Stacy McCann

New London - Stacy Yvonne McCann, age 40, died unexpectedly on Saturday, May 27.

She was born in Fairbanks, Alaska, on July 22, 1965, the daughter of Clinton A. McCann and Elizabeth Giles McCann of New London. Mr. McCann was in Alaska with the Air Force at the time. At age 5, her family recognized her great talent for music and thought they would send her to the Conservatory School of Music in Springfield, Mass., for piano training. At age 7, she participated in a recital with four others twice her age. She was surprisingly magnificent. Stacy continued to practice the piano as she attended grammar school at Cathedral Elementary School and later at St. Mary School in New London. She graduated from St. Mary Elementary School and from St. Bernard High School. While she was in high school, she became very interested in the guitar and became a very avid guitarist in many musical styles. Stacy was an avid Rolling Stones fan and loved travel, cats, and playing guitar. In 1986 she graduated from Mitchell College and in 1990 from Eastern Connecticut State University.

Stacy was listed in "Who's Who International" in 1997 for her distinguished work as a psychiatric technician at Natchaug Hospital in Mansfield and worked until present at Connecticut Valley Hospital in Middletown.

In addition to her parents, she is survived by a sister, Stephanie Lynne McCann of New London; a brother, Michael Lloyd McCann of East Hampton and his wife, Sallie McCann; stepnieces Brittany and Nicole McCann; paternal grandmother Minnie Ola Giles, of Bronx, N.Y.; and a host of aunts, uncles and cousins.

The funeral will assemble at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home, 12 Ocean Ave., New London. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. in St. Mary Star of the Sea Church. Interment will follow in St. Mary Cemetery. Calling hours are Friday morning from 9 to 10:30 at the funeral home.