Southington Schools Remember Longtime SHS Yearbook Advisor

SOUTHINGTON, CT — For many in the Southington community, there's a good chance retired teacher Theresa O'Connor played a role in their personal symbols of high school immortality — their yearbook photo.

For years, O'Connor was the advisor to Southington High School's yearbook class, always helping the students create that permanent record that freezes students in their youth forever.

She retired from teaching in 2011 and moved to Westbrook shortly thereafter. She died on Sept. 22 of this year at 73.

Last week, the Southington Board of Education paid homage to O'Connor at their regular school board meeting Oct. 13, offering a moment of silence in her honor.

According to her online obituary on Zip06.com, Shore Publishing's local news website for Connecticut shoreline towns, she died of cancer, more than a decade after retiring from a 37-year career in education that started at the elementary school level in Waterbury.

In addition to guiding schoolchildren on their journey through education, O'Connor also served her community and was a member of Southington Public Library's Board of Directors, serving as chairman at times.

O'Connor is survived by her mother, husband, three children and two grandchildren, among other family members.

For the minutes of the Oct. 13 Southington Board of Education meeting, click on this link.

To watch the Oct 13. Southington Board of Education meeting, click on this link.

To view Theresa O'Connor's obituary, click on this link.