FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Kathy DeBernardis of Fairfield died Friday, Nov. 15. She was 52.
DeBernardis was born in Mt. Vernon, N.Y., to Donald and Dorothea O'Keefe of Greenwich. She was a graduate of Holy Child H.S., class of 1979 in Rye, N.Y., and a graduate of Fordham University, class of 1983. She was a resident of Fairfield for the past 17 years.
DeBernardis is survived by her husband, Thomas DeBernardis; children, Kevin, Caroline and Lauren parents; sisters, Jean Marie Soucy of Wilton and Lynn Ann Maffei of Larchmont; brothers-in-law; sisters-in-law; aunts, uncles; nephews, nieces; and friends.
Calling hours are Wednesday, Nov. 20 from 3 to 8 p.m. at the Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home, 50 Reef Road in Fairfield Center. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Thursday, Nov. 21 at 10 a.m. directly at St. Thomas Aquinas Church, 1719 Post Road in Fairfield. Interment to follow in Lawncroft Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to an education fund for Kathy's children, the KCL Education Fund, mailed to Donald O'Keefe, Five Putnam Hill, 3G, Greenwich, CT 06830.
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