Mary R. Nantongo

Mary Regina Nantongo was born on September 8, 1950 in Kalangala Ssese Islands. She attended Bwanda Primary School, Masaka Uganda, then Nkozi Junior High School in Nkozi, Uganda. Soon after Mary migrated to Seattle, Washington in the United States. She attended Seattle Community College where she earned an Associate of Arts in Fashion Design. She attended Renton Technical School in Renton, WA where she received a Certificate in Data Entry Operations. Subsequently she attended Metropolitan Auerswald Business University in Seattle where she earned another associates degree in Word Processing.

Mary moved to Maryland in 1981. Later, she attended the Global Technical School in Silver Spring, MD and earned Certificates in WordPerfect. Mary worked at CAE-Link Tactical Simulation Division, as a Lead Data Processing Operator from 1984 to 1990. She also worked as a Data Entry Operator/Accounting Clerk at both Citizen Savings Bank and Principal Health Care. In November of 1996, Mary began working as a state employee at the Maryland Motor Vehicle Administration. She remained there until her retirement in February 2013.

Mary, who was known for her generosity and love of people, worked with Visiting Angels as a part-time caretaker for the elderly after her retirement. In her leisure time, she loved caring for plants and could often be found in her garden planting and growing various fruits and vegetables. She was a seamstress throughout her life who also loved sewing her own clothes. Some of her favorite activities were doing water aerobics and taking long walks with her family and neighbors.

We will miss her love, her care, her smile, her humor, her empathy, her laughter, her dimples, her personality, her wit, her jokes, and her cooking, sewing, and gardening skills that she shared with everyone. She had a generous, loving spirit and beautiful light that shined through, even in the worst of times. The Queen of Zamunda, as she fondly called herself, is now in her kingdom with her family that have gone home before her.

Mary is survived by her husband Frank K. Njuki; her children Frank P. Njuki, Jr., Christina K. Ssenyonga, Jennifer N. Njuki, Angela N. Njuki; her grand-daughter, Amiyah C.M. Thomas; her grand-sons Dominique F. Njuki-Willis, Isaiah V. Njuki-Willis; her sisters Florence Nabaggala, Proscovia Namuddu, Silvia Babirye, her brother Andrew Kagwa, Paul Mugerwa; and a host of nieces and nephews; and her dogs Jack and Daniel. She is preceded in death by her father Leo Ssalongo Kalwanyi, her mother Coretta Nalongo Namakula, and her brother John Ssentongo Kamya.

The family will receive friends on held Thursday, July 7, 2022 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Hines-Rinaldi Funeral Home, 11800 New Hampshire Avenue, Silver Spring, Maryland 20904. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, July 8, 2022 at 11:30 AM at Mother Seton Church, 19951 Father Hurley Boulevard, Germantown, Maryland 20874.

Interment will immediately follow in All Souls Cemetery, 11401 Brink Road, Germantown, Maryland 20876.

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.hinesrinaldifuneralhome.com for the Njuki family.