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Fay C. Ryan

1926 - 2025

BORN

1926

DIED

2025

Fay Ryan Obituary

Fay C. Ryan, age 98, of Wheaton, MD, passed away on Friday, February 21, 2025. She was born April 30, 1926, in Johnsonburg, PA, daughter of the late Francis and Mariannina Condina.
Fay is preceded in death by her beloved husband, Jack Ryan; siblings, Pat Nocito, Mary Maletto, Rose Williams, Dane Condino, Ann Ross, Colonel Ernest Condina, and Mary Davies; and her great-granddaughter, Juliet Anderson.
She will be lovingly remembered by her children, John Ryan (Jen), Pat Ryan (Jan), Bill Ryan (Lorrie), Betty Anderson (Bill), Tom Ryan (Debbie), Joe Ryan (Beth), and Frank Ryan (Erin) and 25 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews.
Fay was a light to all who knew her. Her life was one marked by love, compassion, and unwavering faith in God. Those who knew Fay will remember her for her special way of spreading love and kindness to everyone she encountered.
Visitation at 10am on Saturday, March 1, 2025 at Holy Redeemer Church, 9701 Summit Avenue, Kensington, MD; with Funeral Mass at 11 a.m. Interment private on Monday, March 3, 2025.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Montgomery County Casey House, https://montgomeryhospice.org/giving/; or to The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, https://give.michaeljfox.org/give/508128/.
Services at Holy Redeemer Church will be live streamed via https://www.youtube.com/live/hEmrL9a4Hkg. Arrangements by Cole Funeral Services.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Washington Post from Feb. 27 to Feb. 28, 2025.

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Holy Redeemer Church

9701 Summit Avenue, Kensington, MD

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Funeral Mass

11:00 a.m.

Holy Redeemer Church

9701 Summit Avenue, Kensington, MD

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