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On October 5, 2011, Priscilla (Penny) Green Biondo, of Rockville,
MD, passed away.
Born on April 8, 1926, in Auburn, Alabama, Penny was the beloved
wife for fifty-six years of Mauro A. Biondo; mother of Christopher A.
Biondo (and daughter-in-law Eileen White), Susan C. Biondo-Hench (and
son-in-law Brad Hench) and Daniel M. Biondo; sister of Edward H.
Green and the late Sylvia G. Lambert; and an aunt, cousin and friend.
She graduated from Coolidge High School in 1944, attended art
school, and became a cartographer for the U.S. Army Map Service.
Penny retired from the Map Service in 1956 to devote her time to raising
her children.
Throughout the last thirty years, Penny continued to take art classes
and was a member of the Rossmoor Art Guild at Leisure World. Her skill
as a pastel artist, especially in her portraits of children, earned recognition
from her fellow artists and frequent commissions from people wanting
portraits of their loved ones. A characteristic of Penny's work is that she
captured her models in the present but gently brought out the best of their
past as well. Her love of detail, balance, and beauty, so evident in her art,
helped anchor and inspire her family and friends, whom she has blessed
with an abundance of happy memories.
Relatives and friends may call at Collins Funeral Home, 500
University Blvd, West, Silver Spring, Maryland, 20901 on Monday,
October 10 from 10 to 11 a.m., where a Memorial Service will follow at
11 a.m.
Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Covenant
House, New York, and Children's Wish Foundation.
www.collinsfuneralhome.com
Published in The Washington Post on October 9, 2011
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