Lucy Ann Attner passed away peacefully on September 26, 2025 surrounded by her family at her home in St. Marys, Georgia. She was 73.

She was many wonderful things -- an amazing mother, grandmother, wife, friend, mentor, counselor. If you were her friend, you were her friend for life. She loved people. No one has ever loved people more than her.

More than anything, she loved her family. She is survived by her husband Paul, her children Diane (Thomas) Mahoney of Leesburg, Virginia, and Douglas Wetzel Jr. of New York City, and grandchildren Olivia and Declan Mahoney in addition to brothers Michael and John (Tami) Oliva, and many cousins, nieces and nephews.

Lucy was the kindest, warmest, most considerate, most modest, most forgiving, most welcoming, and most compassionate person you could ever know. She was radiant both inside and out, a person of strong faith who lived out her calling every day in so many impressive ways and touched so many with her generous and open heart.

She especially loved Christmas, particularly the Italian Feast of the 7 Fishes, carrying on a tradition passed over the years from generation to generation of her family. Every Christmas Eve, 20-plus friends would enjoy this sit-down feast. And every year, there always was room at the table for those who needed a friend or were going to be alone for the holidays. All year, she would knit stacks of potholders so she always had something on hand to use as a thank you or to comfort others or to celebrate a triumph.

Lucy was a brilliant cook who made the best lasagna and eggplant parmigiana you could ever taste. She was a gracious host who never felt she had prepared enough food even though her family would tell her "you have enough here to feed the Fifth Army." Traveling brought great joy, particularly to places like Tuscany, Paris, Barcelona, and Amsterdam. But she loved best her journeys with all of her family. The last of those, to
the Dominican Republic, ended just a few weeks before her cancer diagnosis.

She enjoyed brisk walks in the morning, her twice-weekly exercise class and her escapades on tennis court. She loved her dogs and 60s music and Phantom of the Opera and reading books and Andrea Bocelli and Hallmark movies because they always made her happy. At times, she thought the best dinner was a hot fudge sundae, with hardly any hot fudge.

She loved to talk – she was simply great company -- but was an even better listener. Her huge group of friends were scattered around the county so she would deliberately schedule calls just to make sure she always stayed in touch. She memorized all kinds of significant dates for many of those friends – birthdays, anniversaries, you name it – and it was a given that they received a greeting card on all these occasions.

Lucy was born in New York City on February 19, 1952 to the late S. Michael and Theresa Oliva. Various family members called her Missy or Lucyann. She was a baton-twirling Lassie in high school who years later still could execute precise routines much to the delight of her children. She grew up on Long Island and attended Georgetown University, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees. A language major in
college, she eventually evolved into a career in accounting, earning a CPA license. She lived in Maryland and Northern Virginia for more than 36 years before moving to St. Marys in 2010.

Lucy began her professional career as an audit supervisor with Coopers & Lybrand, then moved into private accounting, including eight years as a Firm Administrator. She joined PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in 1994, where she served in various regional and national roles including Human Resources Manager, Director of Administration and Director of Infrastructure. In that last position, she oversaw the administrative functions of 54 offices and 14,000 professionals.

She was hired by Deloitte in 2000 as the Regional Operations Leader of the Central Atlantic Cluster. She later became the chief of staff of Deloitte's National Manager Partner of Operations, during which she was promoted to a firm director and later managing director. She ended her professional life as Deloitte's National Talent Director of Alumni Relations.

Her mother, Theresa, died from leukemia and Lucy became a dedicated volunteer for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (now Blood Cancer United). She eventually took on the role as co-chair of the auction at annual LLS Ball in Washington, D.C. During her 15 years in this position, her auctions alone raised more than $3.5 million for research. She and Diane, her daughter, even trained and successfully completed a half-marathon
sponsored by LLS in honor of their mother/grandmother.

In St. Marys, she was president of the Board of Directors overseeing the 2,000-plus residents belonging to her community's HOA. She then became a member of the community's Architectural Review Board and also served as the President of the community's Women's Club.

She will forever be missed.

In lieu of flowers, we offer three worthy charities for donations in her memory. All are special to her and her family: Blood Cancer United, Hospice of the Golden Isles in Brunswick, and the American Brain Tumor Association.