WINSTED - Kevin C. McGrane, 87, formerly of 18 Colony Drive, passed away on Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011 at the McLean Home in Simsbury, following a lengthy illness. He was the husband of the late Marjorie (Lundberg) McGrane who died in 2009. Born in Winsted, July 11, 1923, he was the son the late Francis and Kathryn (McCarthy) McGrane and had lived here all of his life. Prior to his retirement, he had worked for the U.S. Postal Service for 39 years. He was a graduate of The Gilbert School, class of 1941, was a Navy Veteran of WWII, member of the Knights of Columbus for 68 years where he was a past Grand Knight and Honorary 4th Degree, honorary member of the Winsted Fire Dept., Engine #2, member of the AARP, the McCarthy Senior Center and communicant of St. Joseph Church.
His survivors include four sons, James McGrane and his wife Demerise, Brian McGrane and his wife Kathleen, Patrick McGrane and his wife Karen and Timothy McGrane and his wife Donna all of Winsted; four daughters, Doreen Goepfert and her husband Stephen of Vernon, Kathleen Filburn and her husband Thomas of Granby, Colleen Carucci and her husband Kevin of West Hartford and Maureen Germond and her husband Kenneth of Winsted, 22 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by a son Kevin McGrane.
Funeral services will be held Monday, at 10:30 a.m. from the Maloney Funeral Home, 55 Walnut Street, to St. Joseph Church for the funeral liturgy at 11 a.m. Burial will be in St. Joseph new Cemetery in the spring. Friends may call at the funeral home on Sunday from 4 to 7 p.m. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Anthony School, C/O St. Joseph Church, P.O. Box 808, Winsted, CT 06098. To leave an online condolence, please visit www.maloneyfuneral.com. Published in The Register Citizen on January 23, 2011