Lucille Jean Sheehan, 85, of Derby, died peacefully in the Vitas Hospice at St Mary’s Hospital, Waterbury. Born in Bridgeport on May 16, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Louis Benjamin and Gloria Monroe Parker. Mrs Sheehan was a longtime resident of Newtown and Monroe before moving to Derby in 2005.

She loved to cook and worked as a kitchen chef for the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth of Monroe for 17 years, until the time of her retirement in 2000. Mrs Sheehan was an active volunteer for the Stevenson Fire Department Woman’s Auxiliary and enjoyed traveling, especially trips to Vermont and Maine. A devout member of the New Life Church of Trumbull, she will be long remembered for her steadfast faith and unending trust in the Lord’s will.

She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Pekar and her husband, William, of Sandy Hook, Ellen Cole Munro and her husband, Robert, of Waterbury, Cara Cummings and her fiancé, Lenny Brooks, of Middletown; her son, Harry Sheehan, Jr, of Southbury; her beloved sister (aka her partner in crime), Irene Cullen, of Oxford; eight grandchildren, Maureen Pacheco of Bethlehem, Heather McDermott, Kayleigh Tentoni, Adam, Chad, and Taylor Cole of Naugatuck, Jacob and Zachary Cummings; two great-grandchildren; a niece, Kelly Masse; and a nephew, William Cullen, Jr.

She was predeceased by her first husband, Ralph S. Crabbe; a son, David W. Crabbe; and step-mother, Mary Selena Mancinelli.

A Memorial Service will be held on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, at 11 am, in the Read Memorial Chapel of Mountain Grove Cemetery, 2675 North Avenue, Bridgeport.

The Wakelee Memorial Funeral Home, 167 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia, is in care of arrangements.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Sisters of the Holy Family of Nazareth, 1428 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe CT 06468, or the ASPCA at aspca.org/donate.

Online condolences may be made at wakeleememorial.com.