Judith Gengras McDonough

Judith Gengras McDonough, died peacefully at St. Francis Hospital Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012. Born in Hartford, the daughter of the late E. Clayton and Elizabeth Hutchins Gengras, she had made her home in West Hartford for most of her life. She attended MaryMount College in Tarrytown, NY. She is survived by her ex-husband, best friend E. Merritt McDonough and her loving children and their spouses; Virginia Gasho and her husband Thomas of Simsbury, E. Merritt McDonough, Jr. and his wife Maggie of West Hartford, Guy McDonough of Simsbury, Elizabeth Shannon and her husband Phil of Avon and Jennifer Albanesi and her husband David of Avon. She was the proud grandmother of twelve adoring grandchildren; Katherine, Tucker and Merritt Gasho, Elizabeth, Emily and Merritt McDonough, Natalie and Kate McDonough, Philip and Graham Shannon, Patrick and Ryan Albanesi. She also leaves her sisters and brothers; Elizabeth Ambrosi, Merrily Moynihan, E. Clayton Gengras, Jr., Guy, John, Richard, Mark, Robert, and Joel Gengras, and her half-sister Joan Gorman. Judy was involved in many charitable, civic and religious organizations, including her position as a Corporator of St. Francis Hospital, serving as a director of St. Francis Foundation, a founder and chairman of the Hartford Chapter of the MS Society, and as a family representative at the Gengras Center. Her extensive charitable outreach included Foodshare, St. Peter Claver Church, and the Retired Priest Fund of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Judy was an early pioneer of medical record management and continued working faithfully until her passing notably for Dr. Arthur B. Landry of Hartford, Neurology Consultants of Hartford and Avon Oral Maxillofacial Surgery. Her family would like to thank and express great appreciation for the lifelong compassion, dedication, and friendship of her doctors, clergy, and the wonderful care she received at St. Francis Hospital. Friends and relatives are invited to join the McDonough family for the celebration of her Mass of Christian Burial on Monday Jan. 16th, at 10 a.m. in St. Peter Claver Church, 47 Pleasant St. West Hartford. Interment of her ashes will be private. There are no calling hours. Donations in her memory may be made to St. Francis Hospital, 140 Woodland St. Hartford, CT 06105, or Foodshare, 450 Woodland Ave. Bloomfield, CT 06002.

Judith Gengras McDonough

March 1, 1939 - January 11, 2012