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Mary Elizabeth Patchan Brier

11/14/1964 - 09/25/2025

BORN

11/14/1964

DIED

09/25/2025

FUNERAL HOME

Francis J. Collins Funeral Home, Inc. - Silver Spring

500 University Blvd. West

Silver Spring, Maryland

Mary Brier Obituary

On Thursday, September 25, 2025. Beloved wife of Jeffery Brier; mother of Jonathan, Katherine and Amanda. Mary is survived by her mother, Mary Anne Patchan, and predeceased by her father, Andrew Patchan, Sr. She is also survived by two brothers, Andrew Patchan, Jr. (Linda) and Bernard Patchan (Julia). Visitation will be held at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), on Thursday, October 2, 2025 from 2 to 4 p.m. A second visitation will be held prior to the mass on Friday, October 3, 2025 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church 12975 Purcell Rd., Manassas, VA 20112 where the Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 11 a.m. Interment will be private at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.

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Published by The Washington Post on Oct. 1, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Mary Brier

Oct

2

Visitation

2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Collins Funeral Home

500 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD 20901

Oct

3

Visitation

10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

12975 Purcell Road, Manassas, VA 20112

Oct

3

Mass of Christian Burial

11:00 a.m.

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

12975 Purcell Road, Manassas, VA 20112

Funeral services provided by:

Francis J. Collins Funeral Home, Inc. - Silver Spring

500 University Blvd. West, Silver Spring, MD 20901

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