Born in Bethany on May 23, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Ethel (Aldrich) and William Allen Haines. She was an alumna of the Waterbury Hospital School of Nursing R.N. Program. She loved working at Waterbury Hospital for 40 years, dedicating her life to the care of others. Among her accomplishments was being chosen for the Sister Kenny traveling nurse program during WWII. In later years, she enjoyed volunteering at Blessed Sacrament School for several years.

She leaves her daughter, Judith Hill Leeser of Goshen, and her grandchildren, Tiffanie Mahaney Meehan and husband John, Atty. Danielle Leeser Grzan and husband Brandon, and Gregory Leeser. She also leaves great-grandchildren Ava Grace Grzan, Timothy James Mahaney, Brianna Mahanay, Tyler Mahaney and Liam Meehan. She also leaves her sisters, Leta Accurso, Rose Trowbridge and Ethel May Longobardi, and was predeceased by brothers Henry and William Haines and sisters Jean Hill and Phoebe LeMay.

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