Rita Brown

On December 8, 2013, Rita W. Brown, age 90 of Hyattsville, MD quietly passed away at her home. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Thomas Harry Brown. She leaves behind her loving daughter Diane M. Brown of Riverdale, MD and several nieces and nephews of Lynchburg, VA. and friends. Rita was a third generation Washingtonian, a graduate of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Washington, DC and a retiree and an avid volunteer of Providence Hospital in N.E. Washington. Rita was a Duckpin Bowler in her younger years, where she met her beloved husband "Harry". She was also a devoted parishioner of St. Jerome's Catholic Church in Hyattsville, MD. The family will receive friends on Thursday, December 12 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 pm at Gasch's Funeral Home, P.A., 4739 Baltimore Ave., Hyattsville, MD. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, December 13 at 10 am at St. Jerome's Catholic Church, 5205 43rd Ave., Hyattsville, MD. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her name to St. Jerome's Catholic Church or the Providence Health Foundation, 1150 Varnum St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20017. Burial private.

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