Cicily Joseph was born on February 23, 1942 in Mutholapuram, Kerala to Ulahannan Varkey and Annamma Ulahannan. In 1964, she gained a nursing degree from JJ Hospital in Bombay. On November 25, 1967, she married Joseph Kuzhikkompil. While in India, Joseph and Cicily had one daughter, Jocy. To pursue more opportunities for her and her family, she immigrated to Buffalo, New York in 1974. In the years following, Joseph and Cicily had two sons, John and Dominic. The family eventually settled in Houston, TX in 1980 to raise their 3 children. She worked as a nurse in the neonatal ICU at St. Joseph’s Hospital until her retirement.
Cicily will be remembered as a devoted wife and loving mother. She always sacrificed her needs for the good of her family. She was unwavering in her faith in God and with that faith, she was a source of resolute strength for her husband until his passing in 2011 and their children. Cicily passed away peacefully on September 10, 2019 and is survived by her children, Jocy, John and his wife Marina, Dominic and his wife Leena, and her grandchildren Mila, Caleb and Christopher.