Angelina Costantino Beckmann

April 19, 1927 – March 21, 2025

Angelina Carmela Cecilia Costantino Beckmann of Rockville, MD died peacefully on March 21, 2025 surrounded by her family. She was 97.

Angie was born in her family's home, just a block from the U.S. Capitol on New Jersey Avenue, and raised in Washington, DC as one of eight siblings to Joseph and Carmela Costantino. She graduated from Eastern High School and later earned a cosmetology license and a certificate in short-hand and typing. She worked in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress from 1945 until 1952 and later held several positions in various organizations while raising her family. In 1984, she started working as an Administrative Assistant at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. She retired at age 70 in 1997 and then served as the Office Manager of her son's company, working with him until age 75.

Angie married Bernard J. Beckmann on September 11, 1949 and relocated to Rockville, MD in 1954 to the home she owned until her death. Her beloved husband died December 28, 1979 after 30 loving but short years. In 2007, she found love again at age 80 with Jim Reedy and spent four wonderful years with him until his death in 2011.

Nothing was more important to Angie than her family. She is survived by her children, Kathryn Murphy (Gerald), Deborah Lueben/Wenzel, and BJ Beckmann (Thank); grandchildren, William Murphy (Maureen), Kathleen Consalvi (Michael), Bryce Beckmann (Danielle), Amber Beckmann Brown (Anthony), April Lueben and Teralynn Lueben Marvel (Ryan), great-grandchildren Colin Murphy, Ashley Consalvi, Alex Consalvi, Blake Beckmann, Brooks Beckmann, Wyatt Brown, Livie Marvel, and Collins Marvel. She was preceded in death by parents, her sister (Grace Costantino) and six brothers (Frank, Sal, Joe, Albert, Louis, and Anthony Costantino) and granddaughter Janet Murphy Zevalos (Keith). She leaves behind one sister-in-law, close to 100 nieces, nephews, other extended family members, neighbors and friends. Tremendous gratitude is due to all Angie's caretakers who provided her with loving care, dignity, and an exceptional quality of life over her final years.

Angie was a beautiful women with a beautiful heart but could also be a devil with a temper. Like her Sicilian roots she was overflowing with life, extravagantly generous, sometimes loud and explosive but also warm and gentle. She loved life and was never afraid to try anything. She played tennis and basketball as a child, was a fantastic dancer and great cook. She fished, crabbed and boated with her husband and loved cooking with him. She traveled in and outside the country, traveling by car, train, ship, helicopter and plane. She walked on icebergs in Alaska, climbed the Eiffel Tower and up 350 steps to the Vatican Copula, stood by the Little Mermaid in Copenhagen, helicopter down the Grand Canyon, was thrilled by parasailing, loved sipping Prosecco, playing slot machines and regretted never sky diving. She was a founding member of The Shrine of St Jude Catholic Church and a member until her death.

Family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Blvd., Silver Spring, MD 20901 and on Thursday, April 3 from 10 to 11 a.m. at Shrine of St Jude Catholic Church, 12701 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville, MD 20853 followed by a funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Interment at the Gate of Heaven Cemetery immediately afterwards.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests calling or visiting friends, neighbors or family members, supporting those in need, encouraging a young person, sharing a good recipe or a good laugh – all the gestures Angie did throughout her life. For those interested in making a charitable gift, in remembrance, the family suggests considering Suburban Hospital Foundation or the Montgomery/Prince Georges Hospice, both of which have been a good partners with our family.