Lillian "Lil" Mary Rossi Boham, 83 of California, MD and formerly of Ambridge, PA, died October 5 2009 at University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD. Born July 29, 1926 in Ambridge, PA she was the daughter of the late Nicola George and Josephine Beatrice Cuda Rossi.

She was the loving wife of Daniel K. Boham whom she married at the U.S. Army Base Camp Stoneman in Pittsburgh, CA on January 15, 1952.

She is also survived by her children Vanessa Boham Javins of Great Mills, MD, Daniel Frank "Scooter" Boham and his wife Carla of Pace, FL, her granddaughter Courtney Gayle Coleman and her husband Jason, her great-grandson Devin Ryan Coleman and her siblings: Lenore Hartswick of Huntington, IN, Dorothy Dixon of Leetsdale, PA, Marie "Bootsie" Reda of Ambridge, PA and Joseph "Joey" Rossi of Caliente, NV.

She was preceded in death by her son Mark Anthony Boham, her brother Ray Rossi and her sister Johanna "Joanne" Ekelof.

Mrs. Boham graduated from Leetsdale High School in 1944 and moved to St. Mary's County in 2007 from Pace, FL. She served in the U.S. Army for one and a half years, from 1951 to 1952 where she was stationed in Fort Lee, VA, Camp Gordon, GA, and Camp Stoneman, CA. She was a member of Lake Gaston Ladies Club, Lake Gaston, NC, The Garden Club in Pace, FL and was also a member of Holy Face Catholic Church, Callaway, MD, Nativity of Our Lord Catholic Church, Pensacola, FL, St. John the Baptist Church, Roanoke Rapids, NC, Healthy Living Gourmet Cooking Club and the Ladies Guild. Lil enjoyed cooking, sewing, working crossword puzzles, playing card games and bingo.

The family will receive friends on Thursday, October 8, 2009 from 5:00 – 8:00 PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home Chapel, Leonardtown, MD, where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM with Fr. Joseph Sileo officiating. A Mass of Christian burial will be held at St. John the Baptist Church, Roanoke Rapids, NC, on Friday, October 9, 2009 at 1:00 PM with Fr. Pius Wekesa officiating. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park, Chesapeake, VA. Pallbearers in North Carolina will be Don Martin, James Mosely, Edward Benson, Troy Allen and Charles Glenn. Pallbearers in VA will be Gary Mayer, Rick Pavone, Kenny Zuk, Bubba Creecy, Wayne Thurhner and Shane Jones.

Arrangements provided by the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A.