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, CA 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. They later divorced. 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 Pasagoula, 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. They also traveled the United States in their RV while working for Trailer Life/Good Sam.
Grandma Honey, as her grandchildren call 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 living 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 applied and was accepted as a live-in volunteer with the Benedictine Sisters of Florida and Holy Name Monastery in St. Leo, FL. Although she worried 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, IA, an assisted living center.
Edward Molloy, her husband, preceded her in death. She is survived by her children – Grogory 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, fournieces and one nephew.
A visitation and rosary will take place at Moss Feaster Funeral Home, 693 South Belcher Road, Clearwater, FL, 33764. A funeral mass will be celebrated at Saint Catherine of Ssiena Catholic Church, 1955 S. Belcher Rd., Clearwater. A reception will take place immediately after Mass in the parish hall. Interment at Calvary Catholic Cemetery will follow the reception.
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 https://benedictinesistersoffl.org
Local arrangements have been entrusted to the Kimzey Funeral Home, 213 North Main Street, Mount Pleasant.
Online condolences may be directed to www.kimzeyfh.com.