Edith Evangeline (Mulcahy) Walden |
| Posted 2024-01-31 by mhenderson |
| Published by Today's News Herald on Jan. 31, 2024 - Lake Havasu City, Arizona - Edith Evangeline Walden was born July 9, 1924, to Joseph B. Mulcahy and Ruth E. (Compton) Mulcahy in Barstow, California. She passed on Jan. 24, 2024, in Lake Havasu City at age 99. She graduated from San Bernardino High School (California) with honors at age 16. After working for the telephone company, she worked as a radio dispatcher for the California Highway Patrol in Indio, California. She transferred to Ukiah, California in 1976 where she retired from the CHP after 25 years. In 1991, Edith moved to Lake Havasu City and became the first volunteer for the Lake Havasu City Police Department and had volunteered weekly for over 32 years. Edith enjoyed sewing, quilting, crocheting and knitting, donating 2500 newborn hats to the local hospital. Early in life, she enjoyed waterskiing, bowling and golfing. Later, she enjoyed genealogy and traveled throughout the United States and Ireland for family research. She was a member of Lake Havasu Genealogy Society, Lake Havasu Gem and Mineral Society, Lake Havasu Museum of History, Santa Barbara Genealogy Society, Mojave River Valley Museum in Barstow, California, Daggett and Calico Historical Society, and the Los Californianois. She was a life member of Order of the Rainbow for Girls and life member of Order of Eastern Star. Edith was preceded in death by her husband, Clinton Walden; son, Gary Girton; parents, Joe and Ruth Mulcahy; brother and sister-in-law, Joe and Virginia Mulcahy; and son-in-law, Rick Gilpin. She is survived by her daughter, Gayle Gilpin; grandson, Jonathan DeVoist; granddaughter, Lori DeVoist; great grandchildren, Kody and Katie Marcelli; nephew, Jerry Mulcahy; niece, Nancy Hordynski, numerous cousins throughout the U.S. and Australia, and her dearly loved extended family. Services are scheduled for Leitz-Fraze Funeral Home (Lake Havasu City, AZ), Sunday, Feb. 4 at 2 p.m. Burial at Mountain View Cemetery, San Bernardino, CA. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to Daggett and Calico Historical Society (PO Box 105, Daggett, CA 92327). |
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