Francesca C Ferguson

On Tuesday, October 22, 2024, Francesca Castelli Ferguson, of Silver Spring, Maryland, passed peacefully at the age of 96. Mrs. Ferguson came to the United States in 1947 with her first child (Joyce), of her first husband, the late Jehu C. Hunter, who served as Communications Officer, 3rd Battalion, 365th Infantry Regiment (The Buffalo Division).

A wonderful and loving mother and homemaker (“casalinga”), Mrs. Ferguson immersed herself in a variety of social activities through which she developed friendships with people of a multitude of backgrounds and ethnicities – a veritable United Nations of relationships that she nurtured throughout her life. She had a penchant for crafts and created a number of stained-glass projects, most of which she gave to friends. In her later years, she took up residence at Leisure World where she was a member of the Italian Club and a regular at dances and balls.

Beloved mother of Joyce H. Woodford, Maria H. Northington and Roberto J. Hunter (Donna Webster); grandmother of Robert L. Stanton, Tyrone H. Northington, Alexander C. Hunter (Naomi Haefner), Dana C. Hunter and the late Christopher W. Hunter; sister of the late Vera Waddell, the late Renza Morgan, the late Anselmo Castelli, the late Aulo Castelli and the late Nello Castelli; sister-in-law of Lawrence E. Waddell, and many loving cousins, nieces and nephews mostly of her native Italy. She was predeceased by two husbands, Jehu C. Hunter and George A. Ferguson, Jr.

Memorial services will be held at Our Lady of Grace Church, 15661 Norbeck Blvd., Silver Spring, MD, on Monday, November 4, 2024, at 11 a.m. Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery at 1 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society, PO Box 6704 Hagerstown, MD 21741.