Christine Droney

DRONEY, Christine Christine Anne (Fitzgerald) Droney, age 87, wife of the late John F. Droney, died Wednesday (March 5, 2008) in St. Francis Hospital. Born in Torrington to the late Patrick J. and Mary E. (Kelley) Fitzgerald she moved to West Hartford after World War II and lived there for over 60 years. She was a graduate of Mount St. Joseph Academy and the Katherine Gibbs School in Boston and was employed by Fitzgerald Manufacturing Company, Connecticut Bank and Trust Company, and Stafford Associates Realty. She leaves her children and their spouses, John F. Droney, Jr. Esq and his wife Patricia Mulkeen Droney, Esq of West Hartford, Mary Devine and her husband The Honorable James Devine of Montville, The Honorable Christopher F. Droney and his wife Elizabeth K. Droney of West Hartford, and Jane Martin and her husband John Martin, Esq also of West Hartford. She has ten grandchildren and one great granddaughter who were her greatest joys: Nuala Durbin and Maura Droney of West Hartford, Matthew Devine of San Diego, CA, Shawna Turner of Old Lyme, Patrick Devine of Boston, MA Sarah, Emily, and Katherine Droney of West Hartford, and Christine and Jonathan Martin also of West Hartford, her great granddaughter Lena Marie Devine daughter of Matthew and Nicole Devine. She is also survived by her sisters Frances Driscoll and Constance Wilcox. She was predeceased by her sisters Eileen Wall, Agnes and Jane Fitzgerald, and her brother Paul Fitzgerald. The funeral will be Saturday at 11:30 a.m. from the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave., West Hartford with a Mass of Christian Burial at 12 p.m. at St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave., West Hartford. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery. Calling hours are TODAY from 4-8 p.m at the funeral home. Donations in her memory may be made to St. Thomas the Apostle Church, 872 Farmington Ave., West Hartford, CT 06119. Messages of sympathy and condolences may be made to www.molloyfuneralhome.com