MARY ROSE HIGGINS OF BOWIE, MARYLAND – FORMERLY OF WILKES-BARRE, PA., DIED THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2010 AT THE AGE OF 85 AT ANNE ARUNDEL MEDICAL CENTER.
SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND COLONEL WILLIAM M. HIGGINS, WHO DIED IN 2003.
SURVIVING ARE SON, DR. WILLIAM L. HIGGINS, AND WIFE ELIZABETH, OF CLINTON, MARYLAND; GRANDSON, DR. LUKE J. HIGGINS AND WIFE COLLEEN, AND GREAT GRANDSON LIAM HIGGINS, OF ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND; A SON, JAMES F. HIGGINS AND WIFE JANE, AND GRANDDAUGHTERS NICOLE, AMANDA, AND TRACY HIGGINS, OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA; AND A DAUGHTER ROSEMARY AYERLE, AND HUSBAND PETER, AND GRANDCHILDREN KAITLYN AND PATRICK AYERLE, OF SEVERNA PARK, MARYLAND; AND A SISTER, MARGUERITE CORRIGAN, OF WILKES-BARRE, PENNSYLVANIA.
MARY ROSE WAS A MEMBER OF ASCENSION CATHOLIC CHURCH, BOWIE, MARYLAND.
THE FUNERAL WILL BE HELD JANUARY 10, 2011 AT 8:45AM WITH A CATHOLIC MASS AT THE FORT MEYER CHAPEL, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, AND BURIAL WITH HER LATE HUSBAND COL. WILLIAM M. HIGGINS IN ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA.
ARRANGEMENTS MADE BY BARRANCO & SONS, P.A. SEVERNA PARK FUNERAL HOME.