Julia M. Lye Hurlburt, 81, of Hatfield Hill Road, Bethany passed away Saturday, July 2, 2011 at the CT Hospice, Branford. She was the wife of the late Wilbur Hurlburt. Julia was born in New Haven on May 30, 1930; daughter of the late George and Frances Travis Lye and had worked as a Nurses Assistant at the West Haven Nursing Home for 25 years until her retirement. Mother of Marion (Leslie) Soprano of Clinton, Gary Koontz and his fiancé Donna Brown of Woodbridge, Vickey (Alejandro “Alex”) Acosta with whom she had resided, Philip Koontz of CT and the late Eric Stebbins and Russell Koontz. Sister of Gordon Lye of East Haven and Josephine Pessalano of New Hampshire. Also survived by 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren.
Her funeral procession will leave the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue Wednesday morning at 9:15. A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in Our Lady of the Assumption Mother Church (Litchfield Tpke.), Woodbridge at 10:00 am. Interment will follow in St. Lawrence Cemetery. The visiting hours will be Tuesday from 5 to 8 pm. Should friends desire memorial contributions may be made to CT Hospice, Inc., 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405.