Sheila Ann Verba

She was Mom to Robert Baron (of Waterford, CT), James Baron (of Palm Springs, CA) and Susan Salvatore (of Monroe, CT) and Nana to Tonianne Baron (deceased, of Boca Raton, FLA), Megan Bartosik (of Oxford, CT), Kyle Baron (of Mystic, CT) and Ryan Baron (of Waterford, CT) and had 5 great grandchildren to love and cherish.

Sheila was attracted to the sea as a child. She spent happy childhood times in Grove Beach during the summer at her aunt’s home on the water. She always longed to live on the coast. The ocean called her.

In 1967, her longing for change and her call to the sea brought her and her family to Clinton. Since that time, Sheila spent as much time on and near the water as a working mother can. She enjoyed family boating all over central and eastern CT’s shores. She and her second husband, Al Martell (deceased) purchased a sturdy down east wooden 24’ boat called “Little Lady II”. She had found her happy place at last. She, Al and their little dog Hannah, were inseparable and went anywhere they wanted on “Lady”. They even took Lady to Florida and back by sea when they moved south and then back to family.

Even though she was a nurse by profession, her proudest career life achievement was to become CT’s first female Dog Warden in Clinton.

In her later days, she spent much time with her family and especially her grandchildren, whom she adored.

Sheila was truly a free soul and lover of life by the sea. A family ceremony will be held to commemorate her life and return Sheila’s remains to Long Island Sound that she so loved.

She is now free of the bondages of the human condition and is walking beaches in Heaven that all of us who believe will someday also see by the Mercy and Grace of God the Almighty Father, Amen.

Rest in Peace Sheila