Obituary: Mary Cathleen O'Connor, 81, Arlington, VA
Published: November 29, 2023
By: Provided by Sundquist Funeral Home
Mary Cathleen
O'Connor
ARLINGTON, Virginia
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Mary Cathleen O'Connor, 81, of Arlington,
passed away on Thursday,
November 23, 2023 in Arlington.
Cathleen was born
on August 3, 1942,
in Lowville, the daughter of the late Dr. David J. and Mary Frances Zehr
O'Connor. She graduated from Watertown
High School in 1960
and Marymount
College in 1964 with
a Bachelor of Arts Degree. She earned a business Certificate from Katherine Gibbs School
for College Graduates as well as a certificate from The Hart Model Agency.
She worked as an Administrative Assistant to a Space Research Executive, as
a Stewardess and Recruiter for Pan American Airlines, as well as a Legal
Assistant at a firm in Washington,
DC. Most recently, she was
self-employed as a distributor of political items.
Cathleen is
survived by her cousins: Mary Ellen Dean of Buckeye, AZ; Samuel (Phyllis)
Martin of Rochester; Linda (William) Thomas of Jacksonville, FL; Frederick
(Lois) Zehr of Colorado Springs, CO; Suzanne Matuszczak of Glenfield;
Thomas (Linda) Zehr of Castorland; Virginia (Mark) Trobert
of Jamesville; Jeffrey (Val Juby) Zehr of Martinsburg; Joseph Zehr of
Lowville; Cynthia Zehr of Lowville; and Lila (Floyd) Tabolt of Lowville. Also she is survived by her cousins' spouses Carol Zehr
of Lowville, and Lamar Brown of Macon,
GA.
She was
predeceased by her cousins Daniel Zehr and Luann Zehr Brown, and her
cousins' spouses John Dean and Arthur Matuszczak.
A funeral Mass
will be said on Monday,
December 4, 2023 at 11:00am at St. Stephen's Catholic Church,
Croghan, with Rev. Donald J. Manfred, Pastor, officiating. Interment will
follow in the family plot in St. Stephen's Cemetery.
On-line
condolence and sympathy message may be made at: www.sundquistfh.com
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