Gloria G. Rich's Obituary
Gloria Giorgia (Marrone) Rich, age 79, of Lewes, DE, passed away peacefully on Friday, May 23, 2008, at Beebe Medical Center in Lewes. She was born February 22, 1929 in Utica, NY, daughter of the late John B. and Jennie (Ciruzzi) Marrone.
Mrs. Rich relocated to the Lewes area 14 years ago after living in New York, Seaford and Wilmington, DE. She was a member of the Lewes and Cape Henlopen Senior Centers and she volunteered at the New Life Thrift Shop. She was a member of the Altar Society at St. Helena's parish in Wilmington. She always enjoyed being a member of garden clubs in the various communities where she resided. She was also a member of St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by a sister Anna Teresa Micucci and a brother Peter Marrone. She is survived by her husband William "Bill" Webster Rich; two daughters, Barbara R. Kambarn and her husband Bob of Allen, MD and Anne R. Miller and her husband Steve of Cary, NC; three sons, Charly Rich of Newark, DE, Bill Rich and his wife Jongrak of Boca Raton, FL and Jack Rich of Eden, MD; grandchildren: Lynn Matava and her husband Joe of Hebron, MD, Carrie Kambarn of Salisbury, MD, and Daniel, Michael, Kelsey and Ashley Miller all of Cary, NC; great-grandchildren, Maya and Annabel Matava of Hebron, MD; daughter-in-law Nancy Rich of Boca Raton, FL; two sisters, Mary Peters and Thelma Fitzgerald, both of Utica, NY; many nieces, nephews and their families.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday, May 28, 11:00 AM at St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church, DE Route 1 north of Five Points, Lewes, DE, where friends may call beginning at 10:00 AM. Interment will follow at Delaware Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Millsboro, DE. Father James Hreha will be the celebrant. Arrangements are being handled by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Lewes, DE.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions be made to the New Life Thrift Shop, 1580 Highway One, Lewes, DE 19958 or to St. Jude The Apostle Church, 152 Tulip Drive, Lewes, DE 19958.
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