Gertrude Sunderland

Mrs. Gertrude Trudie (Myers) Fowler Sunderland, widow of Clyde C. Fowler and George R. Sunderland, died at her home in Marion, CT on Wednesday November 2, 2011. She was 95 years old. Mrs. Sunderland was born October 11, 1916 in Canton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Irvin B. and Clara (Fargo) Myers. She came to Waterbury in 1918 where she lived until 1947 at which time she moved to the Cheshire-Marion area.

Mrs. Sunderland was a graduate of Saint Margaret's School (now Chase Collegiate School) and Colby-Sawyer College in New London, New Hampshire. She was executive secretary to the president of Waterbury National Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) for 32 years, retiring in 1978. She was a past chairman of the Connecticut Bankers Association Women's Division, a member of both the American Institute of Banking, and the National Professional Secretaries Association. She was a member of the Plantsville Congregational Church UCC, Plantsville, where she had served as a Deacon.

Mrs. Sunderland is survived by her step-son, Norman R. Sunderland; her sister-in-law, Mrs. Marion Cawthra; her goddaughter and niece Dharm Khalsa; her nieces: Sue Geis, Mary-John Laing, and Margie Sartori; her nephews: Thomas Woodruff, David Mausolf, and Gary Mausolf; her goddaughter, Jennifer Proffitt; Jasmine her cherished cat; Carol D. Olsen, Leslie Brennan, and many other dear friends.

Funeral services will be held at 10:00am on Saturday November 5, 2011 at the Plantsville Funeral Home, 975 S. Main St., Plantsville. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9-10am before the service. Burial will follow in New Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterbury.

Contributions may be made to the Plantsville Congregational Church UCC, 109 Church St.,Plantsville, CT 06479 or Friends of Feral Cheshire Cats P.O. Box 946 Cheshire, CT 06410. For online condolences and directions, please visit www.plantsvillefuneralhome.com.

FUNERAL SERVICES

Funeral services will be held at 10:00am on Saturday November 5, 2011 at the Plantsville Funeral Home, 975 S. Main St., Plantsville. Friends may call at the funeral home from 9-10am before the service. Burial will follow in New Pine Grove Cemetery, Waterbury.

Contributions may be made to the Plantsville Congregational Church UCC, 109 Church St.,Plantsville, CT 06479 or Friends of Feral Cheshire Cats,

P.O. Box 946 Cheshire, CT 06410.