Ruzzo, Gloria (Montana)

Gloria (Montana) Ruzzo peacefully passed away on Monday, February 22, 2021. She was 95 years old. Gloria and her husband, Joseph moved from Hartford, CT to East Hartford, CT in December, 1958. Gloria continued to live independently in her home until recently when her health began to decline.

Gloria worked for the Internal Revenue Services for several years until she became a homemaker and mother to her two children. Later in her life, she happily provided daycare to her four grandchildren. She enjoyed knitting, crossword puzzles, crafting, and cross-stitching. She created beautiful handmade Christmas stockings and blankets for her family members, friends, and her children and their friends.

She leaves behind her two daughters and their families. Marion and her husband Frank Pattison and Marissa and her husband Ken Busiere. Her grandchildren, Kristine and her husband Sean Macomber, Stefany and her husband Michael Eickenhorst, Samantha Busiere, and Konnor Busiere. Her great grandchildren, Aislinn and Kenzie Macomber, and Gavin and Lexi Eickenhorst. Additionally, she leaves two brothers, Peter and Robert Montana as well as several nieces, nephews, and longtime friends. She was predeceased by her husband Joseph.

She will be missed by many.

Newkirk and Whitney Funeral Home 318 Burnside Ave. East Hartford, CT 06108 are entrusted with the funeral arrangements. Burial was held privately for the family. To sign the online guest book go to www. NewkirkandWhitney.com

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I’m greatly dismayed by Gov. Ned Lamont’s decision to base the vaccine rollout solely on age. Dismayed but not surprised. I write this as a healthy, Gen X parent who is fortunate to work from home. I would have been at the bottom of any rational rollout system, and deservedly so. But my wife, a front-line worker, and so many others like her, are not so fortunate. It’s no secret that the middleaged enjoy far better COVID-19 outcomes, but for a working parent to become seriously ill, even for a few weeks, sets off a disastrous chain reaction.

They’re wearing all the hats: parent, breadwinner, caretaker to elderly parents, homeschool teacher. But we’ve long prioritized old lives over young lives, haven’t we? Where were the prolonged school closures for the children taken by gun violence? We shrug off climate change, the disappearance of pensions, obscene student debt, and myriad other problems that disproportionately impact the younger generation. You’ve abandoned us, Gov. Lamont. Now I’m abandoning you.

Andrew McClory, Stamford