Connie I. Pirri, artist and nurse

Connie Interlandi Pirri, 90, of Stamford, an artist and nurse who lived in Ridgefield for 11 years, died on Saturday, Nov. 18, at Stamford Hospital..
Mrs. Pirri, who was 90, was the widow of Lt. Joseph R. Pirri Sr., who had been commander of the State Police Troop A barracks in Ridgefield in the late 1960s.
Mrs. Pirri was born in Stamford, Oct. 20, 1910, the daughter of the late Michael and Anna Sabtina Pirri.
Although she lived most of her life in Stamford, Mrs. Pirri and her husband had a home on Governor Street from 1954 until 1965. While here, she had worked as a cook at the Holy Ghost Fathers Novitiate on nearby Prospect Ridge and was a member of St. Mary’s Church.
A professional artist, she specialized in painting landscapes. She had also been a homemaker and a registered licensed nurse practitioner.
Survivors include a son Joseph R. Pirri Jr. of Stamford; five sisters Henrietta Crocco, Sara Arcano, Angela Pirre, Anne Carlucci, and Gloria Kapteina, all of Stamford; four brothers, Joseph Interlandi and Raymond Interlandi Sr., both of Stamford, Salvo Interlandi of Hollywood, Fla., and Sebastian Interlandi of Bridgeport; three grandchildren, Michael Pirri, Gulie Pirri and Lorese Pirri, all of Stamford.
Lt. Pirri died in 1991. Her son Van Michael Pirri, three sisters, Mary Conca, Clara Interlandi and Clorinne Pace, and a brother, Michael Interlandi, also died before her.
Services took place Tuesday at the Nicholas F. Cognetta Funeral Home and Crematory, 104 Myrtle Avenue, Stamford. Entombment followed at St. John Mausoleum, Darien.