Sharon M. Connors

Connors, Sharon M. ALBANY Sharon M. (Ryan) Connors, 58, died Friday, August 8, 2008 at the Hospice Inn of St. Peter's Hospital, surrounded by her loving family and friends, after a long and courageous battle with breast cancer. Born in Troy, she was the daughter of the late Walter T. "Wally" and Dorothy (Allen) Ryan, Sr. Sharon was a graduate of Catholic Central High School in Troy. She worked as a clerk for the NYS Civil Service Department for 38 years, retiring in May of this year. She served as president of her local Union. Sharon was a communicant of St. Catherine of Siena Church. She was a member of the Pan-Can Committee of the Capital District and participated in the Pan-Can walks on Cape Cod for the past five years and in several breast cancer walks in the Capital District. Sharon loved gardening, bird watching, swimming, cooking and especially spending time with her granddaughter, family and friends. She is wife of 34 years of Harry W. Connors; mother of Anne Marie (Connors) Eriole of Albany; grandmother of Olivia Hope Eriole; sister of Geraldine "Geri" Ryan of E. Greenbush, Walter T. (Ann Marie) Ryan Jr. of Troy, and John Paul (Nancy) Ryan of Troy; aunt of Peter and Christine Soroko, Tenley Brynn Soroko, Tara Ryan, Christopher and Jessica Maloney, Edward and Heather Craven, and Teagan Rose Craven; also survived by several aunts, uncles and cousins. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at 10:00 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 40 Hopewell St., Albany. Relatives and friends are invited and may also call at the Daniel Keenan Funeral Home, 490 Delaware Ave., Albany on Sunday from 3 - 7 p.m. Interment will follow the Mass in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Troy. Those who wish may send memorial contributions to the Hospice Inn at St. Peter's Hospital, 315 So. Manning Blvd., Albany, NY 12208.