Concetta Stankey Barnes, accountant

Concetta “Connie” Stankey Barnes of New Milford, an accountant, died Tuesday, Nov. 19, at New Milford Hospital. She was 48 years old and the wife of Michael F. Barnes.
Mrs. Barnes was born in Bridgeport on June 30, 1954, a daughter of the late Paul Joseph Stankey and Madeline Stankey Roy of Newtown. She was a 1972 graduate of Ridgefield High School and graduated with a degree in accounting from Western Connecticut State University. She had lived in Newtown for 22 years before moving to New Milford three years ago.
Mrs. Barnes was an accountant, who had been working at the New Milford Public Library. “She was a devoted wife, mother, sister, grandmother and caring friend,” her family said.
Besides her husband of 29 years, Mrs. Barnes is survived by a daughter: Alison M. Flaherty of New Milford; four sisters: Pauline Stankey of Fairfield, Rose Cowell of Southbury, Madeline Christensen and Mary Stankey, both of Newtown; a brother: Robert Roy of Fairfield; a grandaughter: Cari Marie Flaherty; as well as many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
Services took place Friday evening at the Hull Funeral Home in Danbury, with a reception afterward at the First Congregational Church of Bethel. Cremation will be at the convenience of the family.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Diabetes Association, P.O. Box 31160, Hartford, CT 06150-1160.