Leila (Villada) Condon, editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald from 1953 to 1959, died in a Honolulu care home, May 2. She was 91.
Condon was born Leila Villada on Aug. 7, 1926, in Honolulu. She was a graduate of Maryknoll High School in Honolulu and the College of New Rochelle in New York. She also worked as a public school teacher and as press secretary for Sen. Hiram L. Fong.
She was named editor of the Hawaii Catholic Herald at age 26. Her first edition was July 31, 1953. Her last was dated March 27, 1959.
She later married Dr. Walter P. Condon and the couple lived in Maryland before retiring in Hawaii in 1999. Dr. Condon died in 2005.
Condon is survived by nephews John (Kim) and Timothy (Kathy) Keanini and grand and great- grandnephews and nieces.