Theresa Jane Thompson

AMENIA — Theresa J. Thompson, 88, a longtime resident of Amenia, passed away on July 25, 2020, at Noble Horizons. 

Mrs. Thompson was a secretary at the Wassaic developmental center. 

She was a longtime parishioner of Immaculate Conception Church in Amenia. 

Born on Oct. 15, 1931, in Yonkers, N.Y., she was the daughter of the late Agnes R. (Walsh) and John F. Mahoney. 

Mrs. Thompson is survived by her son, Ross H. Fleury Jr., and his wife, Dena VanVoorhis, of Sharon; a daughter, Renee M. Sartori and her husband, Thomas, of Lakeville; a sister, Mary Ellen Proper of Amenia; three grandchildren, Sierra Fleury and Gabrielle and Landon Sartori; several great-grandchildren; a nephew, Raymond Proper Jr. of Amenia; and a niece, Barbara Cummings and her family, of Jackson Beach, Fla. 

A memorial Mass will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 30, at Immaculate Conception Church on Lavelle Road in Amenia, the Rev. R. Kent Wilson officiating. 

Burial will follow at Immaculate Conception Cemetery in Amenia. 

Memorial donations may be made to Smilow Cancer Hospital, P.O. Box 1849, New Haven, CT 06508-9979 or Noble Horizons, 17 Cobble Road, Salisbury, CT 06068. 

To send the family an online condolence, go to www.hufcutfuneralhome.com.

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