Mary M. Gagon, 84, native of Italy

Mary Modugno Gagon of 62-B Pelham Lane, a native of Italy and the mother and sister of Ridgefielders, died Saturday, July 29, in Danbury Hospital. She was 84 years old and the widow of Joseph W. Gagon.
Mrs. Gagon was born in Bari, Italy, on Dec. 16, 1915, a daughter of the late Felix and Rose Garutti Modugno. A year later, her family came to this country, settling in Stamford, where she grew up and lived her early married years.
Later she and her husband moved to Middle River Road in Danbury where she lived 27 years. For a period in the early 1970s she worked as an assembler at Risdon in Danbury.
After her husband’s death in 1998, Mrs. Gagon moved to Ridgefield to live with her daughter, Mary Ann (Mrs. Joseph) Sheehy.
Mrs. Gagon loved to read and always maintained a flower garden. She also enjoyed classical music, especially Italian opera.
She attended St. Mary’s Church here, and had belonged to St. Joseph’s Church in Danbury.
Mrs. Gagnon is survived by twin daughters, Mrs. Sheehy and Eileen (Mrs. William) Foley of Danbury; three sisters, Lee Skidd of Danbury, Irene Starr of Brookfield, and Carmella Petrone of Stamford; and a grandson, Gareth Foley of Danbury.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated Tuesday at St. Mary’s Church. Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford CT 06492.
The Kane Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.