Charlotte M. Connelly

CHARLOTTE M. CONNELLY, age 74, of Virgil, NY passed away on

June 29, 2006 at home after a brief illness. Mrs. Connelly was born in Cortland on April 30, 1932, the daughter of George and Kathryn Davidson Muncey. A lifelong resident of Virgil, she was graduated from Virgil Central School and Cortland Business Institute. She married Stanley Connelly in September 1954 and together they owned and operated a dairy farm for 51 years. Mrs. Connelly worked until her illness and was employed part time at Empire Livestock in Dryden and the Ames Law Office in Homer. She belonged to many community organizations through the years and was a trustee of the Virgil Rural Cemetery Association, serving as the Secretary-Treasurer for the past 25 years. She was a member of the Virgil United Methodist Church. Her greatest joy was spending time with her family.

She is survived by her husband, Stanley Connelly, Sr. of Virgil; her son Stanley (Sue) Connelly of Virgil; her daughter, Diane (John) Chambers of Westfield, MA. She leaves her grandchildren, Nathan and Nicholas Connelly and Patrick, Kathryn, Brian, Joseph and Daniel Chambers; her brother, Robert (Carlene) Muncey of Virgil; her sister, Elizabeth Dalley of Wolcott, NY; a brother-in-law, Leslie (Ruth) Connelly of Ithaca; sisters-in-law, Mary Van Vleet of Ovid, NY and Patricia (Roger) Cargill of Endicott; nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 10 AM Monday, July 3, 2006 at the Perkins Funeral Home with Rev. Janet D. Lee officiating. Burial will follow in Virgil Rural Cemetery. Friends are invited to call from 2 to 5 PM Sunday at the funeral home, 55 West Main St., Dryden. Those who wish to remember Charlotte are asked to consider a memorial to the Virgil Rural Cemetery, 1041 Church St., Cortland, NY 13045 or the Virgil Methodist Church, 1196 Church St., Cortland, NY 13045.