Florine O. McMahon

NEWPORT NEWS - Florine O. McMahon, 85, of Newport News, died on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, at The Newport, after a short illness.
Born in Barnesville, Charlotte County, Va., on Sept. 13, 1923, she had been a resident of Newport News since early childhood. She attended Stonewall Jackson Elementary School, and after graduating from Newport News High School, she began a career in the insurance business which lasted over 50 years. She was a long-time, active member of the Insurance Professionals of the Virginia Peninsula. She was an Accredited Advisor in Insurance, and a Certified Professional Insurance Woman, with a specialty in auto and casualty insurance. She loved the conventions and conferences which were held all over the United States. She was known to say that after her death, no matter where she was, she was sure to be having a good time with the "dern old insurance women."
Florine was preceded in death by her parents, Eliza and Thomas McMahon; two sisters, Theresa Love and Mary Campbell;, and one brother, Thomas I. McMahon.
She is survived by her sister, Virginia Baxter; and her brother, John P. McMahon; along with numerous nieces, grandnieces, nephews and grandnephews.
Florine was a lifelong Catholic. She first attended St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, and then became a charter member of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church. She had a special interest in the OLMC food pantry program.
Services for Florine will be 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009, at Peninsula Memorial Park.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Alzheimer's Association. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.