John A. Resony

John A. Resony, 83, of West Hartford, husband of Marion Waldron Resony, died at his home on Monday, March 26, 2007. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Anthony and Maria Barbano Resony, he made his home in West Hartford since 1953. He was a graduate of Trinity College in 1943 and served in the US Army during World War II. Mr. Resony joined the Travelers in 1946 and left in 1949 to serve as head of the Casualty Insurance Rate Regulation Division of the Connecticut Insurance Department. He returned to The Travelers in 1957 as an actuarial assistant in the group department, was named assistant secretary in 1959 and secretary in 1960. In 1966 he was promoted to second vice president and two years later was appointed vice president in the casualty-property department. He was appointed senior vice president in 1971 and to executive vice president on 1974. He retired in 1980 and spent many enjoyable years in Old Saybrook with his family. He was a parishioner of St Peter Claver Church and was a former member of the Hartford Golf Club. Besides his wife of 53 years, he is survived his children: K. Patricia Baker and her husband Arthur of Glenmont, NY, Mary Ann Gill and her husband Dr. Kevin J. Gill of Hollis, NH, Joan Resony of West Hartford, Susan Loomis and her husband David of S. Windsor, and Karen Peters and her husband Sean of Brookline, NH, his grandchildren: John Gill, Shannon Gill, Kara Gill, Eileen Gill, Katie Loomis, and Kate Peters, Eric Baker, his sisters: Adele Koenig and Grace Antonucci of West Hartford and Louise Resony of Farmington, and his brother-in-law James P. Waldron of West Hartford. Friends may call on his family on Wednesday, March 28 from 5:00 to 8:00 pm at the Molloy Funeral Home, 906 Farmington Ave, West Hartford. His funeral services will be from the funeral home on Thursday at 8:45 am with a Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 am in St. Peter Claver Church, 47 Pleasant St. West Hartford. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, West Hartford. Donations in his memory may be made to St. Peter Claver Church, 47 Pleasant St., West Hartford, CT 06107. On line messages of sympathy may be made at www.molloyfuneralhome.com