Colleen M. Shannon, of Hewitt, NJ, passed away on December 15, 2012 at Good Samaritan Hospital, Suffern, NY. She was 56 years old.
Born on May 3, 1956 in Jersey City, NJ, she was the daughter of the late Joseph T. and Edna May (Nolan) Shannon.
A graduate of DePaul High School, she worked for 33 years at the Warwick Valley Telephone Company, Warwick, starting as a Switchboard Operator and then as Human Resource Manager.
An avid pet lover, Colleen loved her dog, Nora, and enjoyed feeding the swans and ducks at the family home in Upper Greenwood Lake on the lake every day.
She is survived by her twin sister, Cody Sullivan and her husband Peter of Warwick, NY; her sister, Maureen Shannon and her husband, Terry Gustafson of Nichols, NY; her nieces and nephews: Christopher Shannon of San Diego, CA, Scott Shannon of Wilmington, DE, Erin Shannon-Kumar of Wilmington, DE, Daniel Gustafson of Vernon, NJ, Charles Papp, Jr. of Deerfield Beach, FL, and Tara Bajar of Jupiter, FL. She was predeceased by a brother, William Joseph Shannon and a sister, Catherine Papp.
Visitation will be on Wednesday, December 19th, from 2-4 & 7-9 pm at Lazear-Smith & Vander Plaat Memorial Home, 17 Oakland Ave., Warwick, NY. Funeral Mass will be at 10:00 am on Thursday at Our Lady Queen of Peace Church, 1911 Union Valley Road, Hewitt, NJ. Time of funeral mass to be announced.
Memorial donations may be made to Boxer Angels Rescue, Inc., PO Box 543, N. Bellmore, NY 11710.