Barbara Ann Finnell

Barbara Ann Finnell passed away on November 12 in Southbury after a brief illness. A resident of Heritage Village and prior to that a longtime resident of Newtown, Barbara was born in Bridgeport on July 23, 1920, the daughter of William and Olga Shaughnessy. She attended Fairfield Ludlowe High School, and during World War II worked at Chance Vought Aircraft Corporation in East Hartford. After many years as a homemaker, she reentered the workforce in 1969 as a medical secretary at Surgical Associates of Western Connecticut of Newtown and later Danbury, until her retirement in 1990. An avid gardener, she was a longtime member of the Town and Country Garden Club of Newtown. She was predeceased by her husband, James, and is survived by her son, Michael of Woodbury; her sister, Margot of Bridgeport; her brother, William of Brookfield; and many nieces and nephews. Calling hours will be held in the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., Newtown on Tuesday Nov. 16 from 4 to 7 p.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, November 17 at St. Rose of Lima Church, Newtown. Interment will follow at St. Rose Cemetery in Sandy Hook.