Lillie Jane Wathen

Services: A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 10:00AM in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bushwood, MD with Fr. Francis Early officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation: The family will receive friends on Sunday, June 27, 2010 from 2:00PM - 5:00PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be recited at 3:00PM. Lillie Jane Wathen (Mullen) 82, of Bushwood, MD died June 22, 2010 at St. Mary’s Nursing Center, Leonardtown, MD. Born in Beltsville, MD on February 27, 1928 she was the daughter of the late Amos Victor and Dora Virginia Rollison Mullen. She was the loving wife of the late Joseph Lawrence Wathen, Sr. whom she married in Holy Comforter Church in Washington, D.C. on August 2, 1947. In addition to her parents and husband she was preceded in death by her brothers George Mullen and Lloyd Mullen. She is survived by her children Linda Miller and her husband Lee of Camden, DE, Elaine Blacker of Greencastle, PA, Margaret Monahan and her husband Chip of Alexandria, VA and Joseph “Larry” Wathen, Jr. and his wife Deborah of Port Tobacco, MD; her sisters Jean Lacey of Chaptico, MD and Joan Holgerson and her husband Kip of Pasadena, MD; her grandchildren Karen Jones, Teresa Lee and Tanya Miller all of Delaware, Christina Sarver and Cheryl Barrick both of Pennsylvania, Joshua Corbett of Oregon, and Jacob Hickey of Florida; and twelve great grandchildren. Jane loved to go fishing an enjoyed spending time on the water and with all her family and friends. She also enjoyed traveling, listening to country music, gardening, cooking and reading, especially about the Civil War and History. The family will receive friends on Sunday, June 27, 2010 from 2:00PM-5:00PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD, where prayers will be recited at 3:00PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday, June 28, 2010 at 10:00AM in Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Bushwood, MD with Fr. Francis Early officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be Jim Lacey, Raymond Lacey, Glenn Gass, Justin Cheseldine-Gass, Chip Monahan and Franklin J. Quade, Jr. Contributions in memory of Jane can be made to the Seventh District Volunteer Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 7, Avenue, MD, 20609 and/or St. Mary’s Nursing Center, 21585 Peabody Street, Leonardtown, MD, 20650.