Obituary of Claire Guarrera

WATERBURY; Mrs. Claire G. (D'Auteuil) Guarrera, 86 of Waterbury passed away Friday November 26, 2010 at the Abbott Terrace Health Center. She was the widow of Vincent J. Guarrera. Mrs. Guarrera was born April 14, 1924 in Willimantic a daughter of the late Charles A. and Emma (Turcotte) D'Auteuil and was a longtime Waterbury resident. She was educated in Willimantic Schools and was a graduate of Holy Family Academy and Saint Mary's Hospital School of Nursing. She was a private duty Registered Nurse retiring after many years of service. She was a member of the Saint Mary's Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association and a Communicant of Blessed Sacrament Church. Claire's family would like to thank the staff on 2 West at Abbott Terrace Health Center for their care and support for the past six years. She leaves her sons Vincent J. Guarrera of Waterbury and Christopher J. Guarrera of Tennessee, her sister, Sister Ursula D'Auteuil of Hastings, MN, her grandchildren, Christopher and Jaime Guarrera, her sisters-in-law Mrs. Lucy Wolff and Mrs. Patricia D'Auteuil and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her brothers, Gerard, Pierre, Joseph and Edward D'Auteuil and her sisters, Bernadette D'Auteuil, Sister Marie Therese D'Auteuil, Lucille Pepin and Marie D'Auteuil. Funeral services for Mrs. Guarrera will be held Monday November 29, 2010 at 9:15 a.m. from the Mulville Funeral Home 270 West Main Street, Waterbury to Blessed Sacrament Church 192 Robbins Street for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Mount Olivet Cemetery in Watertown. Friends may call at the funeral on Monday from 8 a.m. until the procession leaves for Mass at 9:15 a.m. If desired memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer's Association of Connecticut 2075 Silas Deane Highway Suite 100 Rocky Hill, CT 06067.