Obituary of Irene D. Weigel

Irene D. Weigel, 95, of Lafayette, NJ, formerly of Danielson, CT died Sunday, December 16, 2012. Wife of Fred Michael Weigel, they were married July 2, 1949, he died December 20, 1994. She was born August 3, 1917 in North Grosvenordale, CT, daughter of the late Louis Phillip and Clara (Brodeur) Trudeau. Irene was a 1936 graduate of PCA and a 1939 graduate of St. Joseph's Hospital in Providence, RI, and in 1940 she passed her State Boards and became a Registered Nurse. She worked as a private duty Nurse in Rhode Island. She returned to Connecticut and worked in Public Nursing from 1942 to 1949. Irene returned to Nursing in 1968 after raising her two lovely daughters at Westview Convalescent Home in Dayville where she was promoted to a Nursing Supervisor, after 13 years at Westview in 1981 she returned to work for the Northeast Department of Health, retiring in 1986. She was a communicant of St. James Church in Danielson. She had made her home in Danielson since 1949, moving to New Jersey in 2007. Irene loved reading, cooking, and some travelling in later years. She was loved by everyone who met her and will be truly missed by all. She leaves her daughter Gloria Vinson and her husband Stephen of North Stonington; her son in law Stephen Schoonmaker of Lafayette, NJ, and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her daughter Pauline Weigel-Schoonmaker August 16, 2010; her sister Viola Trudeau Paul; her brothers Rosario Wilfred Trudeau and Orian Raymond Trudeau. Calling Hours will be Thursday, December 20, 2012 from 9:30 to 10:30 at the Gagnon and Costello Funeral Home, 33 Reynolds Street, Danielson, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11:00 AM at St. James Church, 12 Franklin Street, Danielson, CT. Burial in Holy Cross Cemetery, Danielson. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to the American Cancer Society. To share a memory with her family, "Light a Candle" at www.gagnonandcostellofh.com