Obituary of Anne Blackburn

CHESHIRE - Anne Flanagan Blackburn, 80, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 19, 2014 at Mid-State Medical Center in Meriden. Anne was born on December 22, 1933 in Waterbury, CT. She was raised in Middlebury, attended Waterbury Catholic High, and graduated from The St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing in Waterbury, class of 1954. She was a Registered Nurse for St. Mary's Hospital in the mid-1950s. Living in Cheshire since 1980, Anne was a communicant of St. Bridget Church. Anne was an avid Connecticut historian and loved the Connecticut shore. She enjoyed gardening, wildlife, and most of all spending time with her children and grandchildren. She is preceded in death by her parents, George and Helen (LeClair) Flanagan of Middlebury and her sister, Sister Dorothy Flanagan, CND of Waterbury. Anne is survived by her sister Jacqueline Lydon of Newport RI, daughter Nancy Blackburn D'Aloia and her husband John of Colts Neck, NJ, sons David Blackburn and John Blackburn and his wife Terry of Cheshire, and her grandchildren Kathleen, Andrew, Stephanie, and Nicole. Arrangements – Visitation will be held Monday August 25, 2014, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:15 a.m. at Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Waterbury, 270 West Main Street. A funeral Mass will follow at 10:00 a.m. at St. John of the Cross in Middlebury. Burial will be at Middlebury Cemetery.