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Survivors include two daughters, Mary-Claire Uselding of Des Moines and Kathleen Hoyt of Metairie; six grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

-- Patricia Sullivan

Anna CirilloHomemaker, Volunteer

Anna Cirillo, 89, a homemaker who ran her church's religious gift shop, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 26 at her home in Fairfax County.

She was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church in Annandale and ran the gift shop there for many years. She also worked at the Greater Annandale Recreation Center in the 1960s. Most recently, she was a member of the Holy Spirit Catholic Church in Annandale.

She was born in New York City and became a seamstress. She moved to the Washington area in 1956.

Her husband of 58 years, Joseph A. Cirillo, died in 1996.

Survivors include five children, Dr. Nicholas B. Cirillo of Fairfax City, Julie Anna Cirillo and Frances Kennedy, both of Fairfax County, Rosary Eidietis of Niles, Mich., and Madeline Archer of Pittsburgh; nine grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.


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