road, Rockville, MD from 9:45 a.m. until the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:15 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery on Tuesday, September 24, at 10:30 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Montgomery Hospice Society, 1355 Piccard Drive, Ste. 100, Rockville, MD 20850 or to the Employee Fund at Sunrise of Rockville, 8 Baltimore Road, Rockville, MD 20850. The family would like to thank both staffs for their care, love and attention to Mrs. Persick.