Gail Greco
October 7, 1945 — March 2, 2015
Gail Frances Young Greco, 69, a former resident of Stamford passed away peacefully on Monday, March 2, 2015 surrounded by her family. She was born in Stamford on October 7, 1945 to the late Alfred J. and Mary Iannazzi Young.
Gail was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, Class of 1963 and St. Vincent’s School of Nursing, Class of 1966, where she received her nursing degree. She also did volunteer work at St. Gabriel Middle School in Stamford. Gail was employed as a Registered Nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital of Stamford, Greenwich Hospital and also with the Visiting Nurse &Hospice of Southwest CT.
She is survived by her loving children Matthew Greco and his wife Dawn of West Norwalk, Nicole A. Connors and her husband Eddie of Manhattan and two grandchildren, Jonathan and Matthew Greco who affectionately referred to their grandmother as “Bop”, as well as many dear friends who she treasured.
Besides her parents, Gail was predeceased by her brother Paul E. Young and her aunt Eleanor Iannazzi.
A funeral procession will be leaving the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Avenue, Stamford on Friday, March 6, 2015 at 9:10 AM for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 AM at the Church of St. Cecilia, 1184 Newfield Avenue, Stamford. Interment will follow at St. John’s RC Cemetery, Darien. Family and friends may call at the funeral on Thursday, March 5, 2015 from 4:00-8:00 PM.
To leave online condolences, please visit www.cognetta.com
Gail was a graduate of Sacred Heart Academy, Class of 1963 and St. Vincent’s School of Nursing, Class of 1966, where she received her nursing degree. She also did volunteer work at St. Gabriel Middle School in Stamford. Gail was employed as a Registered Nurse at St. Joseph’s Hospital of Stamford, Greenwich Hospital and also with the Visiting Nurse &Hospice of Southwest CT.
She is survived by her loving children Matthew Greco and his wife Dawn of West Norwalk, Nicole A. Connors and her husband Eddie of Manhattan and two grandchildren, Jonathan and Matthew Greco who affectionately referred to their grandmother as “Bop”, as well as many dear friends who she treasured.
Besides her parents, Gail was predeceased by her brother Paul E. Young and her aunt Eleanor Iannazzi.
A funeral procession will be leaving the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 104 Myrtle Avenue, Stamford on Friday, March 6, 2015 at 9:10 AM for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at 10:00 AM at the Church of St. Cecilia, 1184 Newfield Avenue, Stamford. Interment will follow at St. John’s RC Cemetery, Darien. Family and friends may call at the funeral on Thursday, March 5, 2015 from 4:00-8:00 PM.
To leave online condolences, please visit www.cognetta.com
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