Mrs. Carmel Antonia Gonzalez-Lopez Curtis Van Allen

CARMEL ANTIONA GONZALEZ LOPEZ BORN TO MARIA CHASE AND PEDRO (GONZALEZ) LOPEZ ON April 27,1925 IN PITTSBURG PA. SHE WAS THE YOUNGER SISTER OF MYRTLE GRAY (deceased), THE OLDER SISTER OF LELA MILLS (deceased), VICTOR LOPEZ (deceased) AND DEMARIS THELEMAQUE(deceased). CARMEL ANTIONA GONZALEZ LOPEZ, Attended Charles Young Elementary, 24th Street and Benning Road NE. then went on to Phelps Trade School After school, Carmel Antiona Gonzalez Lopez moved to Queens, New York to live with her oldest sister Myrtle. One of her fondest memories is when she worked at the Pepe Shoe Factory. “They would send the shoes down the conveyor belt too fast and I would end up putting two left shoes in the same Box!!! oh well…they fired me!!”. While living in New York she would travel back and forth to Maryland to visit her Mother and Father. She met handsome Rudolph, married, and started a family. Rudolph Curtis passed as a Devoted, Endearing Father and Friend. Carmel’s love of her life “Vincente Van Allen” entered and the two became inseparable as they continued the family and their entire life journey with enough “antics” to create their very own reality show! Their love and compassion were a true page out of an episode of the “I Love Lucy Show”. Carmel’s funny Shenanigans always left you wanting more time spent around her, but at some point you had to go home or she would convince you to “just spend the night and go home in the morning”. and …you would. Carmel ran the largest open-air market for candy and sodas in the neighborhood!! Everything from hard Xmas candy to melted chocolate, she had it all!!! and “the kids all loved it”. She also sold cooked, steamed Crabs by the dozen in her very own Crab house!!! Which also served as her storage shed for her 3 or 4 lawnmowers. But most of all she had the Longest Running Day Care in the area. She was a Certified and Licensed Day Care Provider through the Prince Georges County Department of Child Care and a licensed Foster Mother. Kids were her specialty and she loved it! Her long running relationship with Doswell Elementary School dates back to the 1960’s and there was no other place that you would want to take your kid other than that of Mrs. Curtis. She has watched over 90 different children over the course of her career. Whether you were able to get there on time or not, you could always rest assured that your precious cargo was safe with Mrs. Curtis and if she thought they were in need of some discipline while they waited, she was there for that too! With all the love she could provide, you could always count on her to look after the children. Most of the time you would not be able to reach her on the phone because she was outside “cutting grass” in her beautifully painted yard. She was determined that every single piece of furniture in her yard had to be painted in order to provide a festive environment for her constant flow of guest that would appear on a daily basis to just simply sit out in the yard with her while she would paint or plant in her beautiful surroundings. She absolutely loved her yard and providing it as a welcoming oasis for anyone that wanted to visit or needed her to be a listening ear to provide advice. CARMEL ANTIONA GONZALEZ LOPEZ CURTIS VAN ALLEN loved family and friends!!!!! she was always stressing the importance of “loving one another” and “keeping the family together”. She is survived by her son Rudolph Victor “Scuffy” and Yolanda, Ricardo Hose and Carolyn, Renee Michelle and David, 8 grandchildren Drew, Victor, Santina, Ricardo, Shannon, Sheliece, Shelton; 5 greatgrandchildren Santana, Antonio, Skylar, Sevyn and Stefan. CARMEL ANTIONA GONZALEZ LOPEZ CURTIS VAN ALLEN is survived by her Nephews, Nieces and over 1,000+ love ones and friends. To all that have shared a piece of her journey you can 100% believe that you will be touched and loved forever……….thank you. We Love you CARMEL ANTIONA GONZALEZ LOPEZ CURTIS VAN ALLEN

Mrs. Carmel Antonia Gonzalez-Lopez Curtis Van Allen

April 27, 1924 - November 18, 2020