Jeanne M. Mahoney

Jeanne Mahoney died peacefully on Tuesday, March 24th at the Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington. The cause of death was complications from COPD. She was 91 years old. Jeanne was the oldest child of William and Florence Koffer who lived in a house built by Jeanne's German grandfather. She was born, raised and educated in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated from Franklin K. Lane High School and attended Brooklyn College before the war. During the war she was a receptionist at the NW Ayer advertising agency and met many famous people in connection with the Bell Telephone Radio Hour which was managed by Ayer. After the war she married her high school beau, Thomas F. Mahoney (d. 2006) and lived in Manhattan. In 1951 they moved to Virginia and in 1955 moved to McLean, Va., where she resided until her death. She had the same phone number for 60 years. Her only child, Christopher, was born in 1954. For many years she worked at the Madeira School. After her divorce in 1981, Jeanne worked for the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, followed by the Woodrow Wilson Center. She was considered a world-class executive secretary. She retired in 1988. Jeanne played a very active role at St. Luke's Catholic Church from its founding in 1962 until her death. Her roles included chief sacristan, elder-care volunteer and funeral director. She was "taking care" of the seniors' group well into her eighties. She attended Mass daily. She leaves behind her son, his wife Joan Barrett, many friends, and many nieces and nephews. Jeanne died in full possession of her faculties. Her funeral will be held at 3:00PM on Monday at St. Luke's Catholic Church at 7001 Georgetown Pike in McLean. In lieu of flowers, donations to St. Luke's or to the Virginia Hospital Center Foundation would be gratefully appreciated.

Funeral Home:

Money & King Funeral Home

171 W. Maple Ave.

Vienna, VA

US 22180