Ann Spadola

Ann Marie Rathburn Spadola, 81, passed away peacefully in Scottsdale, AZ on April 3, 2015, ending a truly memorable and rewarding life of a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and homemaker. Born July 3, 1933 in Waterbury CT, Ann graduated from Naugatuck High School, and LaSalle Junior College in MA. She married Donald Spadola of Naugatuck on September 5, 1955, following the great Naugatuck flood of 1955. Ann moved with Donald to Pennsylvania where they lived and began their family. They returned to CT and resided in Norwalk from 1965 to 1993. Upon retirement they moved to Chandler Arizona to be near their children and grandchildren. Ann chaired many fundraisers and social events in each community she lived in. She loved to travel, cook, have parties, and be generous to her family and friends. Ann is preceded in death by her parents Albert and Anna Rathburn, Donald Spadola her husband of 40 year, her in-laws Joseph and Loretta Spadola and her sister-in-law, Diane Spadola Morello. Ann is survived by 3 children and 6 grandchildren - Donald J. Spadola (Donna, Joseph, LeighAnn) of Las Vegas, NV, Thomas J. Spadola (Rebecca, Edmund, and Evan) of Tampa, FL, Beth Hammon (Tod, Bennett, Grayson) of Phoenix,AZ, and one sister; Sister Eleanor Rathburn of the Sisters of Mercy, along with three nieces. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 11:00am at St. Francis of Assisi Church, 318 Church Street, Naugatuck. Burial will follow in St. James Cemetery, Naugatuck. Calling hours will be Friday, April 10, 2015 from 5:00-7:00PM at the Buckmiller Thurston Mengacci Funeral Home, 82 Fairview Avenue, Naugatuck. There will be a reception immediately following the cemetery service at Jesse Camille’s Restaurant, 615 North Church Street, Naugatuck. In lieu of flowers, donations to honor Ann’s memory can be made to the Sisters of Mercy Retirement Fund 249 Steele Rd., West Hartford, CT 06117.