Helen Rita Gibson Schuhart

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, August 1, 2006 at 10:00 AM in Holy Angels Catholic Church with Fr. John Barry officiating and Fr. Bruse co-officiating. Interment will follow in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Visitation: Viewing/Visitation will be held on Monday, July 31, 2006 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, with Prayers being said at 7:00 PM. Rita Gibson Schuhart, 73, of Clinton, MD formerly of Avenue, MD died July 26, 2006 in Prince George's Hospital. Born July 31, 1932 in Avenue, MD she was the daughter of the late William Thomas and Catherine Beatrice Morgan Gibson. She was the loving wife of Daniel Webster Schuhart whom she married in Holy Angels Church in Avenue, MD on February 3, 1951. She is survived by her children Daniel Richard Schuhart of Sterling, VA, Donald Xavier Schuhart of Clinton, MD, Beth Ann Didion of Greenbelt, MD, and Christopher William Schuhart of White Plains, MD. She is also survived by her siblings Theresa Bailey of Leonardtown, MD, Catherine Tippett of Colton's Point, MD and Clare Gibb of Annapolis, MD; and her three grandchildren Eric, Stephen, and Megan. She was preceded in death by her siblings Jack Gibson, Louise Bruse, and George Bernard Gibson. She graduated in 1950 from Margaret Brent School and moved to Prince George's County in 1958. The family will receive friends on Monday July 31, 2006 from 5 â?? 8 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 Tuesday, August 1, 2006 in Holy Angels Catholic Church with Fr. John Barry of Holy Angels Catholic Church officiating and Rev. James C. Bruse of St. Francis DeSales Catholic Church co-officiating. Interment will follow at Sacred Heart Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Stephen Didion, Eric Didion, Buddy Gibson, Bernie Tippett, George Gibson, Jr. and Jeffrey Schuhart. Memorial Contributions may be made to the Hollywood Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 79, Hollywood, MD 20636.