Rose Marie Cicala

November 23, 1934 — June 23, 2023

On June 23, 2023, Rose Marie Cicala (88), passed away peacefully with her only daughter, Christina

Cicala Boblits, by her side. Rose was born on November 23, 1934, in Washington DC. Rose is survived by

her daughter, Christina Cicala Boblits, and Son-in-Law, Robert Boblits, Grandsons Anthony Garrett Cable

and Evan Bryce Boblits, her two sisters, Mary DeRight and Juanita Wilson and the growing Italian family

she loved so dearly.

Rose married John Cicala on September 14, 1958, and had their only daughter Christina in 1964. Rose

was a career woman, when women in the workforce was not common. She worked at the US Treasury

Department as Secretary to the Secretary of the Treasury for 25 years, and then as Director of

Correspondence for the Treasury Department until her retirement. She moved to Ocean City, Maryland,

after her husband John passed away in 1998. She loved the beach, her friends and singing in a chorus

that gave performances all over Ocean City, and lived there until 2017, when she left and went to live

with Christina and her family. She loved her time with her Grandchildren, Anthony and Evan, and took

pleasure in the day-to-day activities of the busy boys. She was a very proud Grandparent. She was

selfless to all, her family and friends, and was a Mother who was always there, always supportive, and

always putting her family first. She was an avid reader of all authors, but loved Danielle Steele, and was

an excellent crossword puzzler. Recently her Grandsons, Anthony, who is a US Navy pilot and stationed

in Jacksonville, (but leaving to be stationed in Spain this past April), and Evan, spent hours in the kitchen

with Rose making homemade chicken cacciatore, homemade spaghetti sauce and meatballs and

listening to her favorite Frank Sinatra music. This was the kind of day that made her happiest. Family

was her passion.

Services will be held on Monday, July 3, 2023, at Gasch’s Funeral Home, 4739 Baltimore Avenue,

Hyattsville, MD, 20781, 10am-12pm. Burial services will directly follow at Fort Lincoln Cemetery, 3401

Bladensburg Road, Brentwood, MD. Repast will be at American Legion Post 238, 6265 Brandywine Road,

Hughesville, MD 20637. Please feel free to bring desserts, as Rose loved her desserts after a good meal.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Rose’s favorite charitable organizations, Any Soldier Inc.

http://www.anysoldier.com/HelpDonate.cfm#donate, United States Naval Academy Association and

Foundation https://www.usna.com/give and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital

In memory of Rose Marie Cicala, please consider making a donation to one of the following charities:

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