[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 30, 2019)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E108-E109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               TRIBUTE TO THE LIFE OF MARY ALICE O'CONNOR

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                          HON. MARK DeSAULNIER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, January 30, 2019

  Mr. DeSAULNIER. Madam Speaker, I rise today to commemorate the life 
of Mary Alice O'Connor, a longtime resident of the Bay Area.
  Born in January 1943 to an Irish Catholic family , Mary Alice grew up 
in Chicago, Illinois. In 1968, she headed to the West Coast and 
eventually settled in the Bay Area. While raising three children, Mary 
Alice worked in her family's printing business and later for a 
telephone company.
  Mary Alice was always passionate about philosophy and spiritualism. 
In 1991, she pursued her goal of bringing peace, joy, and compassion to 
the world by becoming an ordained Unity minister. She served the 
community through ceremonies for weddings, memorials, blessings, and 
other events. Mary Alice also taught inherent beauty and self-
expression through spiritual rehabilitation sessions, working to 
promote physical and spiritual healing.
  In the early 2000s, Mary Alice became the Executive Director of the 
Mt. Diablo Peace and Justice Center in Walnut Creek, CA. During her 
leadership, the peace center became an engaged and energetic community 
partner.
  Mary Alice passed away on December 3, 2018. She is survived by her 
sister Margaret O'Connor; her children Glory Marshall, Sikwaya Condon, 
and Shasta Lockwood; and her grandchildren Chavez Li Condon, Moses 
Lockwood, and Jacob Lockwood; her former husband Pat Condon, and her 
partner Willard Davis.

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  Mary Alice O'Connor will be remembered by me and the Contra Costa 
community for dedication to peace and harmony in Contra Costa and 
around the world.

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