Colleen Marie Wall

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Colleen Marie Wall

Birth
Baltimore, Baltimore City, Maryland, USA
Death
20 Sep 1980 (aged 21)
New York, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
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Colleen was on a weekend visit to NYC with a friend, when she was killed during a robbery after leaving a Broadway theatre.

She grew up on Montgomery Road outside Ellicott City, Maryland, second daughter in a family with 5 other boys. Colleen had gone to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School, Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, and then two years at nearby Catonsville Community College.

Hers was a spirit of cheer and celebration, and preferred the country life. She was interested in photography and dance. Such was her propensity to help others that she led a troop of Girl and sometimes babysat for free. And, she was a woman who was drawn to the woods. She had backpacked with her family and was planning to enroll in forestry school.

She was a kind, gentle and artistic individual. She was deeply mourned by her parents, family and the community.
Colleen was on a weekend visit to NYC with a friend, when she was killed during a robbery after leaving a Broadway theatre.

She grew up on Montgomery Road outside Ellicott City, Maryland, second daughter in a family with 5 other boys. Colleen had gone to Our Lady of Perpetual Help Elementary School, Archbishop Keough High School in Baltimore, and then two years at nearby Catonsville Community College.

Hers was a spirit of cheer and celebration, and preferred the country life. She was interested in photography and dance. Such was her propensity to help others that she led a troop of Girl and sometimes babysat for free. And, she was a woman who was drawn to the woods. She had backpacked with her family and was planning to enroll in forestry school.

She was a kind, gentle and artistic individual. She was deeply mourned by her parents, family and the community.


  • Created by: Maggie Mac Relative First cousin
  • Added: Jun 2, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/111667902/colleen_marie-wall: accessed ), memorial page for Colleen Marie Wall (9 Nov 1958–20 Sep 1980), Find a Grave Memorial ID 111667902, citing Saint Johns Cemetery of Howard County, Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, USA; Maintained by Maggie Mac (contributor 46490509).