Patricia Ann Schilke Gawne Obituary

It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of Patricia Ann Schilke Gawne of Beltsville, Maryland, born in Washington, District of Columbia, who passed away on September 23, 2024, at the age of 93, leaving to mourn family and friends. You can send your sympathy in the guestbook provided and share it with the family.

She was predeceased by: her parents, Rudolph Schilke and Evelyn Schilke; her son Thomas Richard Gawne (Joyce Irene Gawne); her daughter-in-law Betty Jean Gawne (William); her husband Robert Gawne; and her brothers, Paul Joseph Schilke, Robert Eugene Schilke and Thomas Albert Schilke.

She is survived by: her children, Kathleen Gawne Bigelow (Stephen), Robert Barrett Gawne, Jr., William Joseph Gawne (Cathy), Daniel Paul Gawne and Mary Patricia Suhr (Douglas). She is also survived by 20 grandchildren, 27 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made in Patricia's name to The Aplastic Anemia and MDS International Foundation, 401 N. Washington Street, Suite 430, Rockville, MD 20850 (http://www.aamds.org), The Sisters of Mary World Villages for Children, 4200 Parliament Place, Suite 230, Lanham, MD, 20706 (http://www.worldvillages.org) or St. Joseph Regional School, 11011 Montgomery Road, Beltsville, Maryland 20705.