13 things about Baltimore, Maryland native Mary Cuba Mangione

Mary Cuba Mangione was an Italian-American woman who was married to World War II Navy veteran Nicholas Bernard “Nick” Mangione Sr. He owned Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, Howard County, Maryland, United States, Hayfields Country Club in Cockeysville, Baltimore County, Maryland and the WCBM-AM radio station in Baltimore, Maryland and established Lorien Health Services in Ellicott City.

BIOGRAPHY

Mary was an alumna of Mount Saint Agnes College in Mount Washington, Baltimore. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. She is Mario Cuba‘s sister.
2. She was born in Baltimore to Giovanni John Cuba and Rose Cuba.
3. She was a board member and supporter of the Baltimore Opera and The Lyric Performing Arts Center.
4. She served as a president of the Catholic Daughters of America and the Woman’s Italian Charitable Organization.
5. She and Nick lived in a $1.9 million estate within their country club property.
6. She is a mother of 10.
7. In 1927, her parents immigrated from Sicily, Italy to Baltimore.
8. In 1950, she and Nick got married.
9. In 1952, she graduated from Mount Saint Agnes College.
10. In 1974, she and Nick built a home next to Weber’s Farm in Carney, Baltimore County.
11. In 1978, she and Nick bought Turf Valley Country Club and started to establish it as a hotel and a golf course resort.
12. In 2000, she and Nick celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at Turf Valley Country Club.
13. In 2023, she died at age 92.

TIMELINE

Mary earned a high school scholarship and a college scholarship to Mount Saint Agnes College, which merged with Loyola College in Maryland in Baltimore in 1971. The school was renamed Loyola University Maryland in 2009.

1950s

• In June 1951, she gave birth to Rosemary Mangione, who later married Joseph Juras.
• In February 1953, she gave birth to Louis Mangione, who later married Kathleen Zannino.
• In May 1954, she gave birth to John Dino Mangione, who later married to Deborah Mangione.
• In January 1956, she gave birth to Linda Mangione, who later married Robert Licata.
• In April 1958, she gave birth to Nicholas Mangione Jr., who later married Danielle Mangione.
• In June 1959, she gave birth to Joanne Mangione, who later married John Hock.

1960s

• In February 1961, she gave birth to Peter Michael Mangione, who later married Tracy Dolan.
• In February 1962, she gave birth to Frances Mangione, who later married Jerry O’Keefe.
• In March 1966, she gave birth to Samuel Mangione, who later married Katie Mangione.
• In February 1967, she gave birth to Michele Mangione, who later married Keith Collison.

1980s

• In August 1983, her mother died at age 84.
• In February 1984, her father died at age 85.

2000s

• On November 2, 2008, her husband Nick died following a stroke.

2020s

• On May 18, 2020, her grandson Luigi Mangione graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA with a bachelor’s degree in engineering and computer and information science with a concentration in artificial intelligence (AI) and a minor in mathematics and master’s degree in engineering and computer and information science.
• In a document published by the Internal Revenue Service in September 2021, she was listed as the president of the Mangione Family Foundation, which is based in Lutherville-Timonium, Baltimore County with $4.8 million assets, while her sons Louis and Samuel were the vice presidents and her daughter Linda while was the secretary and treasurer.
• On June 25, 2022, her granddaughter Lucia Mangione Giulio married Paul Giulio in Baltimore.
• On December 29, 2022, she turned 92.
• On March 15, 2023, she died in Cockeysville, Baltimore County.