Michelle Marie Szeluga, 57 years old, of East Hartford, CT, passed away on July 11th, 2024 at Hartford Hospital in Hartford in hospice care. Michelle was born on September 6th, 1966 to Paulette Cyr and Chanel Cyr. She was married to the love of her life, Raymond Roy Szeluga, on August 28th, 1999 at 32 years old. She was blessed with a daughter, Emily Rose Szeluga, on October 8th, 2002, after trying for many years.
Michelle, in her teen years attended and graduated from Penny High where she was in the National Honors Society. Around that same time, she also taught CCD classes at Blessed Sacrament. The church and her faith were always important to her; ever since she was a child and well into her adulthood, she made an effort to go to church every Sunday with her father, husband, and daughter. In her adulthood, she worked at an insurance company called Sin Clair insurance for 26 years and loved helping her clients however she could as well as training her coworkers. Michelle was a beautiful woman inside and out, she was generous, kind, and had a wonderful soul and had a love for life. She loved reading, going on weekend trips to Vermont, the beach, or anywhere else as long as she had her friends and family with her. She was also quite the prankster and loved playing jokes on her loved ones all with a smile on her face. But above all else, she loved nothing more than being a mother and loving wife, surrounded by her friends and family.
Michelle is survived by her husband of 24 years, Raymond Roy Szeluga and daughter Emily Rose Szeluga. Her sisters AnnMarie St. Peter and Pauline Broulliard and husband Josh. She also leaves behind sister in law Cecelia Hines. She leaves behind niece Ashley Kneeland and husband Josh, as well as their children Weston, Jemma, and Violet; and nephew Austin Kinney and significant other Alexa Caruso and son Daniel. She also leaves behind nephews Gordon Passen, niece Whitney Moore and daughter Aurelia, and nephew Darius Hines. She also leaves behind many loving aunts, uncles and cousins. In addition to her family she leaves behind her best friend Lynn Pintavalle and husband Brian and their children Brianna and John and wife Brianna. She is predeceased by mother Paulette Cyr and father Chanel Cyr.
A wake for Michelle will be held on Friday July 19th from 4pm-8pm at Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home, 318 Burnside Ave, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108. A funeral service will be held the following day, Saturday,July 20th at 10am at 318 Burnside Ave, East Hartford, Connecticut 06108. Burial will follow at Silver Lane Cemetery. Donations in Michelle's memory may be made to the Alzheimer's Association Connecticut Chapter, 200 Executive Blvd S #4b, Southington, CT 06489, www.alz.org/ct.
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