Anne Gurnon WARNER

WARNER, Anne (Wessels) Gurnon


Anne (Wessels) Gurnon Warner, 85, of Woodbridge and formerly of Tolland, wife of Alden Warner, passed away peacefully on Monday (July 15, 2013) after a long illness. The daughter of the late Ernest and Elizabeth (McAvoy) Wessels, Anne was born, raised and started a family in Boston before moving to Tolland in 1963. Anne has lived in Woodbridge for the past two years. She was predeceased by her first husband, Robert K. Gurnon to whom she was married for 30 years. As a single parent with five children, Anne returned to the workforce, initially cleaning homes for various families, eventually taking a position with Micromint in Rockville where she worked until her retirement in 1990. She married Alden Warner in 1988 and they enjoyed traveling, built many woodcrafts, and enjoyed friends, dancing and music. She especially enjoyed her friends at the Tolland Senior Center. Anne was an active member of the Tolland Senior Center Chorus and a devoted member of Saint Matthew Church. She will be fondly remembered for her meticulous housekeeping, tremendous sense of style and fashion, her love of song and dance, her friendly outgoing nature, her enjoyment of a good laugh and her chocolate chip cookies. Anne will also be remembered for her energy, organization, and get it done attitude. She is also survived by her beloved children, Robert Gurnon and his wife Alice of Abington, MA, Ronald Gurnon and his wife Florrie of Weymouth, MA, Roy Gurnon and his wife Darlene of Tolland, Robin Kenefick and her husband Thomas of Woodbridge, and Rodney Gurnon and his wife Sherri of Mansfield, MA; nine grandchildren, Jill Gurnon, Robert Gurnon, Donald Tantillo, Alicia Sampson, Amanda and Karen Gurnon, Lauren and Patrick Kenefick, Courtney, Max and Lucas Gurnon; seven great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Talia and Dominic Tantillo, Ella, Claire, and Stephen Sampson and Declan Ferris; she is also survived by two sisters Elizabeth Kersey of Mansfield, MA and Barbara Driscoll of Virginia Beach, VA and numerous nieces and nephews as well as five stepchildren, Scott Warner, Bonnie Durscharme, Gail Doyle, Alison Doherty and Mark Warner. She was extremely proud of all of her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Anne will be dearly missed by her family and friends. Her family would like to acknowledge and are grateful for the loving care extended by the staff at Emeritus of Woodbridge as well as VITAS Services.
Her family will receive friends for calling hours on Sunday, July 21, 2013 from 4 - 8 p.m. at the Ladd-Turkington & Carmon Funeral Home, 551 Talcottville Road (Route 83), Vernon. Family and friends may gather at the funeral home on Monday, July 22, at 9 a.m. followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at Saint Matthew Church, 111 Tolland Green, Tolland. Burial will follow in South Cemetery, Tolland. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Tolland Senior Center, 674 Tolland Stage Road, Tolland, CT 06084 or to the Alzheimer's Association CT Chapter, 2075 Silas Deane Highway, Suite 100, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. For online condolences and guest book, please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com.