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Colleen Mary Books

12/04/2029 - 09/25/2025

BORN

12/04/2029

DIED

09/25/2025

Colleen Books Obituary

Of Germantown, MD, passed away on September 25, 2025, after a brief hospitalization. Beloved mother of Matthew Simmons (Shawn) and grandmother to Russell; siblings Douglas Shannon, Janice Wohlwend (Harvey), Susan Shannon (Dan Sandhaus), David Shannon (Aleta), and Erin Shannon (Ken Ow), and the "fun" aunt to numerous nieces and nephews. Ms. Books is preceded in death by her parents, Bernard and Bertha Shannon; sister, Nancy Shannon; and her beloved son, Joshua. A gravesite service is planned at Gate of Heaven Cemetery on Friday, October 3, 2025 at 9 a.m.

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Published by The Washington Post on Oct. 3, 2025.

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