Obituary of Maria E. Denys

Brookfield – Mrs. Maria E. (Boon) Denys, age 99, formally of Brookfield, died Saturday October 12, 2019 at Maplewood of Newtown. She was the wife of the late  George G. Denys.

Mrs. Denys was born September 9, 1920 in Luvan, Belgium, daughter of the late Everd and Julian (Bulens) Boon. She was retired after working for many years as a packer in the meat department at the Waldbaums Store in Brookfield and was a communicant of St. Joseph Roman Catholic Church in Brookfield and a former communicant of St. Gregory the Great Roman Catholic Church in Danbury. She was a member of the Brookfield Senior Citizens and loved nature, gardening and knitting.

Mrs. Denys is survived Arleen Schilb who took care of her lovingly for the past ten years, her brother: Gilliam Boon of Belgium and several nieces and nephews in Belgium. She was predeceased by her daughter: Raymode Schilb and her son in law: Robert Schilb.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Monday October 21, 2019 at 10 a.m. at St. Gregory the Great Church in Danbury. Burial will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery in Danbury. There are no calling hours.