Arlene Bucci

Bucci , Arlene Kinnally.
Arlene (Kinnally) Bucci passed away peacefully at home in Brookfield, CT on March 24, 2017. She was born on January 5, 1943, the daughter of the late John and Agatha Kinnally of Yonkers, New York.
Arlene graduated from St. Francis College and held a Masters Degree from Manhattan College. Arlene taught elementary school in Yonkers, New York; Anchorage, Alaska; and Belgium. She retired from teaching at the Brewster Central School District.
Besides teaching, Arlene was a devoted mother to her four children and a loving grandmother to her six granddaughters. Her favorite thing in the world was to be called "Grandma" or simply "Mama" while she cooked, played games, or did arts and crafts with the girls.
Arlene is survived by her husband, Victor Bucci; her son, Thomas Bucci, his wife, Mary, and their two children, Isabella and Vivian; her son, Jay Bucci and his wife, Nicole; her son John Bucci and his daughter, Ryan; and her daughter, Catherine Klar, her husband, Jonathan, and her three daughters, Sarah, Lindsay, and Evelyn.
Arlene is also survived by her sister and brother, Mary Rasamny and John Kinnally of Chappaqua, New York, and her sister, Eleanor Will of Ormond Beach, Florida.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on March 28, 2017 at St. Peter Church, 120 Main St., Danbury at 10:30 a.m. with the Reverend Robert Kinnally officiating. Burial will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.
In lieu of flowers, contributions in her memory may be made to the Fisher House Foundation, 111 Rockville Pike, Suite 420, Rockville, MD 20850 - to support military families in time of need or the Regional Hospice of Danbury, 30 Milestone Road, Danbury Connecticut 06810.
Jowdy-Kane Funeral Home, 9-11 Granville Ave., Danbury is in charge of arrangements.