Cynthia J. DeProdocini


LAKEVILLE — Cynthia J. DeProdocini, 79, of Salmon Kill Road died at Hartford Hospital on April 4, 2007. She was the widow of Bruno DeProdocini.

Mrs. DeProdocini was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on May 4, 1927, the daughter of the late Emma (Letterman) and Theodore Johnson.

She was elected to the National Honor Society and graduated in 1944 from Housatonic Valley Regional High School with honors. She went on to the Brooklyn School of Nursing, where she received her degree in nursing in 1947. In 1949 she passed her Connecticut nurses exam. For 43 years she was a nurse at Sharon Hospital.

In 1974 she received an associate’s degree in science from Northwestern Connecticut Community College. She had a love for the arts.

She is survived by a son, David DeProdocini of Lakeville; and two grand-daughters, Sarah Ann DeProdocini and Alexandra Wells DeProdocini.

In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by a son, Richard John DeProdocini.

A memorial service will be celebrated on Friday, April 27, at 10 a.m. at the Salisbury Congregational Church.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Salisbury Volunteer Nurses Association.

The Kenny Funeral Home in Sharon has charge of arrangements.

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