Edith D. (Demarco) Raine

MRS. EDITH D. RAINE, AGE 89 OF NORTH EAST, MD DIED FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2012 AT HER RESIDENCE IN EASTMAN, GA.
BORN ON SEPTEMBER 9, 1923, SHE WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE LATE ADAM & ANTONIA ACOCELLA DEMARCO OF HAVRE DE GRACE, MD.  SHE WAS A 1940 GRADUATE OF HAVRE DE GRACE HIGH SCHOOL.
MRS. RAINE RETIRED FROM ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, WHERE SHE WORKED AS A TEST MANAGEMENT SUPPORT SPECIALIST AND HAD PREVIOUSLY WORKED AT BAYSHORE INDUSTRIES IN ELKTON, MD.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF ST. JUDE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NORTH EAST, MD WHERE SHE ENJOYED ATTENDING FOR MANY YEARS.  SHE WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL MEMBERS IN CHARGE OF FUND RAISING ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEW CHURCH DURING THE TIME WHEN MASS WAS HELD AT THE NORTH EAST FIREHOUSE.
SHE WAS A MEMBER OF AIKEN HOMEMAKERS, AIKEN LUNCH BUNCH, NORTH EAST SENIOR CITIZENS, AARP CHAPTER 4138, NARFE.
AFTER THEIR RETIREMENT, MRS. RAINE AND HER LATE HUSBAND ENJOYED TRAVELING WITH THE LOCAL TRAVEL GROUPS TO MANY OF THE TOURIST ATTRACTION AREAS.  HER FAVORITE HOBBIES WERE FAMILY GENEALOGY, READING, SOLVING CRYPTOGRAM AND SUDOKU PUZZLES, ALL CRAFTS, AND NEEDLEWORK, WITH A SPECIAL EXPERTISE IN CROCHETING.
SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER DAUGHTER: FRANCES R. MITCHELL, TWO GRANDSONS: DAVID E. MITCHELL AND JONATHAN R. MITCHELL; TWO GREAT GRANDCHILDREN; SISTER: BETTY BUCHANAN AND MANY NIECES AND NEPHEWS.
IN ADDITION TO HER PARENTS, MRS. RAINE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HER HUSBAND, LOUIS E. RAINE, BROTHERS: HENRY DEMARCO AND VICTOR DEMARCO; AND SISTER: LUCY CULLUM.
GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT 11:00AM ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2012, AT IMMACULATE CONCEPTION CATHOLIC CEMETERY IN CHERRY HILL, MD.

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