Julia M. Dolan, who raised nine children without ever raising her voice even while teaching each and every one of them to drive died Feb. 9 after a long illness. A long-time Irvington resident, she was known all her life as "Judy." She was 81 and had lived for the past 18 months at Kendal on Hudson, in Sleepy Hollow. Judy was born in Newburgh, N.Y., on Feb. 15, 1928, the third child and only daughter of the late John and Elfreda Moshier Mahon. Her father was a skilled carpenter and her mother was a homemaker. During the Depression, her father found work running an A&P in Passaic, N.J., ensuring his family would eat. As a teenager during World War II, while her two brothers served overseas, Judy volunteered alongside her father as a blackout warden. She graduated from Passaic High School in 1946 and, prompted by her brothers' wartime service, decided to become a nurse. She earned her RN from Jersey City State Teachers College in 1950. Working in her first job as a nurse at Jersey City Medical Center, she met her late husband, Mario A. Dolan, of Buenos Aires, Argentina, a dashing rugby player and physician who was completing his medical training in the United States. They were married on Nov. 15, 1952, at the Church of Saint Joseph in Echo Lake, N.J., and took jobs as physician and nurse at a residential treatment facility for children with rheumatic fever in Irvington, at the campus on North Broadway now occupied by the Abbott House. Despite her family's objections, Judy supported her husband's ambition to return to Argentina and establish himself as a cardiologist and they moved there with their firstborn son in 1954. But the country was gripped with postwar political upheaval, and they returned to the U.S. in 1955, settling in Jersey City, N.J., where Judy worked as a nurse. In 1958, the couple returned to Irvington, renting their first home in the village, the small white gingerbread cottage at the top of Main Street that now houses the Irvington Historical Society. Dr. Dolan established a medical practice in offices in the basement and Judy set up housekeeping upstairs. As more children arrived, the family moved to a roomier house on North Broadway. In the days before warehouse clubs and minivans, Judy managed her household industriously, breaking down tasks into components so that even the youngest children could pitch in. One year, all nine children were enrolled in the Irvington Public Schools, the youngest in kindergarten and eldest a senior in high school. Judy once estimated she packed 19, 440 school lunches. An able seamstress, she also somehow found time to whip up costumes for school plays. She loved to knit and made hundreds of mittens, dozens of sweaters and miles of scarves. She was an avid gardener and loved to read. Judy taught all of her children to skate on Halsey's Pond in Irvington and to ski at Mount Peter in Warwick, N.Y. She drove decades of carpools back and forth to the Tarrytown YMCA, and organized summer camping trips with other Irvington families. Every summer, the family would pile into two station wagons to vacation in Chatham, on Cape Cod. A staunch supporter of public education, Judy advocated for the passage of school budgets and improvement projects. A lifelong Democrat, she was active behind the scenes in village politics. In a quest that her namesake, St. Jude, the patron of lost causes, might have admired, she backed every one of the failed schemes to build a public pool in the village. Judy also served in numerous volunteer roles in her 50 years as a parishioner at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Irvington. In addition to her two brothers, John Mahon Peggy of Woodbury, Conn., and Edward Mahon, of Wayne, N.J., Judy is survived by nine of her 10 children: John H. Dolan, of Greenwich, Conn.; Mary Dolan O'Donnell Bill, of Croton-on-Hudson; Martha E. Dolan, of Lexington, Mass.; Martin W. Dolan, of Manhattan; Edward M. Dolan, of Washington, D.C.; Julia D. Brennan Eddie, of Sea Cliff, N.Y.; Mario T. Dolan Pauline, of Valencia, Calif.; Robert A. Dolan Katja, of Arhus, Denmark; and Anne M. Cundari Ken, of Wayland, Mass. Another son, James B. Dolan, died shortly after birth. Judy also leaves behind 18 beloved grandchildren, many adored in-laws and dozens of nieces and nephews and grand nieces and nephews as well as dear friends of 50 or more years. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 12 at the Edwards-Dowdle Funeral Home, 64 Ashford Ave., Dobbs Ferry. A funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 13 at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 16 N. Broadway. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to the Irvington Volunteer Ambulance Corps, 84 Main St., Irvington NY 10533.