Dominic B. Barillari

Landscape Designer

A memorial service will be held at 1 pm, Saturday, January 14, at the Congregational Church of Brookfield, for Dominic B. Barillari. Mr Barillari, 62, of Brookfield, loving husband to Cynthia Field, died at Bethel Health Care, December 19. He was born July 24, 1949, in Bridgeport, the son of Lorrice O. (Salom) and Dominick E. Barillari.

Along with his wife Cynthia, Dominic is survived by his son Ryan Barillari, and his wife Christina, and stepchildren Elizabeth Hannon and Ryan Hannon; his father Dominick E. Barillari of Sandy Hook; his brother, Richard C. Barillari, and his wife Patricia, of Sandy Hook; and several other relatives. A daughter, Heather Barillari, predeceased him.

Mr Barillari was the school mascot, the Owl, at Southern Connecticut State University, where he graduated with a bachelor of science degree. He worked for Flower Time, Franks and Hollandia Nurseries in Bethel as a landscape designer. He most recently worked at Bethel Health Care.

He loved the Jets, Mets, and UConn basketball and football. He will be missed by all who knew him.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to the Congregational Church of Brookfield, 160 Whisconier Road, Brookfield CT 06804 or to Bethel Health Care Center, 3 Park Lawn Drive,  Bethel CT 06801.

To light a candle of hope and remembrance visit www.CornellMemorial.com.

The Newtown Bee        January 13, 2012