Obituary of Marion J. Connell

Marion J. Connell, 91, of Lawrenceville died on Monday October 12 in her home at the Brunswick at Attleboro Village in Langhorne, Pennsylvania. Marion was born in Paterson, New Jersey and spent her early years living with her parents and 4 older brothers in Wyckoff, New Jersey. She graduated from Hawthorne High School at the age of 16. During the War years she worked for Curtis-Wright Aeronautical and learned how to fly with the goal of shuttling planes to Europe for our servicemen. She married Charles E. Connell in 1945 and started married life in Princeton, New Jersey before buying a home in Lawrenceville. She worked for Mercer County Improvement Authority as an administrative assistant. She was also co-owner with her husband of Glenburnie Feed and Grain. Marion was a longstanding member of the Church on St. Ann and was involved in numerous church activities. Wife of the late Charles E. Connell, daughter of the late Stanley Juall and Sophia Bigorajski Juall and sister of the late Eugene Juall, Walter Juall, Chester Juall and Robert Juall, sister-in-law of the late Mary J. Butler and Daniel E. Connell. She is survived by her two daughters and sons-in-law; Nancy and Robert Puri and Colleen and David Estey, her grandchildren; Christopher Puri and his wife Melissa, Jennifer Zakrzewski and her husband Craig and Erin Connors and her husband Patrick, her great-grandchildren; Colin Puri, Luke and Hailey Zakrzewski, Ryann Connors. She is also survived by her sister-in-law Patricia Shelmet, Dorothy Juall, Bette Juall and many nieces and nephews and friends locally and in Florida. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated for Marion on Wednesday October 22 at 10 AM at The Church of St Ann, 1253 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville. Burial will be in the Lawrenceville Cemetery. Friends and family may visit on Tuesday October 21 from 6 to 8 PM at Poulson & Van Hise Funeral Directors, 650 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made in Marion’s name to the Faith Development Center, Church of St. Ann, 1253 Lawrence Road, Lawrenceville, New Jersey 08648.