Nancy D. DEGNAN

Nancy D. Chouinard Baker, 78, of Bristol, beloved wife of Edward P. Baker, and widow of Arthur A. Chouinard, died Thursday (June 23, 2005) at Bristol Hospital. She was born May 13, 1927 in New Britain, daughter of the late James and Anna (Reynolds) Degnan. Nancy was a graduate of the New Britain Senior High School in 1945 and the New Britain General Hospital School of Nursing in 1948. A resident of Bristol most of her life, she was an operating room and endoscopy nurse at the Bristol Hospital, having retired after 31 years of service. She was a member of the New Britain General Hospital School of Nursing Alumni Association and St. Patrick Church in Farmington. Besides her husband, Edward, she is survived by two daughters and their husbands, Geralyn and Roger Fink, Michele and Bruce Regensburger; two grandchildren, Kevin Beloin and Bryan Chouinard; two step-sons and their wives, Michael and Lucia Baker and their daughter, Eleni, Rick and Rena Baker and their children, Sarah and Iain; a step-daughter and her husband, Nancy and Tony Salvatore and their children, Elizabeth and Michael; a sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Betty and Sam Snetro; two dear friends, Roger and Beverly Arel and their children. She will also be missed by her nieces and nephews, David, Kathleen and Christopher Rusch, Denise Mulroy, Deborah Pantaleo and David Snetro and their families. She was predeceased by a sister and brother-in-law, Grace and Richard Rusch. The family extends their deepest thanks to all those who cared for Nancy throughout her illness. Funeral services will be held Monday, 9 a.m. from the O'Brien Funeral Home, 24 Lincoln Ave., Forestville, to St. Patrick Church, Farmington, for a Mass at 10 a.m. Burial will follow in St. Mary Cemetery, New Britain. Calling hours will be held at the funeral home on Sunday, from 4-8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Hospital for Special Care, 2150 Corbin Ave., New Britain, CT 06053 or to the Bristol Hospital Hospice Program, 7 North Washington St., Plainville, CT 06062 or to a charity of the donors choice.Published in the Hartford Courant on 6/24/2005