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GRACE DEMMA Obituary


GRACE DOROTHY DEMMA (Age 95)  
On Wednesday, December 17, 2014, of Kensington, MD. Beloved wife of the late Charles A. Demma; mother of James J. (Tae Sue) and George C. (Bobbi) Demma; grandmother of Donna, Charlie, Richard, and Elizabeth; great-grandmother of Sarah, Dan, Preston, Aidan, Lilly, Julia, Ronan, and a baby girl to be. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, Saturday, December 20, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Funeral Service will immediately follow at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery.www.COLLINSFUNERALHOME.com  

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Published by The Washington Post on Dec. 19, 2014.

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Marjory Curran

January 5, 2015

My Mother, Nora Curran just heard about Dora's passing and was so saddened. Dora and Mom spent many an hour on the phone talking. Both had been members of the Forest Glenn Seniors Italian Club.

Paul and Annamaria Zimmerman

January 1, 2015

George and Bobbie,
We are sadden to hear about your mom passing.
Your family is in our prayers.
Dora was always one step ahead of us kids.
Annamaria & Paul Zimmerman and AnnaLia Thomson and family

December 22, 2014

Loved Aunt Dora and am so grateful to have been the beneficiary of so much of her kindness - not to mention her homemade Italian cookies:) Sending our love and heartfelt sympathy- especially to George & Bobbie, Jimmy and Sue, Sr. Cora Anne ...and the extended family. Tom & Anne Butler

December 20, 2014

She was one of a kind -- what a lady!! I loved and admired her and would like to convey to the Demma family my most sincere condolenses. Karen Hartmann Maury

Ernestine Quates

December 19, 2014

George,
I am sorry to hear of the death of your mother Grace Demma. My condolences to you and your family. May God be with you all.

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