Eleanor Lawton

Mystic - Eleanor (Thompson) Lawton of Mystic, wife of the late Roger Hill Lawton, and the daughter of the late Anastasia V. (Connors) Thompson and Thomas William Thompson of Worcester, Mass., died peacefully in her home on Dec. 11, 2010.

She is also predeceased by two sisters, Anna T. Butler of Westerly and Mary E. Thompson of Worcester, and by two brothers, Charles J. Thompson of Madison, N.J. and William T. Thompson of Worcester.

She is survived by two daughters, Ann Fay Lawton of Vineyard Haven, Mass. and Mary Beth Lawton and her partner, Danusa Lesqueves, of Cambridge, Mass.

She is also survived by three grandchildren, Elizabeth Burrows and her husband, Robert Troupe, of Boulder, Colo., Peter Lawton Burrows and his wife, Sonja Burrows, of Eugene, Ore., and Sara Zanze and her husband, Billy Zanze, of Portland, Ore.; seven great-grandchildren, Grace Vining, Zacariah, Caleb, and Elsa Burrows, and Haley, Sadie, and Jasper Zanze; a sister-in-law, Barbara Thompson of Madison; and a niece, Susan Thompson and her husband, Jonathan Whiting, of Oak Bluffs, Mass.

Eleanor was a communicant of St. Patrick Church, Ram Island Yacht Club, and Masons Island Yacht Club. She was also a volunteer at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital, Child and Family Services of Southeastern Connecticut, and the Mystic Seaport.

The family will greet relatives and friends from 6 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday at the Dinoto Funeral Home, 17 Pearl St., Mystic.

The funeral will assemble at 11 a.m. on Thursday at the Dinoto Funeral Home and proceed to a 12 p.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Patrick Church in Mystic. Burial will follow in Elm Grove Cemetery in Mystic.

To leave an online message of condolence for the family, please visit www.dinotofuneral.com

Memorial donations in Eleanor Lawton's memory may be made to the Child and Family Services Agency of Southeastern Connecticut.