On Thursday, October 2, 2003, JOHN B. HOLDEN of Silver Spring, MD. Beloved husband of the late Dorothy P. Holden; father of John B. Holden, Jr. and his wife, Nancy, JoAnne Battista and her husband, John; grandfather of Anthony, Nicholas and Christopher Battista, Thomas, Rebecca and Sarah Holden; great-grandfather of Tiffany, Christopher, Jessica, Hope, Erin, Lauren, Clara, Emily and Soren; brother of Regina Quinn, Gertrude Palardy, Francis and Rev. Edgar Holden, O.F.M. Conv. Relatives and friends may call at COLLINS FUNERAL HOME, 500 University Blvd., West, Silver Spring, MD, Tuesday, 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Bernadette's Church, 72 University Blvd., East, Silver Spring, MD, on Wednesday, October 8, at 10 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Ocean City Reef Foundation, P.O. Box 1072, Ocean City, MD 21843.
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