Joseph Hiram Hewitt

November 28, 1913 - September 13, 2007

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Services:

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 10:00 Am in Holy Angels Catholic Church, Avenue, MD with Fr. William Gurnee officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD.

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Joseph Hiram Hewitt, 93, of Avenue, MD died September 13, 2007 in Washington Hospital Center. Born November 28, 1913 in Medley’s Neck, MD he was the son of the late Hiram and Rose Madeline Long Hewitt. He was preceded in death by his wife Mary Martina Murphy Hewitt on September 4, 2003, whom he married on April 16, 1938 in Newport, MD. He is survived by his sisters: Pearl Hewitt Long of Temple Hills, MD, Ruby Hewitt Cheseldine of Bushwood, MD and Frances Hewitt Ruark of Salisbury, MD. He was also preceded in death by his siblings: Francis Frederick Hewitt, Helen Hewitt Ruark, William Benjamin Hewitt, John Stanley Hewitt, James Roger Hewitt and Mary Hewitt Richardson. Mr. Hewitt was a member of the Knights of Columbus # 2065 and the Mechanicsville Moose Lodge # 495. He enjoyed fishing and crabbing. The family will receive friends on Wednesday, September 19, 2007 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, where Prayers will be said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday, September 20, 2007 at 10:00 AM in Holy Angels Catholic Church, Avenue, MD with Fr. William Gurnee officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, MD. Pallbearers will be: Raymond Murphy, Steve Murphy, Freddie Hewitt, Keith Hewitt, Kenneth Murphy and Paul Evelius. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.

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