Amanda Cannon

1925 - 2025

Amanda Cannon

1925 - 2025

BORN

1925

DIED

2025

Amanda Cannon Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Kenny Funeral Home - Sharon from Oct. 18 to Oct. 19, 2025.

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SALISBURY - Amanda Cannon, age 100, passed away October 15, 2025, at Noble Horizons. She was the wife of the late Jeremiah Cannon.

Amanda was born August 20, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY the daughter of the late Karl and Ella Husslein.

She was widowed at the age of 31 and worked as a bookkeeper for the Standard Oil Company and other oil companies in NYC until she retired at age 72.

Amanda moved to Noble Horizons in 2013 to live near her daughter Diane and son-in-law (the late) Raymond Zelazny.

She enjoyed her time in the Northwest Corner and was an avid nature lover, albeit considered herself a native New Yorker as she was born and resided in NYC for 88 years.

She was a faithful parishioner of St. Mary's Church in Lakeville and attended Mass regularly until the age of 99.

Amanda was the grandmother of (the late) Jesse Morse and is survived by her daughter Diane Zelazny, her grandsons Adam Morse, Raymond Morse and his wife Daron and their daughter and her great granddaughter Cecelia Morse.

A Mass of Christian Burial will take place on Thursday, October 23, at St Mary's Church in Lakeville, CT.

Memorial donations may be made to St. Mary's Church.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

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