Obituary: Dr. James “Jimmy” Ciccarelli, 62, of Waterbury

Obituary courtesy of Chase Parkway Memorial, the Albini Family Funeral Home

WATERBURY
Dr. James Anthony Ciccarelli, OD
“Dedicated Optometrist”
Doctor James “Jimmy” Ciccarelli, 62, of Waterbury, passed away unexpectedly in his home on August 23, 2023. Born in Waterbury on August 6th, 1961, Jimmy was the son of the late Jeanette (Marano) and Orlando Ciccarelli, loving parents with whom he remained close for the rest of their lives.

A 1979 graduate of Holy Cross High School, Jimmy attended Catholic University of America, and then went on to pursue a degree in optometry, graduating from the SUNY College of Optometry. Following graduation, Jim enjoyed a successful 25 year career as an optometrist.

Jimmy lived for his relationships, establishing and maintaining close friendships with an innumerable number of people he met throughout his life. With Jimmy, once a friend, always a friend, and, more often than not, a best friend.

Jimmy loved to travel, using his many excursions as opportunities to reconnect with friends and family. Whether on one of his annual visits to California, South Carolina, Boston, or another destination in the U.S. or Europe, he always had a trip scheduled to visit family or close friends, or to embark on a new adventure.

Passionate about the arts, Jimmy’s home was a testament to his travels, his family, and his friends. Jimmy was also a longtime and enthusiastic patron of the Palace Theater in Waterbury.
Jimmy will be deeply missed by everyone who knew and loved him, notably his sister Maria (Butch) Magnuson and nieces Caitlin and Faith (Michael) Scanlon, including Faith’s children Ella, Mikayla, and Shayla. Cherishing the memory of Jimmy are his cousins the Armours, Kakowskis, Balnises, Lerners, Woods, Joneses, Buzzellis, Clementes, Brickels, Maranos, Thomsons, Gaulas, Guerreras, and Fazis. His best friend cousins Betty Lou and Cara will especially miss him.
Later in his life, Jimmy shared his love and friendship with his birth mother Diane Hook. Other special family members to Jimmy were the Hahns, Okessons, Andrews-Lees, and Andrews-Whites.

Jimmy will be remembered always as a brother and best friend.
Arrangements: A funeral will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2023, 8:45 a.m. at Chase Parkway Memorial, the Albini Family Funeral Home, 430 Chase Parkway, Waterbury, to Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church for a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:00 a.m. Burial of cremains will follow at Calvary Cemetery in Waterbury. Calling hours will be held Tuesday evening from 4:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, please consider donating in Jimmy’s memory to:
CAO Scholarships
www.cteyes.org/scholarships