Rachel McGeever

McGEEVER
RACHEL
66, died Wednesday Jan 17, 2007 in Indianapolis IN. She was born Dec. 27, 1940 in Pittsburgh, PA, to Catherine (McVey) and William J. Maloney. She was graduated from Mount Mercy Academy, a Pittsburgh girls' high school operated by the Sisters of Mercy. Rachel joined that religious order in 1958 and received her B.A. at Carlow College. She subsequently taught at Cathedral High School in Pittsburgh, and later at Conestoga High School near Philadelphia. Leaving religious life in 1969, she continued her graduate studies in Philadelphia at the University of Pennsylvania, where she and Patrick McGeever met, and were married in 1970. They moved to Indianapolis in 1971, where they raised three children. Rachel finished a J.D. degree at Indiana University in 1984, and subsequently held positions at the Indiana General Assembly's Legislative Services Agency, the Indiana Bar Foundation, the Indiana Ethics Commission and the Family and Social Services Agency. She served as General Counsel of FSSA for seven years, and was made a Sagamore of the Wabash by Governor Joe Kernan. At every phase of her life, Rachel's chief preoccupation was to encourage and support those around her. She delighted in meeting new people and getting to know them. She leaves behind an extraordinary number of people who considered her one of their dearest friends. Rachel is preceded in death by a brother, William Jeremiah Maloney, and by her parents. She is survived by her two brothers, Paul Joseph and James P. "Toby" Maloney, by her husband, by her children, Kathleen Hyzer (Chris), Timothy and Brendan McGeever (Yvonne), and by three grandchildren, Evan and Harry Hyzer and Felix McGeever. A memorial calling will be held in Crown Hill Funeral Home on Fri. Jan. 26 from 4 pm until 8 pm, with a memory sharing session beginning at 6:30 pm. The Memorial Service will be held on Saturday Jan. 27 at 10 am in St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church 4600 N. Illinois St. Memorial contributions may be made to the Lymphoma Research Foundation, 111 Broadway, 19th Floor, New York, NY, 10006. www.lymphoma.org. Arrangements: CROWN HILL FUNERAL HOME.
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