Connie was born and raised in the southend of Hartford, CT, the youngest of her parents Patrick and Sarah (Corrigan) Judge. Patrick worked at Royal Typewriter in Hartford, but was born and raised in the North Adams, MA area. Her mother, Sarah, was born and raised in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Sarah was a school teacher on PEI for 17 years before coming to the US in 1918. Her parents married in 1922.
Connie graduated from Hartford High School in 1944. She went to Secretarial School and after graduation she was hired by the Hartford Fire Department assigned to the Hartford Fire Marshal's Office. She would meet her future husband, Charles Garry, who was a firefighter that was assigned to Truck 4 that was housed at Hartford Fire Department Headquarters, where her office was located. They were married in 1952 and moved to Newington in 1960. She raised five children: Bruce, William, Patricia, Ellen, and Charles Jr.
When the children were grown she went back to work at the Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford. In retirement, she enjoyed, with Chuck, their morning coffee group at the Westfarms Mall in Au Bon Pain's for over 25 years. Her most loved activity was long drives in the car. She did not care where she was going she just want to go for a long ride. But it always had to include lunch. Chuck and all her children had to constantly think of places to drive her to and to take her to lunch, especially on Sunday's. The coffee group didn't meet on Sunday's so Connie thought Sunday's were boring if she did go for a ride. She just loved life and lived it until the very end.
Connie graduated from Hartford High School in 1944. She went to Secretarial School and after graduation she was hired by the Hartford Fire Department assigned to the Hartford Fire Marshal's Office. She would meet her future husband, Charles Garry, who was a firefighter that was assigned to Truck 4 that was housed at Hartford Fire Department Headquarters, where her office was located. They were married in 1952 and moved to Newington in 1960. She raised five children: Bruce, William, Patricia, Ellen, and Charles Jr.
When the children were grown she went back to work at the Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford. In retirement, she enjoyed, with Chuck, their morning coffee group at the Westfarms Mall in Au Bon Pain's for over 25 years. Her most loved activity was long drives in the car. She did not care where she was going she just want to go for a long ride. But it always had to include lunch. Chuck and all her children had to constantly think of places to drive her to and to take her to lunch, especially on Sunday's. The coffee group didn't meet on Sunday's so Connie thought Sunday's were boring if she did go for a ride. She just loved life and lived it until the very end.
Connie was born and raised in the southend of Hartford, CT, the youngest of her parents Patrick and Sarah (Corrigan) Judge. Patrick worked at Royal Typewriter in Hartford, but was born and raised in the North Adams, MA area. Her mother, Sarah, was born and raised in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Sarah was a school teacher on PEI for 17 years before coming to the US in 1918. Her parents married in 1922.
Connie graduated from Hartford High School in 1944. She went to Secretarial School and after graduation she was hired by the Hartford Fire Department assigned to the Hartford Fire Marshal's Office. She would meet her future husband, Charles Garry, who was a firefighter that was assigned to Truck 4 that was housed at Hartford Fire Department Headquarters, where her office was located. They were married in 1952 and moved to Newington in 1960. She raised five children: Bruce, William, Patricia, Ellen, and Charles Jr.
When the children were grown she went back to work at the Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford. In retirement, she enjoyed, with Chuck, their morning coffee group at the Westfarms Mall in Au Bon Pain's for over 25 years. Her most loved activity was long drives in the car. She did not care where she was going she just want to go for a long ride. But it always had to include lunch. Chuck and all her children had to constantly think of places to drive her to and to take her to lunch, especially on Sunday's. The coffee group didn't meet on Sunday's so Connie thought Sunday's were boring if she did go for a ride. She just loved life and lived it until the very end.
Connie graduated from Hartford High School in 1944. She went to Secretarial School and after graduation she was hired by the Hartford Fire Department assigned to the Hartford Fire Marshal's Office. She would meet her future husband, Charles Garry, who was a firefighter that was assigned to Truck 4 that was housed at Hartford Fire Department Headquarters, where her office was located. They were married in 1952 and moved to Newington in 1960. She raised five children: Bruce, William, Patricia, Ellen, and Charles Jr.
When the children were grown she went back to work at the Travelers Insurance Co. in Hartford. In retirement, she enjoyed, with Chuck, their morning coffee group at the Westfarms Mall in Au Bon Pain's for over 25 years. Her most loved activity was long drives in the car. She did not care where she was going she just want to go for a long ride. But it always had to include lunch. Chuck and all her children had to constantly think of places to drive her to and to take her to lunch, especially on Sunday's. The coffee group didn't meet on Sunday's so Connie thought Sunday's were boring if she did go for a ride. She just loved life and lived it until the very end.
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Constance "Connie" Garry
Beloved
Wife and Mother
May 5 1927 Dec 11 2018
Gravesite Details
Her stone is right next to her husband's in the veterans section of the cemetery behind the administration building.
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