Thilda A. Waldron

February 7, 1944 - August 29, 2011

Thilda Alma Waldron, 67, died Monday, August 29, 2011, in the company

of her three daughters, Sherry, Linda and Donna, her grandson Tristan,

and several friends, after battling colon cancer for more than a year.

Thilda was born February 7, 1944, to Thilda and William Benson. She

had 4 brothers and one sister. She went to Woodbury High School in

Connecticut. She waited tables at the Curtis House in Woodbury for

many years, and then became an Enrolled Agent in 1986, working taxes

for more than 25 years. She worked for H & R Block for many years. She

really enjoyed working on people's taxes, and many of them insisted on

her doing them every year. She was was a member of the Eagles of Mesa,

Arizona.

She spent most of her life in Connecticut, but she went to Europe and

all over the United States to visit her daughters. Her daughters were

always the most important people in her life - where they went, she

went too! She was so proud of her daughters, as they were of her. They

were close, and quite outspoken with one another. She loved and

cherished family and friends, and spent as much time with them as she

could. She moved to Arizona in 2005, and enjoyed the warm weather and good

friends she made there. She was so friendly, and made life-long

friends wherever she went. She would go out of her way to help family

or friends.

Thilda is survived by her daughters, Sherry Steeves of Sandgate,

Vermont; Linda Toogood of Mesa, Arizona; and Donna Lian of Mesa,

Arizona; as well as sons-in-law André Boey and Douglas Toogood;

brothers William Benson of Southbury, Connecticut, Charles Benson of

Kearnersville, North Carolina, Edwin Benson of Watertown, Connecticut

and Joseph Benson of Seymour, Connecticut; sister Nancy Sperry of

Bethlehem, Connecticut; grandchildren Daija Dolmetsch of Austin,

Texas; Tristan Marcisz of Manchester, Vermont; Kazimir Marcisz of Ft

Lewis, Washington; Thea and Marta Steeves-Boey of Sandgate, Vermont;

many nieces and nephews and their children; and countless friends.

Memorial services will be held November 5, 2011, 2:00 PM at Mesa

Shadows 205 S. Higley Rd. Mesa, Arizona. Memorial contributions are

suggested to Hospice of the Valley 1510 E. Flower St. Phoenix, AZ. 85014