CHESHIRE — Dorothy Pestey Mirkhani, 82, passed away July 12, 2011, at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury. She was the wife of the late Dr. Mahmood Mirkhani.
Mrs. Mirkhani was born April 1, 1929, in New Haven, the daughter of the late Joseph and Emily (Dabralski) Pestey. She was raised in New Haven, attending St. Mary's Academy and graduating from St. Raphael's School of Nursing. She later worked at St. Raphael's Hospital as a nurse anesthetist. During her years in New Haven, she was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Church. After moving to Cheshire in 1958, she was a communicant of St. Bridget Church.
Mrs. Mirkhani is survived by her sons, Peter and his wife, Leslie, of New Milford, and Paul of Norwalk; her daughter, Mary Mirkhani Fletcher and her husband, James, of Cheshire; her six grandchildren, Cameron, Chelsea, Julianne, Sarah Grace, Mary Kate and Sarah Lynn; her cousins, Maryann Smith Mori, Ilona Sembor Clark, and from the Pestey family, Janet, Margaret, James and Patty.
Arrangements: Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2011, at St. Bridget Church in Cheshire. Burial will follow in St. Bridget Cemetery. Calling hours will be at Alderson Funeral Home of Cheshire, 615 S. Main St., on Friday from 10 a.m. until the funeral procession leaves for church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bridget Church, 175 Main St., Cheshire 06410; or St. Stanislaus Church, 9 Eld St., New Haven 06511.
For online condolences, visit www.aldersonfuenralhomes.com.
Mrs. Mirkhani was born April 1, 1929, in New Haven, the daughter of the late Joseph and Emily (Dabralski) Pestey. She was raised in New Haven, attending St. Mary's Academy and graduating from St. Raphael's School of Nursing. She later worked at St. Raphael's Hospital as a nurse anesthetist. During her years in New Haven, she was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Church. After moving to Cheshire in 1958, she was a communicant of St. Bridget Church.
Mrs. Mirkhani is survived by her sons, Peter and his wife, Leslie, of New Milford, and Paul of Norwalk; her daughter, Mary Mirkhani Fletcher and her husband, James, of Cheshire; her six grandchildren, Cameron, Chelsea, Julianne, Sarah Grace, Mary Kate and Sarah Lynn; her cousins, Maryann Smith Mori, Ilona Sembor Clark, and from the Pestey family, Janet, Margaret, James and Patty.
Arrangements: Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2011, at St. Bridget Church in Cheshire. Burial will follow in St. Bridget Cemetery. Calling hours will be at Alderson Funeral Home of Cheshire, 615 S. Main St., on Friday from 10 a.m. until the funeral procession leaves for church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bridget Church, 175 Main St., Cheshire 06410; or St. Stanislaus Church, 9 Eld St., New Haven 06511.
For online condolences, visit www.aldersonfuenralhomes.com.
CHESHIRE — Dorothy Pestey Mirkhani, 82, passed away July 12, 2011, at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury. She was the wife of the late Dr. Mahmood Mirkhani.
Mrs. Mirkhani was born April 1, 1929, in New Haven, the daughter of the late Joseph and Emily (Dabralski) Pestey. She was raised in New Haven, attending St. Mary's Academy and graduating from St. Raphael's School of Nursing. She later worked at St. Raphael's Hospital as a nurse anesthetist. During her years in New Haven, she was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Church. After moving to Cheshire in 1958, she was a communicant of St. Bridget Church.
Mrs. Mirkhani is survived by her sons, Peter and his wife, Leslie, of New Milford, and Paul of Norwalk; her daughter, Mary Mirkhani Fletcher and her husband, James, of Cheshire; her six grandchildren, Cameron, Chelsea, Julianne, Sarah Grace, Mary Kate and Sarah Lynn; her cousins, Maryann Smith Mori, Ilona Sembor Clark, and from the Pestey family, Janet, Margaret, James and Patty.
Arrangements: Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2011, at St. Bridget Church in Cheshire. Burial will follow in St. Bridget Cemetery. Calling hours will be at Alderson Funeral Home of Cheshire, 615 S. Main St., on Friday from 10 a.m. until the funeral procession leaves for church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bridget Church, 175 Main St., Cheshire 06410; or St. Stanislaus Church, 9 Eld St., New Haven 06511.
For online condolences, visit www.aldersonfuenralhomes.com.
Mrs. Mirkhani was born April 1, 1929, in New Haven, the daughter of the late Joseph and Emily (Dabralski) Pestey. She was raised in New Haven, attending St. Mary's Academy and graduating from St. Raphael's School of Nursing. She later worked at St. Raphael's Hospital as a nurse anesthetist. During her years in New Haven, she was a communicant of St. Stanislaus Church. After moving to Cheshire in 1958, she was a communicant of St. Bridget Church.
Mrs. Mirkhani is survived by her sons, Peter and his wife, Leslie, of New Milford, and Paul of Norwalk; her daughter, Mary Mirkhani Fletcher and her husband, James, of Cheshire; her six grandchildren, Cameron, Chelsea, Julianne, Sarah Grace, Mary Kate and Sarah Lynn; her cousins, Maryann Smith Mori, Ilona Sembor Clark, and from the Pestey family, Janet, Margaret, James and Patty.
Arrangements: Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, July 15, 2011, at St. Bridget Church in Cheshire. Burial will follow in St. Bridget Cemetery. Calling hours will be at Alderson Funeral Home of Cheshire, 615 S. Main St., on Friday from 10 a.m. until the funeral procession leaves for church.
Memorial contributions may be made to St. Bridget Church, 175 Main St., Cheshire 06410; or St. Stanislaus Church, 9 Eld St., New Haven 06511.
For online condolences, visit www.aldersonfuenralhomes.com.
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