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SERVICES SLATED MONDAY
FOR MDA AMBASSADOR MATTIE STEPANEK
| Who: |
Mattie
Stepanek, National Goodwill Ambassador of the Muscular Dystrophy
Association
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| What: |
Services for 13-year-old Mattie, who died June 22 from complications
of a neuromuscular disease
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Sunday-Monday, June 27-28
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Viewing will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday at St. Catherine
Laboure Catholic Church, 11801 Claridge Road, Wheaton, Md., and
the public is invited.
Services, including a Mass of Christian
Burial, will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine Laboure.
Seating is extremely limited because of the large number of invited
guests.
From the church, Mattie will be transported by fire truck to Gate
of Heaven Cemetery, 13801 Georgia Ave., Silver Spring, where he’ll
be buried alongside his three siblings.
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| Why: |
Mattie was a world-renowned poet as well as MDA’s national
spokesperson. Thousands of friends, including celebrities, families
served by MDA, fire fighters, Harley-Davidson riders, and others
touched by his words and his heroism, are expected to attend.
Mattie's family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made
to the MDA
Mattie Fund online or P.O. Box 66002, Tucson, AZ 85728.
MDA fights 40 neuromuscular
diseases that affect more than a million American children
and adults, through worldwide research and nationwide service
programs.
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