Mary "Connie" (Trombetta) Mallia

KENSINGTON - Mary "Connie" (Trombetta) Mallia, 91, of Kensington, widow of Louis Mallia, died Tuesday afternoon (May 28, 2013) at The Village at Kensington Place in Meriden. Born in New Britain, the daughter of the late Nichola and the late Caterina (Riitano) Trombetta, she graduated from New Britain High School, and was employed at Landers, Frairy and Clark, and later was a para-professional for the New Britain School District at Roosevelt, Slade, and New Britain High schools. She was a longtime member of St. Joseph's Church in New Britain and St. Paul's Church in Kensington, and was a member of V.F.W. Post #10732 Ladies Auxiliary. In addition to being a mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, and great-grandmother, she enjoyed homemaking, cooking, square dancing, and visiting family. She is survived by two sons, Louis Mallia Jr. and his wife Betty of Glenpool, Oklahoma, and Paul Mallia and his wife Linda of Kensington, five grandchildren, Jonathan, Michael, Jillian, Charlie, and Lori, and their families, and many close friends and family who she loved very much including Nana Ama and the staff at The Village. In addition to her husband of sixty years, she was predeceased by her younger brother, Joseph Trombetta, and her younger sister, Helen Juliano. Funeral services will be Monday (June 3, 2013) at 9am from Porter's Funeral Home, 111 Chamberlain Highway, Kensington, with a Funeral Liturgy at 10am at St. Paul's Church on Alling Street. Burial will follow in Fairview Cemetery, New Britain. Friends and relatives are invited to call at the funeral home on Sunday (June 2, 2013) from 2-4pm. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Paul Church, 467 Alling Street, Kensington, CT 06037.