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Obituary of Eileen Payden Ennever Zeender
WALLINGFORD - Eileen Payden Ennever Zeender, widow of Alfred E. Zeender, formerly of North Elm St., died May 9, 2016. She was born in Wallingford July 10, 1922, daughter of the late Helen O'Leary Payden and Martin Payden.
Before her retirement in 1988 she was employed as a dental secretary for the late Joseph R. Flynn, D.D.S. and later for Andrew Fritz, D.D.S. She was a former member of the Democratic Town Committee and served as an assistant registrar of voters for many years. Mrs. Zeender was a member of the Wallingford Historical Society, charter member of the Holy Trinity Mothers Circle and a member of the Holy Trinity Ladies Guild. She was a member of A.A.R.P., Wallingford Senior Citizens and N.A.R.F. She had been a volunteer at the Wallingford Public Library Gift Shop and Miller Memorial.
Mrs. Zeender was a former member of the Wallingford Garden Club, Wallingford Business and Professional Women's Club and the Visiting Nurses Association. She was a proud graduate of Holy Trinity School in 1936 and Lyman Hall High School class of 1940.
Survivors include her daughter Margaret Ennever and her husband Brian Johnson of Wallingford; two sons George William Ennever and his wife Sandra of Middlefield and Timothy Ennever and his wife Maureen Poulin of Newington; three grandchildren Barbara Gerosa Wade and her husband Paul, William Ennever and his wife Tiffany, and Shannon Fiorentino and her husband Billy Rowe, and four great grandchildren Raymond Gerosa and his mother Donna, Emily Wade, Christian Wade, and Emmett Ennever. She was predeceased by her first husband George W. Ennever, a sister Clare Corcoran, two brothers Mark Payden and Charles Payden and a grandson Bryan Gerosa. The family would like to thank the staff at Miller Memorial for their years of devotion and care.
Her family will receive relatives and friends on Thursday, May 12, 2016 from 8:30 to 9:30 am at B.C. Bailey Funeral Home, 273 South Elm St., Wallingford when the funeral cortege will depart to Most Holy Trinity Church, 84 North Colony Street, Wallingford where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10:00 am. Burial will be at St. John's Cemetery. If friends so desire gifts in her memory may be made to Holy Trinity School, 11 No. Whittlesey Ave., Wallingford, 06492. To leave a message of remembrance, please visit: www.BaileyCares.com