John Walter Tierney

TIERNEY, John Walter (Walt) John Walter (Walt) Tierney 94, of West Hartford, died peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family on April 27, 2007. Beloved husband of Dorothy (Davis) Tierney, he was born in Somerville, MA, in 1912. He was a "Triple Eagle" having graduated from Boston College High School, received his BA from Boston College in 1934, and his law degree in 1937, also from Boston College. He married his wife of 65 years, Dorothy, in 1941. Walt was a Lt. Commander in the US Navy and served in the Pacific from 1943 to 1946. After returning from the war, he moved to West Hartford in 1947 and worked for the General Accident Insurance Co. He worked with Security Insurance Company beginning in 1960, and retired in 1977 as Secretary of the company. He worked from 1977 until his second retirement in 1990 as a consultant with the Insurance Management Group. He was very active in the community having served as past Commander of the American Legion Post 96, past president of the Hartford City Claims Adjusters Association, past president of the Hartford Claims Managers Council, and for his generous involvement and support of numerous charitable organizations in the Hartford area, especially providing food for the hungry and homeless. His frequent donations of groceries will be greatly missed by St. Helena's Church Food Sharing program. He was well known as a Little League umpire in West Hartford for nearly 20 years and was an avid Red Sox fan, having waited anxiously for 86 years for their World Series win in 2004. Besides his loving wife, he is survived by his six children: Sheila and William Gale of Burlington, Paula Buscemi of Brookfield Center, Brian and Karen Tierney of Avon, Christine Costello of Granby, Steven and Linda Tierney of Carlisle, MA, and John and Anna Tierney of Gainesville, FL. In addition, he will be dearly missed by his 18 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Funeral Services will be on Tuesday, May 1 with the celebration of his Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 .am. in the Church of St. Helena 30 Echo Lane in West Hartford. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery in West Hartford. Calling hours will be at the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave. in West Hartford on Monday, April 30 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. Memorial donations can be made to the House of Bread 27 Chestnut Street Hartford, CT 06120.