Obituary: Megan Claire Casey, 23, of Milford

Information and photo via Cody-White Funeral Home

Megan Claire Casey, 23, of Milford, originally of Chicago, IL, passed away peacefully in her sleep on January 1, 2022. Megan was born on March 21, 1998, in Chicago, IL to Martin and Tracy (Stemple) Casey.

Megan loved living legendarily. Whether on a microphone, a stage, in the Tri-City office, or at home with family or her Delta Phi Epsilon sisters, Megan gleamed in the sunshine of every moment. After graduating from Jonathan Law High School in June of 2016, Megan enrolled into Southern Connecticut State University with her major in Communication.

At SCSU, Megan was a force to be reckoned with in her sorority and campus community. Students could often find Megan wearing the loudest and boldest of fashionable looks while singing at functions or dancing through New Haven with her Savage Squad Sorority Family.

Outside of school, Megan was passionate about providing a quality customer experience for her clients at Tri-City Appliance where she worked for nearly five years as their marketing coordinator.

Megan’s greatest pleasures included eating Mickey Mouse ice cream bars on Main Street USA in her favorite Minnie Mouse ears, karaoke drives in her Jeep Grand Cherokee, cackling sass over the phone with her Aunts Teri, Margaret, and Kathleen, and traveling throughout Europe where she found her love for Amsterdam while walking alongside the canals and immersing herself within the culture of the city.

At home, Megan felt most comfortable and confident in the kitchen, where her laughter was contagious, recipes crafted anew, and food made plentiful for all around the table. With her clarity and grit, Megan was no stranger to adversity. She often used her unique voice to uplift and connect others through fierce advocation of standing for what is right often expressed through the power of music.

As a self-taught piano player and vocalist, her “fight song” guided and challenged her family and friends to live unabashedly unconventional, never conforming to the norm. Her legacy is the power of our diversity; she will forever glow in the beating hearts of our connections.

Megan will be greatly missed by her parents Marty and Tracy; her brother Matthew Casey; her brother and sister-in-law Michael and Blake Casey; her brother Ryan Casey; her godparents John Casey and Kathleen Casey Curran; 15 aunts and uncles; 17 cousins; and her paternal grandfather Papa John (John Casey). She is pre-deceased by her paternal grandmother Grandma NeNe (Eileen Keane Casey); and her maternal grandparents Grandma Betty and Papa Mo (Elizabeth and Morris Stemple).

Family and friends may pay their respects on Thursday, January 6, 2022 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the CODY-WHITE FUNERAL HOME, 107 Broad St., Milford, CT. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, January 7, 2022 at 10:30 a.m. at St. Mary Church (Precious Blood Parish), 70 Gulf St., Milford, CT (MEET DIRECTLY AT CHURCH). Burial will take place at a later date in Illinois. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to https://gofund.me/7225cfd2

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