Barbara Eloise Molloy's Obituary
Barbara Eloise (Turner) Molloy died at Addington Place of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa of natural causes on March 17, 2025. She was born June 5, 1932 in San Francisco, California to George and Lucille (Burkdoll) Turner. Later the family moved to southern California where she graduated from South Gate High School in 1950.
In August of 1950, she married John Secord and they welcomed five children into the family. In 1967, she met and married Edward Molloy and welcomed another daughter into the family. She was a homemaker for many years then worked as a buyer at North American in Downey, CA and then at Litton Industries in Culver City, CA and Pascagoula, MS (Ingalls Shipyard) before retiring.
Barbara and Ed enjoyed sailing in southern California, especially getaways to Catalina Island, and after transferring to Mississippi in 1972, sailed in the Gulf of America. For two years, they lived aboard and cruised around Florida and up the east coast. Later they traveled the United States in their RV while working for Trailer Life.
Grandma Honey, as her grandchildren called her, loved being with family so much that she and Ed instituted week-long family reunions for their six adult children and families who were now spread across the United States. This tradition continued from 1987 to 2001 when the family gatherings transitioned into grandchildren’s weddings.
After Ed’s death in 2003, Barbara, a devout Catholic, applied and was accepted as a live-in volunteer with the Benedictine Sisters of Florida at Holy Name Monastery in St. Leo, Florida. Although she worried that at age 70 she was too old, and the sisters might not let her stay very long, the friendship with the sisters grew and she stayed until 2020 when she moved to Addington Place of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa.
Edward Molloy, her husband, preceded her in death. She is survived by her children, Gregory Secord (Tracy), Margi Mountz (Ted), Maureen Kaupke (Jeff), Philip Secord (Marisa), Lori McCarley (John) and Cindy Borland (Kevin), sisters Shirley Lawrence (Dick) and Jane Turner, 19 grandchildren, 34 great-grandchildren, 4 nieces and 1 nephew.
A visitation will be at 5:00 p.m. followed by the Rosary at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25th at Moss Feaster Funeral Home 693 South Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL 33764. The funeral Mass will be on Wednesday, March 26th at 10:00 a.m. at Saint Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Clearwater, FL. A reception will take place immediately after Mass in the parish hall. Interment will be at 12:30 p.m. at Calvary Catholic Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Benedictine Sisters of Florida, Holy Name Monastery, 12138 Wichers Road, St. Leo, FL 33574 or online at https://benedictinesistersoffl.org/
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