OLD LYME — Kathryn Fallon Bergeron, a longtime resident of Old Lyme, died peacefully in her sleep at Beechwood nursing home in New London March 25, 2024, three months shy of her 97th birthday.
She was born June 15, 1927, in West Haven … Her mother having died from the birth, Kathryn was raised in the household of her aunt Anna Coleman Moran and husband George William Moran … in the early 1950s she met the love of her life, Edward Henry Bergeron … They married in 1953 and had two children … In 1957, they moved to Old Lyme, where three more children were born between 1958 and 1961. Old Lyme would remain her home for the next fifty-nine years.
A devout Catholic, Kathryn served for a time as parish secretary at Christ The King Church in Old Lyme …
Predeceased by Edward, her husband of fifty-three years … She is survived by five children, John Edward Bergeron of Fairport, N.Y., Sister Mary Elisabeth Bergeron, OSU, of Patchogue, N.Y., Katherine Ann Bergeron (and husband Joseph Rovan) of Providence, R.I., Anne Thérèse Bergeron (and husband Stephen Wellmeier) of Providence, R.I., and Michael Fallon Bergeron of New London …
A Mass of Christian Burial will take place at 11 a.m. April 4, at Christ The King Church, 1 McCurdy Road, Old Lyme, to be followed by an interment ceremony at Resurrection Cemetery in Westbrook …
Visit this link to read the full obituary published by The Day on Mar. 29, 2024.