Frances Eileen Crombie

Mrs. Frances Eileen O?Brien Crombie, 91 died Thursday, March 9, 2006, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She was the widow of David J. Crombie. She resided at Brighton Gardens in Woodbridge. Frances was born in Norfolk, CT, October 13, 1914, the daughter of the late Timothy J. O?Brien of Norfolk and Elizabeth Moore O?Brien of Galway Ireland. She attended the Gilbert School in Winsted. Prior to her marriage, she worked at Best & Co. in NYC and at Underwood Typewriter in Hartford She was married on August 31, 1940 at Immaculate Conception Church in Norfolk. Her late husband, David, was the Executive Vice President for the former Trans World Airlines TWA in New York City. Frances and her family lived in Hartford then Canton and moved to Stamford in 1955. After the death of her husband, she moved to New Canaan in 1980. Frances adored her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren and her many friends. She loved to travel around the world and volunteered at the Waveny Care Center in New Canaan. She leaves four sons David Paula of New Haven, Michael Carol of Greensboro North Carolina, Timothy Ana Crombie of Tarrytown, NY, Nicholas Jill of Dallas Texas, three daughters Alison Andy Gunsberg of Rochester Hills, Michigan, Jeanne Crombie Rhodes Terry of Stamford and Pamela Crombie Calman Michael of Harrison, NY. She leaves eleven grandchildren, Jennifer Davis of Raleigh, North Carolina, Noelle Crombie of Portland Oregon, Alison Kinnahan of Washington, DC., Amy Worland of Charlotte, North Carolina, Ben Gunsberg of Ann Arbor, Michigan, Kelli Backstrom and Colleen Crombie of Gloucester, Mass., Paul Gunsberg of Boston, Mass., Rebecca Calman of Harrison, NY, Charlotte Rhodes of Stamford, CT. and Cullen Crombie of Dallas Tx. She leaves a sister, Helen McEnroe of New Britain, CT. She was predeceased by her sisters, Mary O?Brien, Margaret Tomlinson and her twin Elizabeth Roche and a brother Joseph O?Brien. Frances leaves several nieces and nephews and eleven great grandchildren. The family would like to thank Jonathan E. Gage, MD and the nurses and staff on the cardiac floor at Yale-New Haven Hospital for their compassionate care. Donations in her memory may be made to Yale-New Haven Hospital, Family Need Fund, 20 York St., New Haven, CT, 06504. Her funeral will be TODAY at 9:30 a.m. from the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. at The Cathedral of St. Joseph, 140 Farmington Ave., Hartford. Burial will be in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield.

Frances Eileen Crombie

October 13, 1914 - March 9, 2006