Kathleen Ryan Connery, a retired nurse and a resident of Hill House in Riverside, died peacefully at home on March 12. She was 92 years old.
Born in 1924 in Old Parish, Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland, Kathleen was the last living of five children of Bridget (French) and James Ryan. After practicing nursing in London during World War Two, she immigrated to New York in 1948.
Kathleen married Thomas Connery, who died in 1987; they resided in Yonkers, N.Y., where they raised their family and were active in Irish-American clubs and activities.
She is survived by eight children: Margaret Connery Dietz of Stamford; Kathleen Millard, of Naples, Fla.; Mary Ellen Travis, also of Naples; Josie McGann (Bill), of San Francisco, Calif.; Eileen Connery (Martin Borge), of Point Reyes Station, Calif.; Patricia Sowick (Chris), of McLean, Va.; Tom Connery (Kathy), of Prescott, Ariz.; and Ann Marie Connery (Rick Gault), of Vienna, Va.
Kathleen was a beloved grandmother of 13, great-grandmother, or “Momo,” of seven, and “Auntie Kathleen” to adoring nieces and nephews in Ireland. Kathleen passed her love of Irish dance and music on to her children and their children and was known by many for her great sense of humor, lively spirit, gift of blarney and love of life.
Family and friends are invited to visit Castiglione Funeral Home, 544 Old Post Rd. No. 3, Greenwich, today—Friday, March 17—from 2 to 6 p.m.
A Mass of Christian burial will be held tomorrow, Saturday, March 18, at St. Clement’s Church, 535 Fairfield Ave., Stamford, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at St. Mary Cemetery, 399 North St. in Greenwich.
