Deborah Lynn Branco

Mrs. Deborah L. Branco
Funeral on Wednesday

WATERBURY — Mrs. Deborah Lynn (Seeley) Branco, 55, of 73 Edin Ave., died unexpectedly at Saint Mary's Hospital Friday, March 30, 2007. She was the wife of Francis I. Branco Sr. Mrs. Branco was born May 25, 1951, in Waterbury, daughter of the late Robert and Jeannette "Pat" (Corcoran) Seeley. She was a graduate of Hopeville Grammar School and Waterbury Catholic High School. She was a parishioner of St. Francis Xavier Church. In 1987, she co-founded the Wolcott View Manor Child Care Center and assisted in the Center's attainment of NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) accreditation in 1996. She was a devoted teacher and caregiver of infants for 20 years.

In addition to her husband, Mrs. Branco leaves her son and daughter- in-law, Francis I. Branco Jr. and Kim Branco, as well as her three grandchildren, Matthew John, Emma Grace and Meghan Frances, all of Rochester, N.Y.; her brother and sister-in-law, Kevin and Cathy Seeley, and nephews, Kevin Jr. and Christopher Seeley, all of Waterbury; and her sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Anna and Sebastian Francisco of Palm Springs, Fla.

Arrangements: Funeral will leave the Kelly-Brennan Funeral Home, 768 Baldwin St., on Wednesday at 9 a.m. for St. Francis Xavier Church for Mass at 9:30 a.m. Burial to follow in All Saints Cemetery. Calling hour Wednes¬day from 8 to 9 a.m.

Contributions: Debbie Branco Scholarship Fund, c/o Webster Bank, 364 Reidville Drive, Waterbury 06705.

Published in the Republican-American on April 2, 2007