Katherine O'Neill

Katherine (Katie) Rose O'Neill, age 19 of Fairfield, beloved daughter of Paul X. O'Neill and the late Maureen Gerrity, passed away tragically along with her mother Monday, March 10, 2014.

Born in Boston, MA, Katie had been a Fairfield, CT resident for the last 14 years. She was currently in her senior year at Fairfield Warde High School.

Katie was a fun-loving and joyous girl. She loved music and attending all kinds of musicals especially on Broadway, and also loved watching movies and musicals on TV. She loved adaptive skiing and won a gold medal in the Special Olympics in that event. She and her dad would often go skiing in New Hampshire, a trip she always delighted in. Katie was born with Angelman Syndrome and she and her dad would attend many Angelman Syndrome benefits throughout the Northeast, mostly in Massachusetts.

Katie will be so dearly missed by all her loved her. Survivors in addition to her loving father include her step-mother Brenda O'Neill; a sister, Brigette O'Neill; a grandfather William Gerrity of Trumbull; aunts, Kitty Robertson and her husband Dan of Fairfield, and Lorena O'Neill of Wellington, FL; uncles, William Gerrity of Ft. Lauderdale, FL and Peter O'Neill and his wife Caroline of Boca Raton, FL; several cousins including a dear cousin Jack Conrad of Stamford, CT. She was predeceased by her maternal grandmother, Catherine Gerrity and paternal grandparents, Paul X. O'Neill, Sr. and Phyllis O'Neill.

Katie's funeral will be held from the McDonald Funeral Home, 19 Yale Ave., Wakefield on Saturday at 9:30 am followed by a funeral mass in St. Maria Goretti Church, 112 Chestnut St., Lynnfield, on 10:30 am. A visitation for relatives and friends will be held at the Spear-Miller Funeral Home, 39 South Benson Road, Fairfield, CT on Thursday from 4-8 p.m. Interment will be at Forest Hill Cemetery in Lynnfield.

In lieu of flowers contributions in Katie's memory may be made to the Upper Northeast Angelman Syndrome Foundation (www.upneangels.com) or the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics (www.cureangelman.org)

March 15, 2014
10:30 AM

St. Maria Goretti Church
112 Chestnut St.,
Lynnfield, MA 01940