Raenette M. Minicozzi

Raenette M. (Lombardo) Minicozzi, 50, of West Haven, CT, died November 10, 2008 in Tranquility Community Hospice, Austell, GA.

She is survived by her beloved companion, Gary Shropshire, West Haven, CT.

Born in Reading, she was the daughter of Ronald Lombardo and his wife, Ruth, Bradenton, FL and Nancy (Bonetti) Lombardo, Shillington and her companion William Levan.

She was a 1975 graduate of Holy Name High School and later earned a degree from the McCann School of Business in 1976.

Raenette worked as an insurance business manager for Orthopaedic Specialty Group, Fairfield CT until her retirement in 2006.

She is survived by her son, Matthew J., Roswell, GA and her daughter Christina M., wife of Joseph Todisco, Woodstock, GA.

Raenette is also survived by two brothers, Edward G, husband of Joanne (Hiester) Lombardo, Cumru Township and Joseph R., husband of Lucinda Lombardo, Norcross, GA. Connie Rollinson, Southbury, CT, beloved sister at heart, also survives her.

Other survivors include a granddaughter, Addisyn Todisco; four nieces and many aunts and uncles.

Raenette was predeceased by a brother, Ronald J. Lombardo Jr.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday, November 17 at 10 a.m. in Gethsemane Chapel. Burial will be in Gethsemane Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday, November 16 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home Inc., West Reading. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105, www.stjude.org or to Wellstar's Tranquility Community Hospice, 4040 Hospital West Drive, Austell GA 30106. Edward J. Kuhn Funeral Home, Inc., West Reading is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be recorded at www.kuhnfuneralhome.com.