Mary C. Newman

Mary Catherine Newman (Winter) 

January 23, 1939 – March 2, 2025

Mary Catherine Newman was a devout wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She exuded love and grace throughout her extraordinary life. She began her career with AT&T telephone company and loved telling stories about working as a switchboard operator. She and her husband Bill worked hard to raise their loving family. As her children grew, she became a volunteer at Mt. Calvary Catholic School in Forestville, MD. That work as a volunteer led her to run the health room. Mrs. Newman, as she was known to everyone, was a fixture of the school for over 30 years. 

To know Mary was to know unconditional love. Every visit and phone call ended with the words “love you,” fitting in as many as she could before the phone call or visit ended. Her greatest joy was her family and giving love to her children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. This love took many shapes over the course of her lifetime as the matriarch of the Newman family. 

Mary was a devout catholic and a member of Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church. She believed fully in the beauty and power of God, and her family is comforted to know that she is at peace and reunited with so many of her loved ones who were called home before her. 

Mary is survived by her children William Newman (Marianne), Linda Russo (Lawrence), and Janet Dusseau (David); grandchildren Ashley Kerns (Noah Herman), Richard Newman, Matthew Kerns (Krystal), Jason Kerns (Breanna), Ryan Dusseau and Stephen Dusseau; great grandchildren Chance, Nikolai, Michael, Piper, Parker, Anabelle and Oliver; siblings Barbara Clifton, James Winter, Kathleen Adams, Sharon Winter, Robert Winter, Karen Malafy and countless cousins, nieces and nephews.

Preceding Mary in death are husband William Oliver Newman, granddaughter Laurie Anne Newman, parents Catherine Louise Winter (Rithman) and Joseph William Winter, siblings Joseph Edward Winter, Harry William Winter, Richard Paul Winter, Patricia Jean Winter, and Michael Anthony Winter.

Viewing 10:30 am -11:30 am

Funeral Mass 11:30 am 

Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church

Smallwood Village Center

100 Village St, Waldorf MD 20602

301-645-7112

We will proceed to Lakemont Memorial Gardens immediately following the funeral service, however, due to the distance between the church and the cemetery, and for the safety of our family and friends, we will not have a traditional vehicle funeral procession.

Burial 1:30 pm

Lakemont Memorial Gardens

900 W Central Ave, Davidsonville MD 21035

Repass following burial

Holy Family Catholic Church Event Hall

826 W Central Ave, Davidsonville MD 21035

Note – drive to rear of church and park in lot marked “EVENT PARKING” 

In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial contribution to one or more of the following: 

Hospice of the Chesapeake Foundation

The Parkinsons’s Foundation

The Michael J Fox Foundation