Nora DALENA

Nora (Dalena) Arpin, 78 of Plainville, and Piermont, NH passed away on Tuesday (November 1, 2005) at Bristol Hospital. She was the wife of the late Francis Louis Arpin. Nora was born on September 17, 1927 in New Britain to the late Joseph and Maria (Garguilo) Dalena. A retiree of the State of CT, she is survived by her sons Francis Louis Arpin Jr., Joseph Daniel Arpin of Bristol and daughter Rita Jane Rohrberg of Old Lyme. She leaves her devoted grandchildren Francis Louis Arpin III, Dale Anthony Arpin, Ethan Mark Rohrberg, Seth Taylor Rohrberg; great-grandson Anthony Dale Arpin and great-granddaughter Arianna Mae Arpin; brother Vincent Dalena and his wife Ruth Dalena of Bristol; sisters Marie Galat of Bristol and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday November 5, at Bailey Funeral Home, 48 Broad St., Plainville. Burial will follow at St. Joseph Cemetery. Family and friends may gather on Friday from 4-7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer Society, 538 Preston Ave P.O. Box 1004, Meriden, CT 06450 and The Leukemia Society, 300 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450.Published in the Hartford Courant on 11/3/2005.