On February 1, 2013, KATHLEEN C. O’ROURKE (nee Carroll) passed away. She is the beloved wife of the late Donald J. O’Rourke; loving mother of Margaret Mary O’Rourke; devoted step grandmother of Gilbert Apodaca and wife Gale, Ginny Chadwick and husband Brian, Carla Trevizo and husband Alberto, Denise Rosenberg and husband Jeff; cherished great grandmother of twelve great grandchildren; dear sister of the late Thomas, Charles and Jeremiah Carroll, Mary Wertz and Geraldine Gutbrod. She is also survived by many loving friends and neighbors.
Family will receive friends on Monday. February 11th from 11AM to 12PM at WITZKE FUNERAL HOMES, INC.; 5555 Twin Knolls Road; Columbia, MD 21045; where a prayer service will be held at Noon. Interment with her husband, a WWII Navy Veteran, will be held at a later date in Arlington National Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her honor to WETA; Public Television & Radio; 3939 Campbell Avenue; Arlington, VA 22206.