REMEMBERING AND HONORING THE LIFE OF ELEANOR McNAMARA
WATERBURY - Mrs. Eleanor (Coleman) McNamara died peacefully on April 19th, 2022, in her home in Waterbury, CT. She was the beloved wife of the late John L. McNamara.
Eleanor was born on May 27, 1922, in Waterbury where she lived all her life. She was the daughter of the late Harold Coleman and the late Mary Phelan Coleman. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School. She met the love of her life while taking a secretarial program at Wilby High School where John attended. While John was serving his country during WW II as a naval medic, Eleanor traveled to Los Angeles while he was on leave to marry him. As a young secretarial graduate, she worked at the American Brass Company until John returned home. Shortly after his return they decided to have a family. At that point she stayed home to raise their family. As her two young girls grew, Eleanor rejoined the labor force as an administrative assistant at Tinker School, a position that she held for 30 years. Eleanor kept busy with her "card group", Ladies Guild and became a Girls Scout leader for many years.
She and John were parishioners of Blessed Sacrament Church and were proud Waterburians. Eleanor leaves behind her daughter, Joan McNamara Jannelli, two granddaughters, Erica Jannelli and Elizabeth Bannon Mack along with a great grandson, Jamie Mack. She is pre-deceased by her daughter Judith McNamara Bannon and her two brothers Harold and Richard Coleman.
In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project and Save the Children Foundation.
The family would like to express our deepest thanks to all the care givers for the abundant kindness, care and concern you gave to Mom over the years. Each of you provided dependable, thoughtful, and loving care. We so appreciate your devotion and attention to detail, even when expectations were more than challenging.
We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to VITAS Hospice Care who provided loving end of life care to Mom and good counsel to the family.
Friends and family members are respectfully invited to attend a funeral Mass for Eleanor Coleman McNamara to be held on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 10:00 am at The Blessed Sacrament Church located at 182 Robbins Street, Waterbury, CT 06708. The family will receive guests who wish to express their condolences after the Mass as they exit the Church.
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WATERBURY - Mrs. Eleanor (Coleman) McNamara died peacefully on April 19th, 2022, in her home in Waterbury, CT. She was the beloved wife of the late John L. McNamara.
Eleanor was born on May 27, 1922, in Waterbury where she lived all her life. She was the daughter of the late Harold Coleman and the late Mary Phelan Coleman. She graduated from Sacred Heart High School. She met the love of her life while taking a secretarial program at Wilby High School where John attended. While John was serving his country during WW II as a naval medic, Eleanor traveled to Los Angeles while he was on leave to marry him. As a young secretarial graduate, she worked at the American Brass Company until John returned home. Shortly after his return they decided to have a family. At that point she stayed home to raise their family. As her two young girls grew, Eleanor rejoined the labor force as an administrative assistant at Tinker School, a position that she held for 30 years. Eleanor kept busy with her "card group", Ladies Guild and became a Girls Scout leader for many years.
She and John were parishioners of Blessed Sacrament Church and were proud Waterburians. Eleanor leaves behind her daughter, Joan McNamara Jannelli, two granddaughters, Erica Jannelli and Elizabeth Bannon Mack along with a great grandson, Jamie Mack. She is pre-deceased by her daughter Judith McNamara Bannon and her two brothers Harold and Richard Coleman.
In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to the Wounded Warrior Project and Save the Children Foundation.
The family would like to express our deepest thanks to all the care givers for the abundant kindness, care and concern you gave to Mom over the years. Each of you provided dependable, thoughtful, and loving care. We so appreciate your devotion and attention to detail, even when expectations were more than challenging.
We would also like to express our sincere appreciation to VITAS Hospice Care who provided loving end of life care to Mom and good counsel to the family.
Friends and family members are respectfully invited to attend a funeral Mass for Eleanor Coleman McNamara to be held on Thursday, April 28, 2022, at 10:00 am at The Blessed Sacrament Church located at 182 Robbins Street, Waterbury, CT 06708. The family will receive guests who wish to express their condolences after the Mass as they exit the Church.
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