Eileen Marcone

MARCONE Eileen (Lee) Marcone, age 83, a 50 year resident of Stratford, joined her savior Jesus Christ on Tuesday, August 7, 2007 at Bridgeport Hospital after long and courageous battle with cancer. She was the widow of Frederick T. Marcone. Lee, was born in White Plains, N.Y., on September 17, 1923, a daughter of the late Purdy and Elsie Eisner Ernst. Active in her church, Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford, She was the President of the Episcopal Churchwomen, Altar Guild Directress, member of the Vestry, volunteer at the Christ Church Golden Rooster Shop. Her other volunteering included, Meals on Wheels, the Red Cross at the Veterans Hospital, Bridgeport Hospital in the emergency room, recovery room, and making patient visits. She was named a Women of Substance in 1999 and was honored by the Scottish Rite of Free Masons. Lee is survived by her two loving sons and their wives, Robert F. and Mary Marcone and Richard T. Marcone and Jancee Pust-Marcone all of Stratford. Grandchildren, Robert F. Marcone Jr., Todd Marcone and his wife Lori, Maegan, Ryan, and Jeremy Marcone; three great-grandchildren, Zachary, Matthew, and Alexandra Marcone. She is also survived by a brother, Larry Ernst of White Plains, N.Y.; sister, Rita Johnson and her husband, Frank of Scrub Oak, N.Y., and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will take place on Saturday, August 11, 2007 at 11 a.m. at the Christ Episcopal Church, Stratford. Burial will follow in the Union Cemetery, Stratford. The hours of visitation will be held on Friday, August 10, 2007 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Dennis & D'Arcy Funeral Home, 2611 Main Street, Stratford. Donations may be made in her memory to the E.C.W. of Christ Episcopal Church, 2000 Main St. Stratford, CT 06614. For online condolences please visit. www.dennisanddarcy.com.