Rachel Eye Obituary

EYE Rachel Mary Eye, age 85, of Beach Street, West Haven, and a former longtime Ansonia resident, died on Wednesday, February 16, 2005. She was born April 22, 1919, in Woodland, Maine, daughter of the late Merton and Winnona Bryant Graham. She worked for Wiffle Ball Co. of Shelton. She attended the Evangelical Baptist Church of Ansonia. She was beloved mother of three daughters, Gail Fortunato and her husband, Ronald, of Bethel, Rachel Sylvester and her husband, Joseph, of Ansonia, and Carolyn De Vita of West Haven, with whom she resided; and 15 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband, Vernard, she was predeceased by three sons, John, Charles and Vernard Eye, two brothers, Merton and Albert Graham, and two sisters, Myrtle Wyman and Lorretta Tillison. Funeral Services will be held on Monday at 11 a.m. from The Jenkins-King Funeral Home, 12 Franklin Street, Ansonia. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Cemetery, Ansonia. Friends may call on Sunday from 4 to 8 p.m. Friends who wish may make contributions to The American Heart Association, 2550 Rt. 1, North Brunswick, NJ. 08902.