Annette Marie Gisoldi, 47, of California, MD, died on Saturday, March 28, 2009. Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, on August 6, 1961, she was the daughter of the late Charles Stephen Kuehn, Sr. and Eliette Christina Rossi Kuehn.

Annette graduated from St. Mary's Academy in Leonardtown, MD, in 1979. She enjoyed a career as a paralegal, after receiving a certification from Keys Business College in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Annette was the loving wife of Joseph Anthony Gisoldi for over 27 years, and lived in Virginia Beach and Texas before settling back in St. Mary's County. She was the proud and devoted mother of Phillip Joseph Gisoldi and Jacquelyn Christina Gisoldi. She loved the theater, music, movies, and animals, especially her dogs. She will be remembered for her kindness and compassion, her willingness to help all people and animals in need, her generous spirit, her wonderful cooking, and her love for her family.

Annette is survived by her husband and children, her sister Miriam Louise Hafey of Germantown, Maryland, and her brother Charles Stephen Kuehn of Fairfax Station, Virginia. She was the devoted aunt of her niece, Hannah Christine Hafey, and her nephews, Anthony Gisoldi, Daniel Gisoldi, Timothy James Clousten, Stephen Clousten, Alexander Charles Hafey, and Charles Stephen Kuehn III.

The family will receive friends for Annette's Life Celebration on Wednesday, April 1, 2009, from 9:00 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. in the Brinsfield Funeral Home, 22955 Hollywood Road, Leonardtown, MD 20650. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 22800 Washington Street, Leonardtown, MD 20650 with the Reverend John Dakes officiating. Interment will follow in Charles Memorial Gardens, Leonardtown, Maryland.

Memorial contributions can be made to the Humane Society of the United States (www.hsus.org), Dept. MEMIT9, 2100 L Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.

Arrangements by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.