In Memoriam

Tom and Julie Condon with daughter Amy Condon ’91 (left), son Tom and his wife, Christy

Julie Condon 1942-2021

On Sept. 8, 2021, our Lord called one of our dearest friends, Julie Condon, to Heaven. Julie was a joyful and generous presence in our Mayfield community for more than 30 years, and her loving support of the Holy Child educational mission was boundless.

From the moment their daughter, Amy Condon ’91, arrived at Mayfield in the late 1980s, Julie and husband Tom jumped into action to support the school. They were the catalysts for the building of the Sr. Mary Wilfrid Gymnasium, and they rallied the entire Mayfield community to join the team. They were lead donors in the 1997 Pike Auditorium remodel. And, when our Cubs needed upgraded sports facilities, Tom and Julie supported a new fitness center and dance studio in the gym. The Condons’ leadership also extended to the Faith in Our Future capital campaign, which helped to open the Sr. Barbara Mullen Library, six new classrooms, the Student Commons and a beautiful courtyard. For more than 25 years, the Condon family has been top-level supporters of the annual Benefit and underwrite faculty attendance each year. The Condons even embraced a second Mayfield “daughter,” Cristina Giannini ’91, who joined their family as an AFS exchange student from Italy.

Following in the footsteps of husband Tom, the school’s longest-serving trustee, Julie left her own indelible mark on Mayfield as a Board member from 2013 to 2019. Over the years, Julie also served on the Campaign Cabinet, the Strategic Vision Committee and the Committee on Trustees. In 2014, Julie became the founding chair of our Committee on Mission, and she served on the Mission Effectiveness Committee, ensuring that Mayfield remains actively committed to the Network of Holy Child Schools Goals and Criteria.

Julie’s steadfast and graceful support was legendary. Ever humble, Julie once said her support of Mayfield was straightforward—it was as simple as “giving back to a place that has given us so much.” We give thanks to Julie for sharing her joy and commitment to our Holy Child mission and for exemplifying our “Actions Not Words” motto in every facet of her faith-filled life. She truly modeled what it means to live as a Catholic woman in our world, “meeting the wants of the age,” in the words of Cornelia Connelly. Julie’s passing was a tremendous loss to all those who knew and loved her, but her memory will live on in the hearts of her Mayfield family.

I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me, even though that person dies, will live, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. JOHN 11:25

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them.

Mitchell Andrejich, brother of Jacqueline Bertole ’06 and Christina Andrejich ’08

Elizabeth Rusnak Arizmendi ’81, sister of Victoria Rusnak ’82, mother of Isabella Arizmendi ’15

Charlotte Murphy Bannan, mother of Elizabeth Murphy Anderson ’83, grandmother of Charlotte Anderson ’12, stepmother of Mary Ann Haines ’64, Catherine Steinke ’67, Molly Sones ’68, Laura Rondou ’71, Teresa Moore ’73, Barbara Bannan’74 and Elizabeth Gilmore ’76†, stepgrandmother of Catherine Moore ’05 and Teresa Gilmore ’09

Jacqueline Auldridge Botz ’51

Sandi Brune, mother of Erin Brune ’01

Helen Cabot Close ’60

Julie Condon, past trustee, mother of Amy Condon ’91 and AFS student Cristina Giannina ’91, wife of past trustee Thomas Condon

Carmelita Dean, mother of Karen Alameddine ’76

Anthony DeLellis, father of Katherine Henderson ’92 and Susan Petruccelli ’92

Kip Dorr, stepfather of Amy Fuhr ’15

Ann Dymek, mother of past trustee Mark Dymek and grandfather of Ryanne Dymek ’13

Amanda Emerson, mother of Anne Leak ’04

John Ernster, father of Elizabeth Ernster ’95 and Shannon Ernster ’98

Sofia Espinosa de Izquierdo, mother of Irene Patterson ’83 and Sophie Garbellini ’81, grandmother of Anna Patterson ’11

Ronald Michael Farina, father of Katherine Farina ’08

Maude Ferry, wife of past trustee Richard Ferry, mother of Margaret Orem ’77, Diane Moss-Nellum ’84 and Ann-Marie Longley ’87

Emilio Flores, father of Laura Kimble ’80, Julia FloresWatroba ’83 and Catherine Smith ’88, grandfather of Graciela Watroba ’24

Mark Freihage, father of Board Chair Erika Randall, grandfather of Tara Randall ’22

Patricia Gamble, mother-in-law of Allison Jones Gamble ’87 and grandmother of Grace Gamble ’24

Dana Hartfield, mother of Haley Hartfield ’19

Dolores Hickambottom, mother of Leslie Hickambottom ’72

Angela Norwood Holmen ’55

Elizabeth “Bette” Johansing, mother of Pamela Johansing ’59, Cristina Johansing ’64, Kim Talbot ’65 and Tracy Johansing ’66 and mother-in-law of Cathy Mulvey Johansing ’64

Jacqueline Brown Kivley ’47

Win Loftus, husband of past trustee Mary Loftus, father of Mary Valle ’88 and grandfather of Kathleen Floyd ’14

Nancy Nichols MacPhee ’54

Christopher Madison, father of Wendy Kostrenchich ’87

Marvine Neff Malouf, mother of Andrea Neff ’91

Frank Mapel, husband of Mona Tromble Mapel ’58

Mickey Marquardt, son of Clare Marquardt ’65†

Don Masunaga, father of Jennifer Masunaga ’02

Jonathan Moffat, brother of Megan Moffat ’20

Cynthia Spencer Molitor ’49

Tom Moritz, past trustee and father of Katherine Moritz ’15

Eugenia Riordan Mulé, mother of Mary Beth Riordan ’75, Kathy Riordan ’77, Patricia Torrey ’78 and Carol Riordan ’82†

James Murphy, past trustee and father of Margaret Murphy Bernard ’80†, Rosalie Murphy ’82 and Charlotte Murphy ’84

Millard Murphy, father of Molly Murphy ’86

Steve Oshin, husband of Cynthia Lewis Oshin ’78

Mim Paggi, mother of Mia Green ’84 and Marya Goracke ’90

Josefita Prietto ’65, sister of Margaret Prietto ’60, Cristina Welch ’64, Barbara Prietto ’72, Betty Drake ’78 and Patricia Gonzalez ’79, mother of Rory Olivarez ’88 and grandmother of Lourdes Olivarez ’23 and Lucia Olivarez ’26

Sr. Megan Rice, SHCJ

Melissa Rodwell ’81

Hannah Lou Robertson, mother of Ashleigh Dickinson ’89

Zuhdi Sardar, father of Gian Schwehr ’92

Norma Sarte, mother of Gerianne Sarte ’90 Francis Scully, Jr., brother of Sr. Joel Scully, SHCJ†

Alice Singian, mother of Lizzle Brandt ’95

Patricia Stelzer Schmitz ’62

Jane Van Lahr Smith ’59, sister of Anne Van Lahr Doud ’56, aunt of Reilly Doud Harris ’78 and Anastasia Doud Hamilton ’81

William Still, father of Lacy Metcalfe ’70

Stephen Thompson, husband of Linda Buccola Thompson ’61 and brother of Nancy Cramer ’56

Michael Wackerly, father of Caitryn Wackerly ’21

Maria Low Way, mother of Charlotte Low Allen ’61, Jane Low Parshall ’62 and Maria Low ’65

Anita Yamasaki, mother of Christina Yamasaki ’03 and Amanda Yamasaki ’07

† deceased

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