IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Agnes
Colina
April 14, 1912 – March 31, 2009
Obituary
Middlebury- Mrs. Agnes (LeRoy) Colina, 96, died Tuesday, March 31 at Waterbury Extended Care Facility in Watertown. She was the widow of Thomas W. Colina, Sr.
Mrs. Colina was born April 14, 1912 in Waterbury daughter of the late William C. and Anna (O'Meara) LeRoy and was the last surviving member of her family, one of nine children. She was a graduate of St. Mary's Grammar School, Wilby High School and St. Mary's School of Nursing. She had worked as a registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital until her marriage. She lived most of her life in Middlebury and was a wonderful homemaker and cook who enjoyed entertaining, knitting and created many beautiful pieces of Crewel embroidery.
She was a devout Catholic and a communicant of St. John of the Cross Church. She will be remembered as a kind and loving wife, mother and grandmother who cherished her family. She was a happy person with a wonderful sense of humor, who always had a joke to tell and whose first priority was helping others.
She is survived by one son, Thomas W. Colina, Jr and his wife Ilene R. Colina of Tijeras, New Mexico; one daughter, Agnes Colina Lutes and her husband W. Scott Lutes of Middlebury and one grandson, Patrick M. Jordan of Nashua, NH.
Arrangements: Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 4 at 10:00 A.M. from the Bergin Funeral Home 290 East Main St. Waterbury to St. John of the Cross Church for mass of Christian burial at 10:30 A.M. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury. A calling hour will be held at the funeral home on Saturday morning from 9:00 A.M. until time to leave for mass. For more information or to submit an online condolence please visit www.berginfuneralhome.com
Mrs. Colina was born April 14, 1912 in Waterbury daughter of the late William C. and Anna (O'Meara) LeRoy and was the last surviving member of her family, one of nine children. She was a graduate of St. Mary's Grammar School, Wilby High School and St. Mary's School of Nursing. She had worked as a registered nurse at St. Mary's Hospital until her marriage. She lived most of her life in Middlebury and was a wonderful homemaker and cook who enjoyed entertaining, knitting and created many beautiful pieces of Crewel embroidery.
She was a devout Catholic and a communicant of St. John of the Cross Church. She will be remembered as a kind and loving wife, mother and grandmother who cherished her family. She was a happy person with a wonderful sense of humor, who always had a joke to tell and whose first priority was helping others.
She is survived by one son, Thomas W. Colina, Jr and his wife Ilene R. Colina of Tijeras, New Mexico; one daughter, Agnes Colina Lutes and her husband W. Scott Lutes of Middlebury and one grandson, Patrick M. Jordan of Nashua, NH.
Arrangements: Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 4 at 10:00 A.M. from the Bergin Funeral Home 290 East Main St. Waterbury to St. John of the Cross Church for mass of Christian burial at 10:30 A.M. Burial will follow in Calvary Cemetery, Waterbury. A calling hour will be held at the funeral home on Saturday morning from 9:00 A.M. until time to leave for mass. For more information or to submit an online condolence please visit www.berginfuneralhome.com
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Agnes Colina, please visit our flower store.