Jennie Cecelia Balta

Services: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 10:00 AM in St. Cecelia's Catholic Church, with Fr. Damian Shadwell officiating. Interment will follow in St. James Cemetery. Visitation: Viewing/Visitation will be held on Monday, April 9, 2007 from 5:00 - 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, with Prayers being said at 7:00 PM. Jennie Cecelia Balta, 81, of Waldorf, MD formerly of St. Mary's City, MD and Valley Lee, MD died April 1, 2007 in Civista Medical Center, La Plata, MD. Born November 10, 1925 in Drayden, MD she was the daughter of the late Ernest Thomas and Mary Henrietta Boothe Adams, Sr. She was preceded in death by her husband Paul Robert Balta, Sr. on July 15, 1990 in Bokeelia, FL whom she married on April 29, 1944 in Valley Lee, MD. She is survived by her children: Paul R. Balta, Jr. and his wife Glema of St. Inigoes, MD, Dorothy E. Hindle and her husband Norris of Clements, MD, Mary C. Donaldson and her husband Bill of Mercersburg, PA, John T. Balta and his wife Nancy of Dameron, MD and Francis A. Balta and his wife Judy of Valley Lee, MD; siblings: Ann Goode of Maddox, MD, Joan Marie McCracken of Lincoln, CA, Gregory Adams and Franklin Adams both of Drayden, MD; 11 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren. She was also preceded in death by her brother: Ernest T. Adams. Mrs. Balta was a life long St. Mary's County resident where she graduated from Great Mills High School Class of 1934. She enjoyed gardening and flowers. She was a member of the Lady's of Charity of St. Michael's and St. James, she was also a member of the Knights of Columbus Auxiliary in Ridge, MD. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 9, 2007 from 5:00 â?? 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, with Prayers being said at 7:00 PM. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 at 10:00 AM in St. Cecelia's Catholic Church with Fr. Damian Shadwell officiating. Interment will follow in St. James Cemetery. Pallbearers will be: Robert L. Moore, Jr., Edward Donaldson, Brian Donaldson, Tony Balta, Cory Balta and Franklin T. Adams, Jr. Honorary Pallbearer will be: David A. Moore. Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.