Eileen Patricia Wade Parys

Eileen P. Parys, 87, loving wife for 42 years of the late Henry Parys, passed away on March 9 with family at her side. Eileen was born in Astoria, Long Island, New York, the daughter of the late Robert and Mary (DeGraff) Wade. She was raised on Staten Island, New York.

During the war, she worked as a welder in the Brooklyn Navy Yard along with her mother. In 1944 she enlisted in, and was proud to serve, as an ambulance driver in the Woman’s Army Corps (WACs). After the war, she married and settled in East Hartford, CT. Eileen was the bookkeeper/office manager for RCA Factory Service, retiring from there in 1987.

Eileen was an avid reader, good cook, and loved doing puzzles. It seems she always had a puzzle in the works at various stages of completion. Her tremendous love of animals led her to volunteer at Protectors of Animals. She had a cottage on Ballston Lake, in New York, and spent many enjoyable summers there with her family and friends.

Besides her husband, she was predeceased by her sisters Peggy Henderson and Rita Kucharski and her brother Robert Wade.

She is survived by her son Henry S. Parys Jr. and his wife Sharon of Loudonville, NY, her daughters, Susan DuPont and her husband Larry of Newington, CT, and Patricia Romero and her husband Doug of East Hampton, CT; her sister, Joan Clevenger and her husband Walt of Beverly Hills, Florida, sister-in-law, Ceceylia Parys of Manchester, CT; brother-in-law, James Henderson of Scotia, NY; grandson, Marine Lt. Colonel Michael D. Myers and his wife Amanda of Kansas City, MO and seven great-grandchildren; her best friend of 66 years, Ada Hutchings of East Hartford, CT and many beloved nieces, nephews and friends.

The family wishes to express its gratitude to the nurses and staff of the VNA for their help and care of Eileen.

Those wishing to make a memorial contribution may send it to: Protectors of Animals, 144 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06118, or VNA Healthcare, 300 Queen Street, Southington, CT 06489.

In keeping with Eileen's wishes, all services are private.

Newkirk & Whitney Funeral Home, 318 Burnside Avenue, East Hartford, CT, is in charge of the arrangements.