Elizabeth (Fenton) Blumenauer, 93, of Bronxville, loving wife to the late Joseph A. Blumenauer, peacefully passed away Tuesday evening, February 26, 2019. Elizabeth, known as Betty, was born June 6, 1925 and was raised in Hartford, daughter to the late Joseph F. and Elizabeth (Connor) Fenton both from Ireland. She graduated from Hartford High and Miss Merchant’s Secretarial School. After graduation she was employed at the investment firm, Cooleys. She met her husband Joseph Blumenauer, an attorney, in Spring Lake, New Jersey and then they were married at Corpus Christi Church in Wethersfield, Ct in 1957. They vacationed in Spring Lake, New Jersey every summer there after. She loved tennis and ice-skating and was a longtime resident of Bronxville, where she raised her family and was a member of St. Joseph’s church. Betty loved working in the village at the Reformed Church where she was membership secretary for over 15 years. After retiring, Betty went back to work part-time at the Bronxville Village Hall. Betty enjoyed traveling with her family to places from Hawaii to Bermuda to Paris and everywhere in between. Most importantly, Betty loved people and people loved Betty. She will be deeply missed by her daughter Mary Ramsey (Ron Ramsey), son Joe and granddaughter Victoria Ross-Blumenauer, and her nephew, Joe Wall (Doreen). Betty was predeceased by her older sister and best friend Mary Wall (Jim) who died in April 2018 two days before her 96th Birthday in Glastonbury, CT. Calling Hours at eh Fred H. McGrath & Son Funeral Home between the hours of 5 to 8pm Friday, March 1st. Mass of Christian Burial St. Joseph’s Church, Bronxville on Saturday, March 2, 2019 at 9:45am. Interment to follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery.
Calling Hours: 5 to 8 pm, Friday, March 1, 2019
Mass: 9:45 am, Saturday, March 2, 2019 at St. Joseph's Church, Bronxville
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