JOSEPHINE MARIA VENUTO
Josephine Venuto, 85, of Montgomery Village, MD passed away on Thursday, March 28, 2013. The beloved wife of the late Frank V. Venuto, Sr., she was mother to her sons and daughters-in-law Dominic A. (Deborah Carter), Nicola (LuAnne), and Frank V. (Bryn) Venuto; Grandmother, or “Nona” to Joseph Vincent, Nicole, and Paul A. Venuto, and Meredith and Makenzie Deener. She was the sister of Paolo and the late Frank Anthony Casadonte; and survived by sisters-in-law Maria and Rosetta Casadonte. She is aunt or “Zia” to nephews and nieces both in America and Italy. “Nona” as she was affectionately called had many friends whom she loved as her own and treated as family. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard, West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking), on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at Shrine of St. Jude Catholic Church, 12701 Veirs Mill Road, Rockville, MD, on Wednesday, April 3, 2013 at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Little Sisters of the Poor, 4200 Harewood Road, NE, Washington, DC 20017.