Mildred Harriet (Corliss) Foley (1910-1991)

CORLISS, FOLEY, HITCHCOCK, WOOLFORD

Posted By: Eileen Reed
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:53

May 1, 1910 --- June 3, 1991

Mildred H. Foley

Longtime community activist

Mildred H. Foley, 81, former project coordinator for Women in Community Service (WICS) and a longtime Sacramento community activist, died of heart failure Monday in her Sacramento home after a five-week illness.

Mrs. Foley was an organizer and first project director of Sacramento's WICS chapter, which assisted in education and job training, and was an administrator of the group for more than 25 years.

She also served on the National Corporation of Women in Community Service in Washington, D.C.

Involved with dozens of community and religious groups, Mrs. Foley was an organizer and county coordinator for four years of the Head Start Program during the late 1960s and served on the board of the Stanford Home Guild and the Newman Guild.

She was a past president of the Allied Arts Club, a director of Traveler's Aid in Sacramento, a representative on the President's Regional Conference Traffic Study in the 1960s, and a member of the American Association of University Women, Comstock Club and Sutter Lawn Tennis Club.

Mrs. Foley was born Mildred Corliss in Eagle Grove, Iowa and graduated in 1932 from Iowa State University in Ames. She taught in Davenport, Iowa, and later completed her master's degree in early childhood education at the university.

She moved to Sacramento in the early 1940s and was active with Sacred Heart Church. She was a president of the Sacramento Deanery Council and the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and a grand regent of Catholic Daughters of America Sacramento chapter.

Mrs. Foley is survived by her husband of 55 years, Robert E. of Sacramento; children, Terry J. Foley, Robert E. Foley II, Mary C. Hitchcock, Jane A. Foley and Nannette E. Woolford all of Sacramento, Bruce C. Foley of Los Angeles and the Rev. James Patrick Foley of San Diego; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

She was preceded in death by a son, Michael B. Foley and a brother Charles Corliss.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be said at 10 a.m. Friday in Sacred Heart Church, 39th and J streets. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery.

Arrangements were made through the Nicoletti Funeral Home and a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Thursday at the church.

The family requests that any remembrances be made to the Sacred Heart School Foundation, 3933 I St., Sacramento 95819; or the Stanford Home for Children, 4144 Winding Way, Sacramento 95841

The Sacramento Bee --- Sacramento, California
June 5, 1991

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MILDRED H. FOLEY

Mildred Corliss was born in Eagle Grove and graduated in 1932 from Iowa State University in Ames. She taught in Davenport and later completed her master's degree in early childhood education at the university.

She moved to Sacramento in the early 1940s and was active with Sacred Heart Church. She was a president of the Sacramento Deanery Council and the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women and a grand regent of Catholic Daughters of America, Sacramento chapter.

Mrs. Foley was a longtime community activist and was involved in the Head Start Program during the late 1960s and served on the board of the Stanford Home Guild and the Newman Guild. She was a past president of the Allied Arts Club, a director of Traveler's Aid in Sacramento, a representative on the President's Regional Conference Traffic Study in the 1960s, and a member of the American Association of University Women, Comstock Club and Sutter Lawn Tennis Club.

She also served on the National Corporation of Women in Community Service in Washington, D.C. She was an organizer and first project director of Sacramento's WICS (Women in Community Service) chapter, which assisted in education and job training and was an administrator of the group for more than 25 years.

Mildred H. Foley, 81, died of heart failure Monday, June 3, 1991, in her Sacramento home after a five-week illness.

She was preceded in death by a son, Michael B. Foley; and a brother, Charles Corliss.

She is survived by her husband, Robert E.; and children, Terry J., Robert E. II, Mary C. Hitchcock, Jane A. Foley, and Nannette E. Woolford, all of Sacramento, Bruce C. Foley, Los Angeles, Calif., and the Rev. James Patrick Foley of San Diego, Calif.; eight grandchildren; and a great-grandson.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated at 10 a.m. Friday, June 7, in Sacred Heart Church, Sacramento. Burial was in St. Mary's Cemetery, Sacramento.

The family requests that any remembrances be made to the Sacred Heart School Foundation, 3933 I St., Sacramento, Calif., 95819; or the Stanford Home for Children, 4144 Winding Way, Sacramento, 95841.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
July 10, 1991