May KAI

May (Kai) Brannan, 83, of Hartford, beloved wife of the late Harold F. Brannan, died Tuesday, (March 20, 2001) in Winter Park, FL. She was born and raised Healdsburg, CA, had lived in New York City, NY and has resided in Hartford the past 50 years. Mrs. Brannan was a graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, CA with a degree in Nursing. She was an employee of the institute of Living, Hartford, for 25 years and in 1984 retired from the Rocky Hill Veterans Home and Hospital. Mrs. Brannan is survived by her son, Harold F. "Skip" Brannan of Newington and his fiancee, Lou Ann Fantozzi of Meriden; her daughter, Margaret "Dee Dee" Pies-chel and her husband, Al of Lake Mary, FL; a sister, Marie Kai of San Francisco, CA; seven grandchildren, Jason, Kevin and Erica Brannan, Dana Gordon and her husband, David, Melody Parry and her husband, Gareth, Heather and Camille Sorvas and a great granddaughter, Courtney Gordon. A Memorial Service will be Saturday, March 24, 12 Noon at the Shee-han-Hilborn-Breen Funeral Home, 1 084 New Britain Ave., West Hartford. Visitation will begin at 11:30 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of May can be made to the American Diabetes Association, 300 Research Parkway, Meriden, CT 06450.