Mary Catherine Abell, 82, of Valley Lee, MD handed away peacefully on April 8, 2022 at Hospice House of St. Mary’s in Callaway, MD together with her loving household at her aspect.
She was born on January 21, 1940 in Ridge, MD to the late Michael Love Joy and Mary Magdalen Gatton Joy.
Mary is a lifelong resident of St. Mary’s County. She was employed by the Department of Public Works on the Naval Air Station Patuxent River as a devoted and dependable administrative assistant till her retirement. On November 28, 1964, she married her beloved husband, David Lloyd Abell at St. Michael’s Catholic Church. Together they celebrated over 49 great years of marriage earlier than his passing in February 2014.
Growing up and in her youthful years, Mary loved water snowboarding together with her sister, fishing and catching tender crabs. She and her husband loved vacationing yearly in Myrtle Beach, SC. They grew bountiful gardens which they shared with their household and pals. She additionally canned a lot of their harvest. She was a scrumptious prepare dinner and loved internet hosting Easter and Christmas household dinners. She made many types of cookies for all her household and pals and gave everybody tins of home made goodies at Christmas. She crocheted many afghan blankets for her household. She additionally was a volunteer for the hospital for a few years. She loved taking good care of different individuals and was at all times involved for others greater than herself. Family was her best love and she or he loved on a regular basis she spent with them.
Mary is survived by her son, David Abell, Jr of Valley Lee, MD; her brothers, Joseph M. “Puggy” Joy” of Ridge, MD, Larry T. Joy (Kathleen) of Keizer, OR; her nieces/nephews: Brian Thomas Joy, Christopher Michael Joy, Katherine Rachel Stocker, John Michael Kovich, Carol Kovich Woodard; and lots of prolonged household and pals. In addition to her dad and mom and husband, she can be proceeded in demise by her sister, Shirley Kovich.
Family will obtain pals on Saturday, April 23, 2022 from 11:00 to 12:00 p.m., with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated by Reverend Paul Nguyen at 12:00 p.m., at St. George’s Catholic Church, 19199 St. George’s Church Road, Valley Lee, MD 20692. Interment will likely be non-public.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions could also be made to Second District Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 1, Valley Lee, MD 20692 and Hospice House of St. Mary’s, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.
Condolences could also be made to the household at www.brinsfieldfuneral.com
Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A.