Emma Lauretti Harris

August 26, 2017

Emma Lauretti Harris, beloved wife of Daniel Jason Harris (deceased) and beloved mother of Dr. Lucinda "Lucy" Harris and son-in-law, Scott Christopher Helmkamp of Scottsdale, died Saturday (August 26, 2017) at Upon the Rock. Born in Farmington, CT of the late Antonio and Lucia (Fierravanti) Lauretti, she made her home in West Hartford, CT until she moved here to Scottsdale, AZ to be with her only daughter, Lucy, a gastroenterologist at Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale. Emma was at one time a legal secretary, but had her longest employment with Walter P. Crabtree Architects in West Hartford, Connecticut. She also served in the US Navy from 1944-46. After retirement, she worked helping Russian Jewish immigrants and helped to run a soup kitchen in Hartford, CT. She was a member of good standing at St. Timothy's Church in West Hartford, as well as St. Patrick-St Anthony Church in Hartford, CT where she and her husband were involved in community outreach. Currently, she is a member of Our Lady of Joy in Carefree, AZ. In lieu of Flowers, please donate to St. Vincent de Paul or to the Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation (sjogrens.org). Funeral services will be Saturday, (9/23/2017) with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. at the Church of St. Timothy, 1116 North Main St. West Hartford, burial will follow in Mt. St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield.