In Memoriam

Gloria Ann (Gallagher) Steffan, Mother of President,
Brian Steffan

Gloria Ann (Gallagher) Steffan, 79, died of cancer on May 26, 2009 at her home in Falls Church, VA.

Born June 12, 1929 to the late Rose Marie (Abraham) and Urban Daniel Gallagher in St. Paul, MN, she attended Villa Maria Academy, Frontenac, MN.

In. 1949, she graduated from the University of Minnesota where she majored in drama, and in 1949, married William J. Steffan, they lived in Cazenovia, NY from 1967 to 1985, where she headed the New York chapter of Questers International, chaired the Corinthian Club and was a founding trustee of the Friends of Lorenzo Museum.

Mrs. Steffan moved to the DC area in 1987 and was employed by the law firm of Klein, Landau and Romm, from which she retired in 1999.

Active in Democratic Party politics for much of her life, in recent years she worked for candidates in northern Virginia and statewide, and for charitable causes locally.

Memorial contributions can be made to:
The Gloria A. Steffan Scholarship Fund
C/O Arlington Community Foundation
2525 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA  22201
www.arlcf.org
703/243-4785