Catherine Jane McTighe passed away on November 27, 2014. Beloved mother of Shaun F. McTighe (Kay), Rory D. McTighe (Gayle), Katherine T. Hoyt (Michael), Brian M. McTighe (Dixie) and Bridget L. O’Leary, sister of Marjorie L. Hayes, Sister Angela Madera, Nancy M. Gallagher and Martin H. Madera, grandmother of Andrea L. Coulson, Molly J. Michael, Kevin M. McTighe, Kimberly T. Hoyt, Adam W. Hoyt, Connor D. McTighe, Kellan A. McTighe and Keegan O’Leary, great-grandmother of Ryley and Mayson Michael and Blake and Haleigh Hoyt, as well as many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by children Mary Angela McTighe and Daniel Joseph McTighe, siblings Carl A. Madera and Michael J. Madera, and grandson Michael D. Hoyt, Jr. She is also survived by her Great Dane, Diesel and her cat, Buttons. She retired from Bowie State College as Assistant Director of Personnel, where she earned a Master’s Degree in Psychology in 1984, and went on to work for Hospice of Prince George’s County as a Bereavement Counselor, from which she retired in 1996. She enjoyed listening to Johnny Cash, watching Gunsmoke, and the Baltimore Orioles.
Family will receive friends from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., Thursday, December 4, 2014 at Robert E. Evans Funeral Home, 16000 Annapolis Rd. Bowie, MD 20715. A Mass of Christian Burial will take place 1 p.m., Friday, December 5 , 2014 at Ascension Catholic Church, 12700 Lanham Severn Rd. Bowie, MD 20720. In lieu of flowers Memorial Contributions may be made, in her name to the Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League, Inc., P.O. Box 285, Hanover, MD 21076; www.magdrl.org.
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