Obituary of Eugene J. Nodell

Eugene J. Nodell, 84, of Wethersfield, died Wednesday (June 12, 2019) at the Jefferson House in Newington. Born in Brooklyn, NY, he lived most of his life in Connecticut. He was U.S. Army Veteran and a graduate of Manhattan College in the Bronx, NY. During his career, he worked in fuel sales and retired from the Mercury Fuel Company in 1999. He was a member of St. John the Evangelist Church in New Britain.

Gene is survived by his former wife, Margaret Barber, a daughter and three sons: Patricia Anne Nodell Leopold and her husband, David, of West Hempstead, NY, Eugene Brian Nodell of Howard Beach, NY, Kevin William Nodell of Wethersfield, CT, and James Patrick Nodell of West Hempstead, NY; three grandchildren, Sarah Elizabeth Leopold Scarnato, Kailyn Grace Leopold, and Ian Benjamin Leopold; two great grandchildren, Aria Patricia Scarnato and Leopold Adam Scarnato, as well as a niece and nephew. He was predeceased by a brother, William Robert Nodell.

Family and friends are invited to a Mass of Christian Burial Saturday (June 22, 2019) at 10:00 AM at Holy Apostle’s Church (St. John the Evangelist) 655 East St. New Britain. Military honors will take place outside the church after the mass. Burial will be private on Long Island, New York. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Gary Sinise Foundation Box 368Woodland Hills, CA 91365.