Margery Holland Friel

A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated for Margery Kengla Holland Friel of Queenstown, MD at St. Peters Catholic Church, Queenstown, MD on Friday, September 24, 2004 at 11:00 AM. Mrs. Friel died Tuesday, September 21, 2004 at the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, MD as a result of injuries from a car accident on September 9, 2004. She was 92. Born July 20, 1912 at Hillcrest Farm in Brookeville, MD, she was the daughter of the late William Grafton and Ella Clagett Kengla Holland of Montgomery County, MD. She graduated from Holy Cross Academy in Washington, DC; attended St. Joseph College, Emmitsburg, MD and graduated from Washington School for Secretaries in Washington, DC. She married Samuel Edward Whiting Friel, Jr. on July 15, 1941 at St. John’s Catholic Church, Forest Glen, MD. She was a former member of the Queen Anne’s County Historical Society; Maryland Historical Society; Montgomery County Historical Society; Maryland Genealogical Society; Queen Anne’s County Garden Club and St. Peter’s Altar and Rosary Society. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Claire Mandeville Holland (1908-1957) married to Neil McLeod and Eileen Clagett Holland (1916-1996) married to Dr. Harvey E. Sisk, and a nephew, Joseph Sisk. She is survived by her cousin, Mrs. Hilda Rosenbaum of Washington, DC; two nephews, Harvey Sisk and James Sisk, both of ST. Cloud, MN; two nieces, Mary Eileen Sisk, of St. Cloud, MN and Harriet Sisk of St. Paul, MN. She is also survived by her brother-in-law, Daniel D. Friel of Greenwood, DE; nieces and nephews: James R. Friel, Jr. of Centreville, MD, Pamela F. Bernard of Queenstown, MD, Mrs. Mary F. Huber of Allendale, NJ, Daniel D. Friel, Jr. of Kennett Square, PA, Mrs. Barbara F. Holme of Denver, CO and Ms Patricia Friel of Chadds Ford, PA. A number of great nieces and great nephews survive Mrs. Friel Burial will be at St. Peter’s Catholic Church Cemetery, Queenstown, MD. Pallbearers will be James R. Friel, III, Robert U. Friel, Darann W. Friel, Peter J. Bernard, Pamela W. Bernard and Daniel D. Friel, Jr. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Peter’s Cemetery Trust Fund, c/o Dr. Harry C. Rhodes, 7123 First Avenue, Queenstown, MD 21658. Arrangements are by the Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., Centreville, MD.