Retired Associate Professor at UConn Janet Marie Moriarty

From Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home.

Janet Marie Moriarty, the daughter of the late Gladys Lagan Moriarty and Thomas Joseph Moriarty and stepdaughter of the late Alice Akerlind Moriarty passed from this world on September 17, 2015.

She survived 82 birthdays! A retired Associate Professor Emerita at The University of Connecticut, Janet lived in Glastonbury, for many years. Professor Moriarty began her teaching career at Lauralton Hall Academy in Milford, Ct., and continued in the East Hartford School system, and West Georgia College (now a university) in Carrolton.

From 1970 until she retired (jubilacion!) in 1997 she enjoyed her
classes for many happy years at the West Hartford Campus of UCONN and taught an occasional class at the main campus in Storrs. SHE NEVER MET A VERB SHE DIDN’T LIKE!!!!!

Janet attended St. Joseph Cathedral School in Hartford,
Ct., graduated from Mt. St. Joseph Academy in West Hartford, Ct. and earned her B. A., M. A., and Ph.D degrees at the University of Connecticut. She also studied at the University of San Francisco summer session in Valencia, Spain and did course work at the University of Madrid.

She leaves behind her siblings Timothy and Nancy, Thomas and Deborah, Ted and Katy, and her sister Judith. Her cousins Joan Cowles, Bob Weiss, John and Lenore Riccio, Richard and Sherrie Leonard, as well numerous Lagan and Mullen cousins.

Very special in her life was the village of Dunquin, on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry, Ireland. For the many times she spent there she thanks her dear cousin, JoAnn Lenehan who managed to inspire the Moriarty Clan to visit the birthplace of their grandfather, Timothy Francis Moriarty. Janet’s
reading favorite, known to all, was Don Quixote.

Friends may call on Tuesday, September 22, from 6 to 8 pm at the Farley-Sullivan Funeral Home, 50 Naubuc Ave., Glastonbury. The funeral will be held on Wednesday, September 23, at 9:15 am from the funeral home, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 am in St. Paul Church, 2577 Main St, Glastonbury. Burial will be in St. Augustine Cemetery Hopewell Rd., South Glastonbury.

Memorial donations in Janet’s name may be made to the Timothy F. Moriarty Irish Literature Fund, C/O The University of Connecticut Foundation 2390 Alumni Rd, Storrs, CT 06269 or the House of Bread, 27 Chestnut St, Hartford, CT 06120.

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