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Mary Durkin Obituary
MARY PATRICIA CRONIN DURKIN (Age 73)
On Thursday, February 2, 2012, of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved mother of Anne (John) Silk, Kathryn (Chris) Cuff, Thomas Durkin and Tracy (Scooter) Scaldaferri; grandmother of Erin O'Neill, Kate Silk, Anne Marie, Mary Kate and Patricia Cuff; sister of Barbara Minnick, Timothy Cronin, Kate Breivis and the late Thomas and Daniel Cronin. Relatives and friends may call at St. Rose of Lima Church (Historic Chapel) 11701 Clopper Road, Gaithersburg, MD, on Wednesday, February 8, 2012 from 10:30 to 11 a.m., where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Interment to follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery, Washington, DC. Memorial contributions may be made to Montgomery Hospice Casey House, 1355 Piccard Drive, Suite 100, Rockville, MD 20850.www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com
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for Mary Durkin
Macdara Mac Tigue
February 9, 2012
So very sorry for your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you
Mac
ROBERT SHAFFER
February 8, 2012
SHE WILL BE MISSED AND HER HELP AND FRENDSHIP WAS APPRECIATED GREATLY!
Sister Ann Shaw, CSC
February 7, 2012
Please know my prayers are with all of you. May your mother's new found joy be a comfort to you.
February 6, 2012
Sympathy to the family. Classmate from Our Lady of Lourdes grade school and AHC.
Barbara Heister Swope
Karenina Newell
February 6, 2012
May God's Peace comfort you during this most difficult time. Know that your family is being prayed for. You have my deepest sympathy.
Michelle Manahan
February 6, 2012
Take comfort in knowing that now you have a special guardian angel to watch over you.
Bryna Anton
February 6, 2012
Please know we are thinking of at you during this difficult time and sharing your sorrow.
Bryna and Pete Anton
Martha Boenau
February 5, 2012
With sympathy for your loss. Please know that we are thinking of you.
Martha and Marc
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February 5, 2012
I am so sorry for your loss. May the Most High God comfort you during these difficult days. (Psalm 83: 18)
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