On Tuesday, August 9, 2016, of Rockville, MD. Beloved husband of the late Francisca Marco Recio; father of Carlos Marco Recio, Maria Recio Walczak and her husband, the late Lee Walczak, and Francisca Marco Recio and her husband, Paul Brooks Handy; grandfather of Alexa Anna Walczak, Alanna Francesca Walczak, Julian Quintero Recio, Nicolas Quintero Recio, Daniel Paul Handy-Recio and Marisa Juliette Handy-Recio. Dr. Recio was born in Elda, Alicante, Spain, on November 4, 1915. He served in the Spanish Civil War and graduated from the University of Valencia medical school. He married Francisca in 1945 and they moved to the United States in 1950, ultimately settling in Rockville. Dr. Recio was a staff psychiatrist at Prince George”s Hospital and later at St. Elizabeth”s Hospital. He also had a part-time private practice and worked at the Andromeda Clinic. Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard West, Silver Spring, MD, (Valet Parking) on Friday, August 19, from 7 to 9 p.m. and at St. Elizabeth Church, 917 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD, on Saturday, August 20 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. where Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to Andromeda Transcultural Health, Decatur Center, 1400 Decatur Street, NW, Washington, DC 20011.

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