Olga Broderick

Olga Frances Dueñas Broderick

Peacefully, on October 11, 2013. The eldest of five children, Olga Frances Dueñas was born in New York City to Pedro and Maria Dueñas. She was the sister of Joaquin Dueñas and the late William, Peter and Anthony Dueñas. She married James Duane Broderick (1916-1969) in 1942 and they were blessed with five children, Richard Broderick, Shelley Rawlings, Will Broderick, Patricia "Trish" Donnally and the late Frances Elizabeth Stewart Miller, (1942-1986). She had eight grandchildren, Dara Stewart Dillree, Angela Marcy, James Bishop Rawlings, Jr., Leda Duck, Julie Thomas, James Broderick, Brett Broderick and Danielle Donnally and 10 great-grandchildren, Shane and Anna Marie Rawlings, Briana, Brooke, Jamie and Julia Marcy, Abigail and Olivia Duck, Maeve Thomas and the late Cody Wood (1987-2006). She retired from the U.S. Government after 32 years. She faithfully volunteered at St. Bernard's Catholic Church in Riverdale, Maryland, where she did an Hour of Adoration weekly with the Sodality Club. She also volunteered at Leland Memorial Hospital and later at Templeton Elementary School. A viewing will be held at Gasch's Funeral Home, P.A., 4739 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville, Maryland on Thursday, October 17th from 5 to 7 p.m. and on Friday, October 18th from 10 a.m. until time of service at 11:00 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Aspen Hill, Maryland. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 or the American Cancer Society, 801 Roeder Road, Suite 800, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

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