Sheila Mae Polkey

Sheila Mae Polkey, 50, of Windsor, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Dec. 28, 2013, at Touchpoints at Chestnut in East Windsor.

Born in Hartford to Carolyn (Frye) Polkey and the late Leonard Polkey, she has been a lifelong resident of Windsor and a graduate of Windsor High School. Sheila was a member of Wilson Congregational Church for many years and Trinity United Methodist Church in Windsor for the past several years. She was also a member of the Windsor Elks Lodge 2060. She was a loving daughter and spent many years caring for her beloved mother, together they traveled and enjoyed going to shows at the Bushnell Center for Performing Arts, and the Hartford Symphony. Sheila spent much of her time with her family and what she referred to as her "second family," Patty and Henry Rosol and family. Sheila started almost every day at the Windsor Donut Shoppe where she would have her morning coffee and visit with friends.

Besides her mother, Sheila is survived by her brothers, Robert Polkey, and his wife, Margaret, of Florida, and Greg Polk of Newington; her nieces, Lisa Soucy, and her husband, Stephen, of South Windsor, and Loren Polkey of Florida; her nephew, Joseph A. Polkey, and his wife, Michelle, of Windsor; her grandnephew, Joseph R. Polkey; and grandniece, Amanda Soucy.

A funeral service will be held at noon on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the Carmon Windsor Funeral Home, 807 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor, followed by burial in Riverside Cemetery, Windsor.

The family will receive friends prior to the service on Wednesday, Jan. 8, from 11 a.m. to noon.

Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 825 Brook St., I-91 Tech Center, Rocky Hill, CT 06067.

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