Nancy S. Faass

Nancy Sussan Faass, beloved wife, mother, sister, daughter and grandmother and great­

grandmother, departed from this life on November 5, 2023, at the age of 94. She was born on June 9,

1929, to the late Anna Feyko and Andrew Whitco. Upon graduation from high school in Pottstown, PA, she began employment at The Bell Telephone Company and quickly advanced to a supervisory position. Some of her fondest teenage memories include church activities, singing in a local swing band, trips to the ocean and visiting her Aunt Helen and Uncle George, a General Practitioner in Cottage City, MD, where she would help care for her dear nieces and nephew during the summer months and learn about the world of medicine, which sparked a keen interest that remained with her throughout her life.

 

In the early 1950's she was introduced to Robert (Bob) Temple Faass, Sr., during the wedding of her

sister, Margaret Ann {Maggie) to Woody Eastman. Bob and Nancy were married in May 1953 and were in their 69th year of marriage when Bob passed away in 2022. They had six children, 13 grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren. Nancy was a devout Catholic and was raised in the Byzantine rite. She was an active member of both St. Matthias Apostle Church in Lanham, MD, and St. Gregory of Nyssa Byzantine Catholic Church in Beltsville, MD.

 

Nancy was preceded in death by her spouse Robert Sr., her parents, Anna and Andrew, her sister

Maggie, and her children, David Lawrence (Larry) and Robert (Bob)Temple Faass, Jr. She is survived by her children Margaret Ann {Charles), Mary Catherine, Benedict Joseph {Wendy), Michael Andrew

(Penelope) and her daughter in law, Christina Faass. She also is survived by her grandchildren, Nick,

Andrea, Joanna, Jillian, Christine, Coral, Ariel, Kieran, Jenna, Erika, Robert Ill, Timothy, and Jakob. Her great-grandchildren, Vivien, Sonke, Niko, Phoenix, and Lincoln, for whom all she has eternal love.

 

Requiem Mass will be at St. Gregory's Byzantine Catholic Church, 12420 Old Gunpowder Road

Spur, Beltsville, MD 20705, at 10 AM on Thursday, November 16, 2023, The Mass will be followed by

internment at Resurrection Cemetery at 8000 Woodyard Rd., Clinton, MD 20735. At that time, her

beloved son, Bob Jr., will also be laid to rest. Family and friends are invited to a repast at Nancy's home at 6812 96th Place, Seabrook, MD 20706, after the cemetery services.

 

Nancy's spouse, Bob Sr., wrote many loving letters and poems during their marriage. We would like to share the poem

 

Nancy

 

Nancy you are my love, my strength

Through you and the Lord's peace comes

And flows in the quenching tremors

Of a godless place

Take heart and know

Your love is God's bright ray

That penetrates the darkest depths

And strengthens where if Falls

 

it builds confidence

That we, as children of the Lord

Are His own flesh

And share with Him

His living legacy of love and peace