Lucy A. Bellone

Lucy A. (Vuono) Bellone, 91, of Rocky Hill passed away peacefully on July 31, 2022, at The Lodge at Cold Spring.

Lucy was born in Brooklyn, New York on Jan. 24, 1931, to the late Joseph and Rosaria (Zanfini) Vuono. Lucy worked part time at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Bloomfield and then full time for 25 years in the emergency room admitting office. Lucy helped to start the first Lawyer Referral program (designed to help people with legal needs) in Hartford. She was featured in an article in the Hartford Courant that called the program "Lucy's baby". She was later featured in CT Magazine as well. She also worked at the Connecticut State Capitol on the Legislative Office Branch and she also worked on the Judiciary Committee as the Chief Judiciary Clerk for another 25 years. She received several awards for her service. Lucy was an excellent cook. Her Easter and Christmas Eve meals were not to be missed. She painstakingly prepared the "Feast of the Seven Fishes". She cooked true Italian dinners and her meatballs were the best in the land. She would always know if a family member had "taken" one out of the large pot 'to taste' and scold them. Her favorite words were "mangia bene" (eat well) and "out of this world" if something tastes good to her. She grew up in Rhode Island and always had a passion for the shore right up till the end of her life. She owned a house close to the Westerly beaches where she enjoyed entertaining her friends and having her family enjoy it as well. Lucy volunteered over 30 years for the Nick Vuono Charity Fund of Westerly. The charity was formed after her brother Nick Vuono died an untimely death in 1984. It is a non-profit charity providing assistance to individuals with special needs in the Westerly community. She enjoyed working all year long on this. Lucy was an avid book reader. During her life she would 'gobble' up all the NY Times top 10 books, fiction and nonfiction. She enjoyed services at the Wethersfield Evangelical Free Church where she started attending in 1964 with her husband (Thomas Bellone predeceased in 1995) and family. She continued to attend the services right up to the end of her life. She has many friends from the church. She enjoyed going to breakfast, lunch, and dinner with them.

She is predeceased by her sister Josephine Cherenzia. She will be sorrowfully missed by her friends and family. Lucy is lovingly remembered by her sister M. Susie Phillips of Washington D.C.; son and daughter-in-law Steve and Amy Bellone of Manchester; daughter and son-in-law Valerie and Dale Thompson of Ava Maria, Florida; her grandchildren, Josh and Liz Thompson of Tega Cay South Carolina, Sarah Thompson and Jenny Thompson of North Stonington, Jason and Wendy Bellone of Redding, Jeff and Emily Bellone of Manchester, Dave and Allie Foster of West Kingston, Rhode Island; and her great-grandchildren, Hope Thompson of Rustburg Virginia, Sophia, Eden, and Lucas Thompson of Tega Cay, Sean Sunderland of Gales Ferry, Bailey, Colby, Allie, Chloe Bellone of Redding, Olivia and Zoey Bellone of Manchester; and great-great-grandchild Foster Sunderland of Gales Ferry.

A funeral service was held today, Aug. 8, 2022, at noon, with a reception following, at the Wethersfield Evangelical Free Church, 511 Maple St., Wethersfield. Calling hours and burial will be private.

Please consider donations in Lucia's honor to the Nick Vuono Charity Fund, Inc., P.O. Box 1004, Westerly, RI 02891. email nickvuonocharityfund@ gmail.com.

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