SUSAN W. PARR, 89, of New Britain, peacefully departed to heaven surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, October 21, 2014. She was born February 19th, 1925, in New Britain, to John and Stella Woja. Susan graduated New Britain High School, received her nursing degree from the Anesthetist Program at NBGH, and studied under Dr. Samuel Wolfson. She married the late Walter “Ricky” Parr in 1952. Susan was a proud Nurse Anesthetist at New Britain General Hospital where she worked for 42 years. She was an active member of the Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut and served on the board for over 10 years. Susan enjoyed traveling around the world with her friends and family. She is survived by daughter Rhonda Theroux and her husband Peter of East Hartland, son Gregg and his wife Nancy of Ft. Pierce, FL, son Glenn Parr of New Britain, Son Gary and his wife Barbara of East Berlin, and son Geoffrey and his wife Jill Lieberman-Parr of Plainville, her grandchildren Suzianne and Julian Zottl of Alexandria, VA; Amber and Fausto Ochoa of Middletown; Rachel Thomas of Richmond VA, and Bonnie and Marc Brundage of Liberty, NC. and two great grandchildren, as well as many other loving family members and friends.
Funeral services will be held at New Britain Memorial-Donald D. Sagarino Funeral Home, 444 Farmington Avenue, New Britain, on Thursday October 23rd, 2014 at 9:30am. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in New Britain following the service. A visiting hour at the funeral home prior to the service from 8:30-9:30.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Dr. Samuel Wolfson Memorial Fund at Hospital for Central Connecticut. The family would like to thank all of the doctors, nurses and staff at the Hospital of Central Connecticut Hospice Unit for their extraordinary care.
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