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NEW CANAAN, Conn. — Marita Lee Hickey, a resident of Vero Beach, Fla. and New Canaan, died on Wednesday, Sept. 23 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. She was 76.
Hickey was born in New York City on Dec. 14, 1938 to Chester and Marie (Schneider) Meisel.
She is survived by her husband Thomas; four daughters, Brianne Yontz and her husband Mark of Richmond Hill, Ga., Christine Hickey and her husband Timothy Grosskopf of Darien, Kelly Crawford and her husband Scott of Stowe, Vt., and Kathy Rudden of Norwalk, and nine grandchildren.
She was predeceased by her parents.
Calling hours are on Sunday, Sept. 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Hoyt Funeral Home, located at 199 Main St. in New Canaan.
A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated on Monday, Sept. 28 at 11 a.m. at St. Aloysius Church, located at 21 Cherry St., New Canaan.
Interment will be private.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to either: Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Cycle for Survival, 633 3rd Avenue, 28th Floor, New York, NY 10017, or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 120 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005-4001.
For online condolences and directions visit www.hoytfuneralhome.com.
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