Mary Anne Schmecker

SCHMECKER Mary Anne Schmecker, age 86 of Shelton, entered into rest Thursday, May 22, 2008 at Shelton Lakes Health Care Center. She was the devoted wife of the late Louis J. Schmecker, Sr. Mrs. Schmecker was born in Derby, September 11, 1921, daughter of the late Louis W. and Mary Bridget (Cuddy) Beatrice and moved to Shelton in 1933. She was a retired ceramics teacher, having taught for more than 40 years between the Shelton Senior Center and the Boys and Girls Club. In 2007, she was honored for her longtime service to the Boys and Girls Club with induction as a charter member into the Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley Hall of Fame. She was also a member of the Ladies Guild at St. Margaret Mary Church and she loved to travel overseas, particularly to Ireland, which she visited 28 times. She is the beloved mother of Louis J. Schmecker Jr. and his wife, Charlotte, Mary Louise Barnstien and her husband, Ralph, and Francis Michael Schmecker and his companion, Angela Hall, all of Shelton. She is also survived by seven loving grandchildren, Joseph, Daniel, Michele, Mary Angela, Jillian, John, and Benjamin; five great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by a son, John, L. Schmecker; a grandson, Michael Schmecker; and four brothers, Louis Joseph, John Joseph, George Joseph, and Finton Joseph Beatrice. Friends may greet the family in the Riverview Funeral Home, 390 River Road, Shelton, Friday from 3 to 7 p.m. On Saturday, her funeral will leave the Riverview Funeral Home at 8:30 a.m. for a Mass of Christian Burial at 9 a.m. at St. Margaret Mary Church. Burial will follow at Mt. St. Peters Cemetery in Derby. At the request of the family, memorial contributions may be made to the Mary Anne Schmecker Scholarship at the Boys and Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, 1 Positive Place, Shelton CT 06484. Offer condolences to the family at www.riverviewfh.com.