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MARY BARNARD Obituary
MARY PATRICIA BARNARD (Age 61)
On Wednesday, August 13, 2014, of Jessup, MD. Beloved sister of Joseph, Thomas and Bill Barnard. Also survived by her loving nieces, nephews and sisters-in-law. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), Sunday, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m.; with the Rosary from 7 to 7:30 p.m. Memorial Mass at St. John the Baptist Church, 12319 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, MD, on Monday, August 18, at 10:30 a.m. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, 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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Memories and Condolences
for MARY BARNARD
ThomasPalaima
August 10, 2025
I hope the heavens sparkle like your eyes and heavenly choirs match the beautiful notes in your laughter. Looking back, I think of not one bad moment between us except for an odd few I brought on.
I hope your spirit is soaring.
you are in my heart.
ThomasPalaima
May 5, 2024
Dear Mary,
You are more alive than ever. My students, writing about love in Bob Dylan´s songs, could be writing about you. You were a wondrous person, a deep and yet light-hearted soul. How I wish you were still in our world. Tommy
Thomas Palaima
September 24, 2023
Dear Mary,
I remember you, I remember your smile, I remember your soul, I remember your spirit, I remember your laugh, I remember your limitless giving to others, I remember the spirit of friendship that kept you linked with people, I remember not one angry or unkind or unpleasant word you ever said in writing or in talking--because none exists. I am wrapping up my career here and I have unearthed old memorabilia. Your love has been like the pilot light on a stove top that even exposed to the winds and rains of life, never goes out. Thank you for the times we spent together throughout life. I hope your world soul is somehow imminent. This sad world sure needs you now.
All my very best,
Tommy Palaima
Tom Palaima
August 10, 2022
Your loving soul and person still sustain me as I live through my life. I was just speaking with a close friend this morning about having a flat tire in your dad's car in summer 1972 and me, being a long-haired impractical college junior, jacked it up not with the jack under the car's frame, but the side panel of the car between the passenger wheel well and the bumper, so when the jack lifted that part off the ground the whole front side crumpled under the weight. You laughed and laughed and laughed, as I felt panic about how to explain my ineptitude to your father and how to pay for the damages.
Thank you for being so loving and caring of everyone, but especially me. It is your love that has given me the capacity to love others and the love of my life, Lisa, to whom I am married now. You were an extraordinary human being and the good you did for others, including not only veterans, but family and friends, is a constant living legacy.
Rest in loving meditation upon the goodness buried in us poor creatures.
Love, Tommy
Tommy Palaima
August 10, 2021
The love and friendship you showed me in 1972 and always when we met long afterwards has sustained me throughout my life since then, almost 50 years.
I do not know what happens when life ends, but I do know that you live on inside me and are a big part of the love that my wife Lisa and I share now.
I would love to be able to see how the Mary we knew at Boston College took on Covid and cared for others affected by it with the kind of joy and the kind of laughter about things others think BIG. You made life joyful even in the hardest times. And this is not nostalgia, this is hard fact.
All my best from this world here still. August 13 is a holy day for me.
Thomas Palaima
August 6, 2020
Thinking back now almost six years. It seems like 6 centuries. Where are you now, Mary? Where have you gone? How is it that you are still here in my heart, soul and memory? Your laughter. Your joy. Your calm acceptance. Your uncomplaining nature.
requiescas in pace aeterna
Thomas Palaima
May 17, 2020
Mary was a special person. In a lifetime that now has reached 68 and one half years, I have known only three other such women with souls that are such deep pools of love and caring and understanding. Her candle burned brightly and its afterglow is still there.
Felice McEuen
September 9, 2014
I send my prayers and deepest sympathies to Mary's family at this time of her passing.
Norman Vitrano
August 22, 2014
I only knew Mary from seeing her at daily Mass - St Lawrence in Odenton. I knew she had cancer, but was always cheerful and brave. She would often ask about my health. Wish I'd known her better. My prayers for her and her family.
Kathleen Sullivan
August 21, 2014
My greatest Sympathy to the Bardnard family. Mary and family were neighbors
during our childhood days in Silver Spring and went to St Bernadetts school. May Mary rest in Peace.
August 19, 2014
Very sorry to hear of the loss of Mary. May the prayers to God Almighty strengthen you. (Isa 41:10)
Debbie White - Burch
August 18, 2014
All those whom she helped cross over were there to welcome her. May her love and Light continue to touch others.
Liz ('70) & Allen
Elizabeth Honaker
August 16, 2014
Rest in Peace, Mary. Allen & I remember a lady whose laughter was a delightful and infectious cascade of joy.
Carol Bryan
August 16, 2014
My thoughts, prayers and love go out to the Barnard Family. I was a classmate of hers at AHN and I remember as a wonderful, unique and special friend. She is in God's arms now and May She Rest In Peace.
Carol Bryan, AHN '70
August 16, 2014
I send my condolences to the family. May the Hearer of Prayer comfort during this difficult time.
August 16, 2014
I am so sorry for your loss. Please be assured God cares for you and w ill comfort you at this time. 1 Pet. 5:7
Gloria
August 16, 2014
May the comfort that our Heavenly Father gives help your family during this difficult time.
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