Timothy S. O’Connor, Sr., age 88, of Ansonia entered into rest on Saturday, February 1, 2014 at Shady Knoll Health Care in Seymour.
Tim is the devoted husband of 59 years to Mary Pat (Sullivan) O’Connor.
He was born in Castlegregory , County Kerry in Ireland on December 26, 1925, son of the late Timothy and Margaret (Scannell) O’Connor.
He proudly served his country as Veteran in the US Army during the Korean Conflict.
Tim was employed at the New Haven Register as a printer until his retirement in 1990.
He was very active in St. Joseph Church in Shelton, as an Usher, Reader and Eucharistic Minister, and volunteered more than 7500 hours over a 10 year period at the Fr. McGivney Cancer Center at the Hospital of Saint Raphael. He was a Knight of Columbus at the Assumption Church and volunteered at the Spooner House.
He is the beloved father of Sr. Ellen O’Connor A.S.C.Q., T. Stephen O’Connor, Jr. and his wife Mary, Amy O’Connor and her husband Edward Dean and Carol Bowers and her husband Gary. He is the beloved grandfather of Kyle, Kevin, Keith, Kate and Kelly O’Connor, Danielle and Tara Dean, Ryan and Carli Cioppa and Tara and Justin Bowers, great grandfather of Logan, Nathan and Alice Bowers , and is also survived by several nieces and nephews, and is predeceased by a brother and five sisters.
Friends may call on Tuesday from 4 – 7 PM. at the Riverview Funeral Home, 390 River Rd., Shelton. On Wednesday, his funeral procession will leave the funeral home at 10:00 AM. for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM. at St. Joseph Church 420 Coram Ave. Shelton. His burial with military honors will follow at Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery in Bloomfield.
Friends may leave condolences at www.riverviewfh.com.
