Obituary: Emilee (Laurie) McDermott Klein, 61, of North Haven

Information via W S Clancy Branford Funeral Home

Emilee (Laurie) McDermott Klein, of North Haven, formerly of Stony Creek, died after a long courageous battle with pancreatic cancer on Tuesday January 31, 2017 at the Smilow Cancer Hospital in New Haven. She was the beloved wife of Neal Klein. Emilee was born in New Haven August 24, 1955, daughter of Audrey Atkinson McDermott of Stony Creek, and the late Ronald McDermott.

She grew up in Stony Creek and was a 1973 graduate of Branford High School. Emilee was very artistic, and an excellent seamstress who designed and made children's clothing.

She enjoyed tag sales both online and in person. She was a sentimental, generous person with a great sense of humor and will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved her. She had a special way of making people feel loved whether or not they ever physically met.

Besides her husband and mother, Emilee is survived by her children, Matthew (Tabitha) Opie of North Branford, Courtney (Michael) Rosenberg of Stony Creek; her step-sons, Garrett (Ryan) Klein of Brooklyn, NY and Alex (Brittany) Klein of Bayshore, NY; and her grandchildren, John, Tanner and Candice Opie, Maxwell and Brynn Rosenberg, and Kennedy and Anderson Klein.

Visiting hours will be Saturday morning from 9:00 – 11:00, with a funeral service at 11:00, at the Church of Christ Congregational, 192 Thimble Island Road, Stony Creek. Burial will follow in Stony Creek Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be sent to the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (Pan-Can), 1500 Rosecrans Avenue, Suite 200, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, info@pancan.org; or to the Smilow Cancer Hospital, 20 York Street, New Haven, CT 06510.