Nelly H. Foo

I said a prayer for you today and I know God must have heard, I felt the answer in my heart .

It is with great love and respect that the families of Nelly H. Foo, say good bye to our mother, grandmother and great grandmother, who passed away peacefully on the morning of August 22, 2023.

Nelly was wife, confidant and partner to Vincent T. Foo who passed away in 1993.  They resided in Washington D.C., Wheaton, Maryland and finally in Clarksburg, Maryland.

Nelly was born on November 4, 1923 in Jamaica, in the District of Spalding, to John and Irene Chang.  She is the last of five sisters and one brother.  Nelly married Vincent T. Foo on May 22, 1948 and they moved to British Guyana, where two of their children, Merle and Michael, were born.  They later immigrated to the United States and settled in Washington D.C. where Michele, their youngest was born.  Nelly worked for 30 years with the British West Indies Labor Organization as a secretary and accountant.  Nelly became a citizen of the United States on February 1, 1991.

Nelly’s children and their spouses are, Merle and Frank Cuttitta, Michael and Donna Foo and Michele and Quirijn Vos.  Her grandchildren are Francis Cuttitta, Michelle Cuttitta Walls, Nicholas Foo, Celine Vos Rahimzadeh and Emily Vos.  She had five great grandchildren, Vincent, Marie and Joseph Cuttitta, and Carmela and Isabella Cuttitta Haines.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, 118 East 2nd Street, Frederick, MD 21701, on Wednesday August 30, 2023 at 11am. Interment will take place at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Silver Spring at 2pm.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made in her name to St. Jude's Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105

He was with you at the start of each day and now He leads you home to eternal rest.  You will be in our hearts forever.