Of Falls Church, VA died Thursday, May 19, 2016 of heart failure after a long illness, at the Virginia Hospital Center. Her husband Albert and two daughters, Catherine (Kitty) Eisele, and Anne Eisele Seitz, were at her side.
Moira was born in Wisconsin Rapids, WI, to Judge Byron B. and Evelyn M. Conway.
She earned her Bachelor's degree at the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, MN, where she met her future husband at a school dance. She studied at the University of Vienna in Austria, with the Institute of International Education, and earned a Masters degree in counseling from the University of Virginia.
After briefly teaching elementary school, she gave birth to her first daughter. Her husband's newspaper career brought the family to Washington in 1965, where a second daughter was born the following year. The Eisele family has resided in Falls Church, Virginia since 1967.
Moira had a long career as an executive with the federal government, as a management trainer for the FAA and FEMA. She was active in her children's lives as a PTA member, a Girl Scout troop leader and a loving mother. After retiring in 2003, she volunteered with Hospice of Northern Virginia and as a teacher of English as a second language for immigrants in the Washington area.
Moira was active in women's book groups and investment clubs and the lives of her grandchildren, Christopher and Aerin Seitz.
In addition to her husband, founding editor of The Hill and press secretary to former Vice President Walter Mondale, she is survived by her daughters; brothers Dennis D. (Mary) Conway of Wisconsin Rapids and Gregory B. (Diane) Conway of Green Bay, WI; sister-in-law Rose Eisele, Solon, IA; son-in-law Patrick Seitz, and several nieces and nephews.
Moira's life will be celebrated at a memorial Mass on Thursday, May 26 at 10:30 a.m. at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Georgetown. In lieu of flowers the family welcomes contributions to the Mary Riley Styles Public Library of Falls Church or Catholic Charities USA.
Arrangements under the direction of Murphy Falls Church Funeral Home, Falls Church, Virginia.
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