Catherine "Kitty" Citroni

Catherine A. (Connolly) “Kitty” Citroni, 83, died Tuesday morning, September 28, 2010 following a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Dominic R. “Mingo” Citroni, with whom she shared 60 years of marriage. Born in Detroit, Michigan on April 25, 1927, she was the daughter of the late James and Ruth (O’Brien) Connolly. She was raised and educated in Beverly and was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School in Beverly. She was a graduate of the Addison Gilbert School of Nursing, Class of 1948, and was a member of the Cadet Army Nurse’s Corps. Mrs. Citroni was employed as a staff nurse at Beverly, Hunt, and Addison Gilbert Hospitals for several years. For over thirty years, she worked as a registered nurse for the Danvers School Department, and for many years worked as a nurse at the former Liberty Pavilion Nursing Home in Danvers. Every fall, she enjoyed staffing the First Aid Station at the Topsfield Fair. A longtime Danvers resident, she was a member of the board of directors of the Massachusetts Nurse’s Association and enjoyed winters in Florida with her late husband. She leaves her children and their spouses, Ruth and Peter Richardson of Keene, NH, Faith and Joseph Yablonski of Londonderry, NH, Mark and Sheila Citroni of Bolton, CT, and Neal and Mary Ann Citroni of Danvers, her grandchildren, Michael and his wife Larissa Citroni, Timothy and Kelley Citroni, Amy and her husband Ian Fournier, James P. Richardson, David Citroni and his fiancée Jessie Zuberek, Beth Citroni, and Eric and Caitlin Yablonski, her sister and brother-in-law, Patricia and Louis Ferreiro of Florida, her brother and sister-in-law, J. Brian and Barbara Connolly of Shrewsbury, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister Barbara Lohnes and her niece Elizabeth Connolly. The Citroni family would especially like to thank the staff at Windham Terrace for the love and care given their mother in recent months. Her Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 9AM in St. Mary of the Annunciation Church, 24 Conant St., Danvers, Burial will follow in Annunciation Cemetery, Danvers. Relatives and friends are invited. Visiting hours are Thursday from 4-8PM in C.R. Lyons & Sons, Funeral Directors, 28 Elm St., Danvers Square. In lieu of flowers, donations in Kitty’s name may be made to the American Lung Association, 460 Totten Pond Rd., Waltham, MA 02451 or the New Hampshire Dance Institute, 29 Center St., Keene, NH 03431.