Miss Mary Ann Burch

Easton: Mary Ann Burch died on November 19, 2016 at Bayleigh Chase Assisted Living in Easton, MD. She was 77. Born on September 17, 1939 in Washington, DC, she was the daughter of the late Martin and Mary Burch. Mary Ann graduated from Immaculata High School in Washington, DC and took several college courses at Georgetown University. When she was 29 years old, she and her two friends, Rusty and Angie, bought property in Luray, VA. Working on weekends, carrying all their supplies up a little at a time in her Bronco II. They built a cabin in the mountains themselves, when everyone said three women couldn’t do it! They not only built it, they did it right. The nickname given by the local young men of the Luray area named there cabin the "The Doll House" because three Dolls built it. Today her cabin is still there, level and true after almost 50 years. Mary Ann worked for the Central Intelligence Agency. She then joined the U.S. Army reserves for four years, then went active duty for five years after that at the rank of Sergeant First Class. She retired after working 22 years in the CIA as a Chief Financial Specialist, finishing her career in government service of 30 years at the Pentagon. Mary Ann enjoyed music, traveling, and landscaping and maintaining her yards around her homes in Hillcrest Heights and Nazareth, PA. Her favorite hobby was driving around her 2 acre property in Nazareth PA on her John Deere tractor. One piece of advice Mary Ann always gave, “Never forget your family, especially your parents”. She is survived by her guardians with love, her nephew Michael Burch and his wife Jan. 17 nieces and nephews, David, Terry, Donna, Christine, Angela, Vicky, Suzy, Marty, Pat, Debbie, Timmy, Kenny, Karen, Kristy, Chris and Kim. Her best friends in life, Gloria Schultz, Glenda (Rusty) Lang, and Patricia Brecht. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brothers and sisters; Edith Lamorex, Agnes Santora, Robert Burch, Alward Burch, Melvin Burch and Kenneth Burch. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, November 30, 2016 at 1 PM at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home, P.A., 200 S. Harrison St., Easton. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to Women in Military Service for America Memorial, 200 N. Glebe Road, Ste 400, Arlington, VA, 22203 or https://fundrazr.com/savethe womensmemorial For online tributes, please visit www.fhnfuneralhome.com.

Miss Mary Ann Burch

September 17, 1939 - November 19, 2016