Maureen E. Reefe

Maureen Elaine Reefe (nee Kane) of Crofton; passed away on Friday, January 17 following several months of illness. Born April 20, 1939 in Braintree MA to Harold J. and Helen V. Kane; Maureen graduated from Archbishop Williams High School in 1957, then from the University of Massachusetts at Boston in 1961. She taught 5th grade at Howard School in Brockton, MA until 1967 when she married Gordon E. Reefe of Dayton, OH. The Reefes moved to Bowie in 1971 where they raised their three children. Maureen was familiar to many Bowie residents as an associate at the Bowie Public Library from 1984 to 2009. Devoted to her community, Maureen was active in PTA and Cub Scouts, taught CCD at St. Pius X for many years, and spent time on many other projects. Maureen is survived by her husband Gordon, son Stephen of Washington DC, son Mark and daughter-in-law Andrea of Wyers Cave VA, daughter Kathleen of Crofton, grandsons Michael and William of Wyers Cave, grandson Milon Nelson III of Crofton, and brother Charles Jude Kane of Bridgewater, MA. Family will receive friends at the family-owned BEALL FUNERAL HOME, 6512 NW Crain Hwy. (Rte. 3 South), Bowie, MD on Tuesday, January 21, 2014 from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8pm. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church, 1800 Seton Dr., Crofton, MD on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 at 10:30am. Interment private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made online to Hospice of the Chesapeake at http://www.hospicechesapeake.org/support-donate