Obituaries

Survivors include two children, John J. Brandt of Vienna and Mary M. Brandt of McLean; four grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.

-- Joe Holley

Monsita Teresa GreenHospital Secretary

Monsita Teresa Gunn Green, 49, who worked at Potomac Hospital as a unit secretary, died of breast cancer June 23 at Georgetown University Hospital. She lived in Dale City.

Mrs. Green was born in Petersburg, Va., and moved to the Washington area as a girl. As a teenager, she was a newspaper carrier for The Washington Post and the Washington Star.

She graduated from T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria and received an associate's degree in nursing from Northern Virginia Community College.

She began working as a nursing assistant at the old National Orthopedic Hospital in Arlington County about 1978. She worked at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital for about 10 years before joining Potomac Hospital in Woodbridge in 2005 and working there until six months ago.

She was a former member of Beulah Baptist Church in Alexandria, and she had belonged to Dale City Christian Church since 2002.

She enjoyed cooking, taking care of family and family get-togethers. She also was a member of the Love Joy Jewels, a Christian social group.

Her marriage to Walter Simms ended in divorce.

Survivors include her husband of 15 years, Dwayne J. Green of Dale City; a daughter from her first marriage, Tamika L. Simms of Dale City; a stepdaughter, Shirley A. Johnson of Dale City; two sisters, Lorraine Falwell of Dale City and Ramona Gresham of Seattle; and five brothers, Emmanuel Gunn of King George, Va., Thomas Gunn Jr. of Alexandria, Kelvin Gunn of Upper Marlboro, Timothy Gunn of Dale City and Marvin Gunn of Springfield.