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BORN
3/31/1966
DIED
6/12/2025
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Shelly Byington Obituary
After graduating from Saint Bernard High School in 1984, Shelly worked an illustrious 20-year career at the Connecticut Department of Corrections, retiring as a lieutenant. She was beloved by officers and inmates alike.
Shelly was known for her vivacious personality and quick-witted sense of humor. Her warmth, kindness, and empathy made her able to relate to people from all walks of life. In her spare time, she enjoyed interior design, cooking, crocheting, playing golf, playing cards with her family, and spending time with her granddaughter.
Besides her beloved husband Mark, Shelly is survived by their children, son Zackari and daughter Kacey; their granddaughter Malia; her sister and brother-in-law Stacy and Ruben Perez; and her mother Laura Dyer and her husband Tom Dyer.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 11 a.m. Wednesday, June 25, at Saint Joseph Catholic Church, 149 Montauk Avenue in New London. Please visit www.byles.com to sign the online register or to share a memory.
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Sponsored by Byles Memorial Home - New London.
Denise Brouillier
June 25, 2025
My Condolences to you and your family
Steve and Sue Lawrence
June 25, 2025
We send our thoughts and prayers to Mark and the entire Byington family during this difficult time.
My Shelly rest in peace after her long battle with cancer.
Joe Arruda
June 25, 2025
So sorry for your loss. My condolences to the family
Sherry
June 25, 2025
Rest in peace Shelly
rich bannister
June 24, 2025
So sorry for your loss
June 23, 2025
Very sorry for your loss, condolences to Mark and family
Tim Kennedy
Bill Mizzell
June 23, 2025
Mark and family, I'm so sorry for your loss.
bill hunter
June 23, 2025
so sorry for your loss mark
Julie Turner
June 22, 2025
My cousin, my first friend. We had so much fun making up skits and camping out in your backyard when we were little. We would talk for hours on the phone. I will miss your infectious laugh and your kind heart Dear Shelly
Ronald & Anne Post
June 22, 2025
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. We’re thinking of you & family.
Dianne Kenyon
June 22, 2025
May God bless you and your family in this time of sorrow. Our thoughts and prayers are with you and the entire family
Christopher Marquette
June 22, 2025
Mark, I am very sorry for your loss. Please accept my condolences.
Janet Alloway (Gay)
June 22, 2025
It has been many years since I last saw Shelly, but it was with great sadness that I heard of her passing. I will always remember her with much fondness. She was such a sweet, and loving person.
My condolences to the family.
Dave Fairman
June 22, 2025
Rest in Peace
James Glaspie
June 22, 2025
Sorry for your loss Mark/Blessed be.
Yvonne Collins
June 20, 2025
My condolences to the family, Rest In Peace Shelly.
Clifford Gay
June 20, 2025
God speed shelly
marianne Brumfield
June 18, 2025
Me and Shelly and her mom too worked at the twin bridge diner together many many years ago we had so much fun sad lost
D. Morgan
June 18, 2025
In loving memory of a wonderful person. We will love you and miss you always. Rest In Peace Shelly.
Brian Perron
June 18, 2025
My deepest condolences to Shelly´s family and friends.
Bradford Lake
June 17, 2025
Shelly was an amazing co-worker. She had a great personality and was always down to earth. She had a great sense of humor and was very caring, if you had any issues or worries Shelly always had a good good ear for listening. Sending thoughts and prayers to her family. Rest in peace Shelly
Janet West
June 17, 2025
Mark, Zackari, Kacey, & Malia,
I am so sorry for your loss. You are all in my thoughts and prayers.
Janet West
Michael Dunkerley
June 17, 2025
Shelly will be forever in our hearts. To Mark, Zack and Kasey and Malia our deepest sympathies, Shelly will be deeply missed.
Dorothy Mayer
June 17, 2025
To know you was to love you. Rest in peace my sweet cousin ❤
Caroline Telgarsky
June 17, 2025
Work with Shelly for many years at York CI. She was always professional and kind, with a great smile. My condolences to her family. My you rest peace
Chance Martin
June 16, 2025
My sincere condolences to Shelly´s family.
She was an absolute amazing woman and colleague at York C.I.
Sending prayers of love, strength and comfort to her family.
Sandra Gulino
June 16, 2025
So sorry for your loss!
Lisa Abate
June 16, 2025
Deepest condolences to Shelly's family & friends. She was a beautiful soul. I am heart broken to hear of her passing, but I'm happy that she has found the peace that she deserves. I hope your happy memories help to ease your grief.
Monika Valaouras
June 16, 2025
I was Shelly´s friend for 30 years. She had a rare gift-a quick wit paired with warmth and grace. Shelly was smart, funny, and effortlessly engaging. Being around her always meant laughter, good conversation, and a sense of ease. She carried herself with lightness, even in life´s more difficult moments, and she made those around her feel seen, heard, and appreciated.
She was the kind of friend whose presence quietly enriched your life, and her absence leaves a space that words can´t quite fill.
My heart goes out to Mark, Zack, Kasey, and Malia. I hope you find comfort in the love that surrounds you and in the memories that will always keep Shelly close. She was truly one of a kind, and she will be deeply missed.
Candace Lenihan
June 16, 2025
So terribly sorry for your loss
Bill Benway
June 16, 2025
I am so very sorry for your loss. May her memories be held close to your hearts.
PATRICIA R PERRY
June 15, 2025
Wishing the family peace and healing for this great loss. I worked with Shelly as a CO, then under her as my Lieutenant. The memories bring laughter to me. Shelly was a genuine person on and off the job. Rest in peace my friend.
Patricia R Perry
James Finegan
June 15, 2025
Shelly was one of the most sincere and hard working people I had the pleasure to work with in DOC. Always a smile or laugh. So sad that her life ended so soon She was a great person who will be greatly missed. RIP.
Stacy Perez
June 15, 2025
"There is a hole in my heart in the place my sister once occupied, and I will miss her forever," "The bond between sisters is unbreakable"
Terry Wright
June 15, 2025
So sorry to hear the news of Shelley´s passing, To her family I send my deepest condolences, Loved working with her, great person. Rest in peace my friend.
Matthew Byington
June 15, 2025
Im so sorry for your loss
Eddie Pettini
June 15, 2025
So sorry to hear about the passing of Shelly. I worked with her for almost 20 yrs. She was always a person you were happy to see. She was always going out of her way if u needed help at the job. She worked A& D but couldnt reach the top of the Housing Unit board cause she was tiny so she would carry her little custom step stool. My deepest and sincere sympathies to Mark, her children and her entire family.
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