Sheila O’Donnell Gerundo, wife of Louis P. Gerundo, Jr. for 54 years, died November 27, 2021. Sheila, the daughter of the late Marguerite and William O’Donnell, was born in Providence, RI, September 8, 1936. She graduated from St. Mary’s Academy, Bay View in East Providence, RI, and received a Bachelor and Master’s degree from Rhode Island College. She taught elementary school in East Providence for 10 years until she met and married Lou and moved to Connecticut. After being at home with their three children, she returned to teaching at Corpus Christi School in Wethersfield, where she taught 3rd grade for 20 years.
Sheila is survived by her son William (Jessica) of Newtown, daughter Margaret Gerundo-Murkette (James) of West Hartford and son Thomas (Laurie) of Colchester, her beloved grandchildren Will and Sophie Murkette and her “bonus” grandchildren Abby and Collin Kelley and Madeleine O’Neil. She was pre-deceased by her sister Sharon O’Donnell Bosack and is survived by her brother-in-law Theodore Bosack (Jeanne), nephews Sean and Seth Bosack and great nieces Lily and Sasha Bosack. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Verna Thompson, nephew Michael, nieces AnneMarie and Sarah and great nieces Violet, Louisa, Penelope, Lianna, Adelaide and great nephew Elias.
Calling hours will be Thursday (December 2) from 4-6 p.m. at the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd in Wethersfield. All friends and family are kindly asked to wear face coverings. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Church of the Incarnation, 544 Prospect Street, in Wethersfield on Friday (December 3) at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Village Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Wethersfield Food Bank, 505 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield, CT 06109 or Connecticut Foodshare, 450 Woodland Avenue, Bloomfield, CT 06002. For online expressions of sympathy to the family, please visit www.desopofuneralchapel.com.
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