Shirley Ann Conner

Shirley Ann Conner Shirley Ann Conner, age 67, of Danbury, formerly of New Fairfield, and Little Falls, N.J., died on Sunday, October 12, 2008 at her home. She was the wife of the late George W. Conner, Jr. Shirley was born November 29, 1940 in Paterson, NJ, the daughter of the late Gus Jr. and Anna (Drol) Bianchi. Raised and educated in New Jersey, she was a graduate of Passaic Valley H.S. and the Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School. Shirley was employed as an executive secretary in the legal offices of the PraxAir Corporation, Danbury, and was a former employee of First Brands Corporation. A former resident of both Bloomfield and Montville, NJ, she moved to Taylor Drive in New Fairfield with her family in 1979. She had been a resident of Danbury since 1999. Shirley was an active volunteer with the Danbury area American Cancer Society, and the Dorothy Day Hospitality House. She was a parishioner of St. Gregory the Great Church, Danbury, and was a member of the local Red Hat Society. Shirley is survived by her three daughters: Carolyn Conner-DiMiceli and her husband, David of Brewster, NY, Kathleen Goccia and her husband Richard of Mystic, and Kelly Findlay and her husband, Anthony of Middlebury, one sister: Patty Marx and her husband, Ron of Frederick, Md.; three grandchildren: Kimberly, Michael, and George; and many nieces and nephews. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Thursday October 16, at St. Gregory the Great Church, Danbury at 11 a.m. Burial will be in the Mountainview Cemetery, New Fairfield. The family will receive friends at the Green Funeral Home, 57 Main Street, Danbury on Wednesday from 5 thru 9 pm. Memorial Contributions in honor of Shirley are requested to be made to the Susan G. Komen Foundation for Breast Cancer Research, P.O. Box 224523, Dallas, TX 75222, or at www.komen.org