Julia Valitski Connelly, 91, sister, wife, a beloved Mother, aunt and grandmother, was called home by the Heavenly Father on November 8, 2025, from her family home in Pearland, Texas.

Julia was born on March 4, 1934, to Anna (née Charney) and William Valitski in Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania. She is a member of St Helen Catholic Church and has been a resident of Pearland since 1989. Julia attended Immaculatta College and received a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 1956. Following graduation from Immaculatta she worked at Smith, Kline and French pharmaceutical company. In 1960,
she married Dr. Mark E. Connelly at the Villanova Chapel, with whom she went on to rear five children. Their 56-year marriage included extensive travel for his U.S. Army career. She visited both East and West Berlin, was present at the tragic 1972 Olympics in Munich and attended the memorial service and she also traveled on the famed “Orient Express.”

Julia was a devoted Catholic, and matriarch of her family.  She was an avid reader, cross word puzzle solver, a lifelong learner with encyclopedic knowledge of Catholic catechism and doctrine and a woman of faith and generosity.

Julia is preceded in death by her parents, Anna and William Valitski; her husband Dr. Mark Connelly; sisters Anna Valitski and Mary Valitski; and brother William Frances Valitski and his wife Loretta (née Syzdek).

She is survived by her children: Thomas Connelly and his wife Amy, Stephen Connelly, Kara Connelly Flores and her husband Louis, Casey Connelly and Mark (Greg) Connelly and her four grandchildren; Michelle Clark, husband Steven, Nicholas Flores, wife Heather, Alexander Flores, wife Ashley and Anisa Flores and her betrothed Collin Walker;  six great grandchildren Alexis Clark, Samuel Clark, Liam Flores, Kiley Flores, Abriella Flores and Adelie Flores.

There will be a visitation from 6:00 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. with a Rosary at 7:00 P.M. on Tuesday December 9th, 2025, at Crowder Funeral Home, 2422 E. Broadway St., Pearland, TX 77581. A Mass of Christian Burial on Wednesday, December 10th, 2025, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Helen’s Catholic Church, 2209 Old Alvin Rd, Pearland, TX 77581. The celebrant for the Funeral Mass will be Fr Philip Wilhite. Entombment of ashes will be on Friday, December 12th, 2025, at 12:30 P.M. at Houston National Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to Special Friends, Inc. of Friendswood, Texas 501c3 charity organization. We work with the disabled community in providing them with recreational (SOTX), educational, social and nutritional programs in a safe, secure environment.

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