Sara was born on August 15, 1937, in Orange, New Jersey. She grew up in Cranford, NJ and graduated from Benedictine Academy in Elizabeth in 1955. She became a registered nurse in 1978 and worked for several years at Jersey Shore Medical Center. She relocated to Florida in 1986 and eventually worked as a certified hospice nurse in Stuart.
Sara loved to travel. Some of her destinations included England, Ireland, Italy, and Israel; she also enjoyed several cruises. She loved cooking, gardening, quilting, home decorating, and needle work.
Sara was predeceased by her husband, Norman Essner. She was also predeceased by her first husband Joseph Edward Cordick, in 1974, her second husband James Edward Burns, in 1994, her father, John Thomas McClure, in 1970, her mother, Marguerite Marie McKone, in 1993, her brother James Roderick, in 1999, her brother John Patrick, in 2020, her great-grandson Maxiumus James Ridilla in 2012, and her niece Tara Patrice McClure, in 2018. She is survived by: daughters Celia Ann Cannon and her husband Daniel of Burlington Flats, NY, Moira Elizabeth Ulyak of San Antonio, TX, and Catherine Hilary Heiser and her husband Theodore of Chester, CT; grandchildren James Patrick Cannon and his wife Nicole of Oxford, NY, Sara Danielle Ridilla and her husband Michael of Derry, PA, Michael Christopher Cannon of Oneonta, NY, Stefanie DeStefano and her significant other Josh Hoffman of Glen Gardner, NJ, Genevieve Theodora Heiser, John Finnian Heiser, and Sara Marie Heiser, all of Chester, CT; great-grandchildren Rose Kelly Frank of East Greenbush, NY, Orion Michael Ridilla, Gwendolyn Violet Ridilla, Broghan Joseph Ridilla, Oakley Roy Ridilla, and Kelty Rose Ridilla, all of Derry, PA, and Harrison Hoffman of Glen Gardner, NJ; and her nieces, Marguerite McClure Stout, Heather McClure Anderson, and Shawn McClure DeIanni.
Funeral Mass will be August 5, 2021, 11:00 am, at St. Bridget of Kildare Church, Moodus, Connecticut. Interment will be at Fountain Hill Cemetery, Deep River, Connecticut.
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