Rose Marie Fideles Stefanoni

Rose Marie Fideles Stefanoni, age 85, of Whiteford, MD, passed away on September 25, 2012 at Upper Chesapeake Medical Center in Bel Air, MD. Born in Baltimore, MD, she was the daughter of the late Samuel Emanuel and Filippa Sparacino Brusio and wife, for 29 years, of the late Angelo Stefanoni. A member of St. Mary of the Assumption in Pylesville, her whole life was her faith and her family. She had a great devotion for the Rosary and in 1995, with the addition of the Grotto Faith and Chapel, Rose spent many hours of prayer.

Mrs. Stefanoni is survived by her sons, Carlo L. Stefanoni of Bel Air, MD and Dominic Stefanoni of Whiteford, MD; daughters, Angela Marie Baur of Joppa, MD and Michele A.S. Fleischmann of Whiteford, MD; brothers, Mario E. Brusio and Vince Brusio of Baltimore, MD; sisters, Mary Ann Doyle, Sarah V. DeFatta, Marie Teresa Brusio, Rita Regina DiIorio and Jeanette C. Katen, all of Baltimore, MD; seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren. In addition to her parents and husband she was predeceased by her daughter, Francesca Rose Knauer; and brothers, Filippio A., Joseph E. and Samuel G. Brusio.

Visitation will be held at St. Mary of the Assumption in Pylesville, MD on Monday, October 1, 2012 from 3-5 and 7-9 p.m. A Mass will be at the church on Tuesday, October 2 on the Feast of the Guardian Angels at 10 a.m. Interment will be at Most Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Baltimore, MD.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Our Daily Bread, 725 Fallsway, Baltimore, MD 21202.