ARLINGTON, VA — Mary Cathleen O’Connor, 81, of Arlington, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 in Arlington.
Cathleen was born on Aug. 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, Buckeye, AZ; Samuel
(Phyllis) Martin, Rochester, Linda (William) Thomas, Jacksonville, FL, Frederick (Lois) Zehr, Colorado Springs, CO, Suzanne Matuszczak, Glenfield, Thomas (Linda) Zehr, Castorland; Virginia (Mark) Trobert, Jamesville, Jeffrey (Val Juby) Zehr, Martinsburg, Joseph Zehr, Lowville, Cynthia Zehr, Lowville, and Lila (Floyd) Tabolt, Lowville. Also she is survived by her cousins’ spouses Carol Zehr, Lowville, and Lamar Brown, 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 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4, 2023, 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.
Online condolence and sympathy message may be made at: www.sundquistfh.com
