Born in New Haven, CT, she was the daughter of the late J. Donald Plunkett and Mary Dolan Plunkett. She earned a B.A. in English from Yale, served two years in the Peace Corps in Nepal, and returned to Yale where she earned an M. Div. and a Ph.D. in Religious Studies (New Testament). She worked as the Director of Campus Ministry at St. Joseph College in West Hartford and later as a teacher and administrator at Fordham University and Iona College.
She was a parishioner at St. Catherine of Siena in Riverside.
She is survived by her husband, Sean Dowling, her brother, G. David Plunkett, a sister-in-law and brothers-in-law, and cherished nieces and nephews.
Calling hours will be at Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home, 2900 Summer St. in Stamford on Wednesday, December 11 from 4 to 8 PM. The Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Riverside on Thursday, December 12 at 10:00 AM. Interment will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Greenwich.
