| Edie Mulholland |
| Edie Mulholland worked at Gonzaga College High School in the District. (Family Photo) |
Friday, April 18, 2008. Edie Mulholland, 70, executive assistant to the
vice president of advancement at Gonzaga College High School, died of
lung cancer April 13 at her home in the District. Born Mary Edith Sullivan in
Washington, she grew up in the Chevy Chase neighborhood surrounded
by a large extended family. A lifelong member of the Shrine of the Most
Blessed Sacrament, she attended elementary school at Blessed
Sacrament and graduated from Georgetown Visitation Preparatory
School in 1955.
vice president of advancement at Gonzaga College High School, died of
lung cancer April 13 at her home in the District. Born Mary Edith Sullivan in
Washington, she grew up in the Chevy Chase neighborhood surrounded
by a large extended family. A lifelong member of the Shrine of the Most
Blessed Sacrament, she attended elementary school at Blessed
Sacrament and graduated from Georgetown Visitation Preparatory
School in 1955.
Shortly after graduating from Georgetown Visitation Junior College in
1957, she took a position as a training specialist with the CIA. When the
agency offered a promotion and transfer to Algeria, she declined with
regret and married instead.
1957, she took a position as a training specialist with the CIA. When the
agency offered a promotion and transfer to Algeria, she declined with
regret and married instead.
While raising her family, she worked as a teacher at St. Bernadette's School in Silver Spring and at St. Jane de Chantal School in
Bethesda.
Bethesda.
In 1976, she took a position in the administrative office of Immaculata High School in the District. When the Immaculata campus faced
closure, she and her husband joined other school supporters in an initially successful effort to keep the school open at a new campus in
Rockville.
closure, she and her husband joined other school supporters in an initially successful effort to keep the school open at a new campus in
Rockville.
When the school eventually closed because of financial difficulties, she began working in the president's office of Gonzaga College High
School.
School.
She then moved to Catholic University, where she worked as an assistant to Bill Roche, vice president of financial administration. She
later worked as acting director of student accounts.
later worked as acting director of student accounts.
In 1998, she happily returned to Gonzaga, where she worked until last year with Danny Costello, the school's vice president for
advancement.
advancement.
She also devoted many hours to supporting activities of her church, her children and the community. These included Maplewood football,
the Catholic Youth Organization, AAU women's basketball, Llamas women's softball, Gettysburg College football, the Gonzaga Mothers
Club and other Gonzaga activities.
the Catholic Youth Organization, AAU women's basketball, Llamas women's softball, Gettysburg College football, the Gonzaga Mothers
Club and other Gonzaga activities.
Her husband, James Joseph 'Jimmy' Mulholland, died in 1997.
Survivors include five children, Mary Kate Kassman of Rockville, Michele Mulholland France of Kensington, Timothy J. Mulholland of
Santiago, Chile, Thomas M. Mulholland of Rockville and Colleen Nunez of the District; two brothers, Paul Sullivan of Rockville and Peter
Sullivan of Fairfield, Conn.; two sisters, Margaret "Margo" Barney of Golden, Colo., and Sheila Gearhart of Kensington; and 12
grandchildren.
Santiago, Chile, Thomas M. Mulholland of Rockville and Colleen Nunez of the District; two brothers, Paul Sullivan of Rockville and Peter
Sullivan of Fairfield, Conn.; two sisters, Margaret "Margo" Barney of Golden, Colo., and Sheila Gearhart of Kensington; and 12
grandchildren.
-- Joe Holley