Maureen Mahoney Popick

Maureen Mahoney Popick, 77, passed away peacefully on June 7, 2026.

Born in New York on August 11, 1948, Maureen moved through the world as a free spirit. She was a little naive in the loveliest way: optimistic, kindhearted and endlessly generous. Undeniably beautiful inside and out, Maureen possessed a rare ability to see the good in everyone she met and approached life with curiosity, compassion and an open heart.

The first of seven children, Maureen adored her parents, Larry and Regina Mahoney, and cherished the close-knit family they built together. The values of love and family that shaped her childhood would remain at the center of her life.

Maureen met Alan, the love of her life and partner for almost 60 years, while they were students at Pace University. They were married on September 15, 1974, barefoot in her parents' backyard in Pound Ridge, New York. Their celebration included Maureen jumping in the swimming pool after removing her wedding dress to reveal a bikini. It was a joyful and unpretentious celebration that perfectly reflected the life they would build together.

Before marriage, Maureen trained as a nurse and followed her adventurous spirit to Arizona, where she worked at a hospital on a Navajo reservation, caring for patients struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. It was an early expression of the empathy and selflessness that would define her life. After her wedding, she traveled to Israel to live on a kibbutz, continuing her lifelong desire to learn about the world and the people in it.

Upon her return to the US, Maureen and Alan settled in Hastings, New York, where they began their family and welcomed sons Ian and Ty. In 1981, they moved to Coral Springs, Florida. There, Maureen and Alan’s family grew with the births of Katy and Meghan and became complete when they welcomed James home from South Korea.

It was in Florida that Maureen built the kind of home people never wanted to leave. Hers was the house with the open door, the one where her kids' friends walked in without knocking and stayed for dinner. Their home was the hangout spot, the gathering place, where everyone felt welcome. She poured herself into her children: volunteering at their schools, shuttling them to every sport and activity, and sacrificing her own time and comfort without a second thought. Through it all she kept her standing Saturday date with Alan and their close circle of lifelong friends.

Maureen and Alan moved to Scituate, Massachusetts in 2001 to be closer to family, returned briefly to Florida in 2004, and ultimately settled in Georgia in 2007. In a testament to the love she had cultivated, all five of her children (most of them grown adults by then) followed and made their homes in Georgia too, simply to stay close to their parents and one another.

Maureen treasured her summers on Cape Cod, a good novel, a newspaper (but later went digital), a glass of Italian pinot grigio, art, music and learning about cultures around the world. Yet nothing brought her greater happiness than being "Mimi" to her grandsons. She delighted in every story, every milestone, every visit and every opportunity to shower them with love. It was a role she embraced wholeheartedly and one that brought her immeasurable joy.

Maureen is survived by her beloved husband, Alan; her children, Ian and his partner Laura and her son Richard, Ty and his wife Milu, Katy, Meghan and her husband Adam, and James and his wife Jasenka; and her cherished grandsons, Patrick, Lucas, Sebastijan, Tiago, and Zlatan.

She is also survived by her siblings, Catherine, Bob, Brian, Tom and his wife Lisa, Peg and her husband Charlie, and Jinda and her husband Brian; her brother- and sister-in-law, Barry and Judi Popick; and her nieces and nephews, Matt, Gina, Owen, Mei Lin, Amy, Rachel and Seth.

A viewing will be held on Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., followed by a service at 11:30 a.m. Both the viewing and service will take place at Wages & Sons Funeral Home, 1040 Main Street, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083. Family and friends will then gather for burial at Eternal Hills Memory Gardens, 3700 Stone Mountain Highway, Snellville, Georgia 30039.

At 2:00 p.m., family and out-of-town guests are invited to join in a private celebration of Maureen's life at Three Blind Mice (1066 Killian Hill Road SW, Lilburn, Georgia 30047), a favorite gathering place of Alan and Maureen’s since moving to Lilburn.

Flowers are welcome, as Maureen loved all flowers (with one notable exception: carnations). For those who wish to honor her memory through a charitable contribution, donations may be made to Doctors Without Borders, an organization she deeply admired, particularly for its work providing medical care in Ukraine.

Maureen's greatest legacy is not found in any single accomplishment, but in the family and friendships she nurtured, the kindness she extended so freely, and the countless people who felt seen, welcomed and loved in her presence. She leaves behind a world made gentler by her compassion and brighter by her unwavering belief in the goodness of others.