Edna Dugan

Edna Rose Dugan (nee Haley), age 75, of Palm Springs, CA, and San Clemente, CA, passed away on January 8, 2024 at a hospital in Mission Viejo, CA, surrounded by her husband and friends.

She was born May 7, 1948 in Staten Island, NY, the daughter of Francis Haley and Rose Donaldson.

Edna graduated in 1971 with at BA from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. She received an MBA from Pace University in New York in 1979, and an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1989. She was registered as a CPA in New York.

She worked as an auditor at Arthur Young in New York, a director of finance at Sesame Street in New York, an auditor and later the Vice President of Finance at Household Finance Corporation in Chicago, an auditor and financial analyst at Bank One Texas in Dallas, TX, and the Assistant Vice President for Finance and Administration of the Student and Academic Services Division at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She was instrumental in the development of the West Campus House System at Cornell. She retired from Cornell in 2009.

Edna loved to read, to travel, and to play tennis, bridge, and any kind of word game. She also loved to walk, especially by the ocean in San Clemente.

Edna had the most gorgeous smile in the world.

She is survived by her husband, Gerry Dugan, whom she married on August 10, 1969. She was predeceased by her parents. Those left to cherish Edna’s memory include her husband, her many, many friends all over the country and the world, and members of her family on Staten Island, in Texas and in Florida.

Edna’s funeral will take place on January 31, 2024. There will be a 2-hour visitation period from 10 am to 12 noon at the O’Connor Mortuary, 25301 Alicia Parkway, Laguna Hills, CA 92653. The burial service will start at 1 pm at Pacific View Memorial Park, 3500 Pacific View Drive, Corona Del Mar, CA 92625. Subsequent to the burial service, there will be a reception at the home of Gerry and Edna in San Clemente, CA 92672.