Obituary: Lorraine Elizabeth Bray, 91, of Branford

Obituary courtesy of W. S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home:

On the morning of Tuesday April 20, 2021, Lorraine Elizabeth Bray took the final steps in her long, wonderful journey of her life and entered, in glory, the Kingdom of God/Heaven where she started her eternal life by reuniting with her beloved husband Kenneth, who ended his journey in 2010.

We who knew her are heartbroken by our loss but take joy in knowing that her earthly travails are at an end and she now stands in glory next to her God, who she loved and served.

Lorraine was born May 28, 1929 and lived and worked in Branford her entire life. In the seventh grade she first met Kenneth and they were married in 1948. Together they raised 4 children. She was a lifelong UCONN Husky Women’s Basketball fan and never missed a game. It was well known by family and friends that during UCONN Women’s Basketball and her favorite T.V. Shows (Blue Bloods) there was no reason to call her, because she wasn’t going to pick up and interrupt her shows. She was also an avid family baseball lover.Lorraine and her late husband Ken loved to travel and her trips ranged from Hawaii to Europe. To this day her home is filled with nick nack reminders of those travels. She also loved to swim and read.

Loraine is survived by her children: Suzanne Cohen, Bill Bray (Betsey), Tom Bray (Roxanne), and Sheryl Daigle; her grandchildren: Ashley Poe (David), Heather Pelatowski (Keith), Stephen Bray (Marissa), Meredith Reynolds (Eric), Eileen Brophy, Maureen Brophy-Gordon (Karen), and Elizabeth Daigle; and her great-grandchildren: Lauren and Aaron Thorstenson, Gabriella Carito, Amanda, Ryan, Aiden and Kellen Pelatowski, Camden and Payton Bray, Alex and Charlotte Reynolds, Max Robinson, and Kai Brophy-Gordon. She is also survived by her niece Valerie Mills (Barbara), her nephew John Czaplicki (Angela), and her cousin Marie Azzaro. She was predeceased by her husband Kenneth Bray, her parents, Stephen and Anna Prussick, her sister Mary Ann Czaplicki, and her brother Luis Prussick.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at a later date at St. Mary Church of St. John Bosco Parish in Branford. Burial of her urn will follow at Branford Center Cemetery. The W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home, 244 North Main St. Branford is in care of arrangements.

Please see her online memorial @ www.wsclancy.com.“I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he dies, yet shall he live and whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. All glory to God, the Father.”