Ionie Fagan

Bethany – Ionie Mary (ne Shillingford) Fagan, age 94, of Bethany passed away after a brief illness at her home on Thursday January 29, 2026. She was the widow of Martin F. Fagan, Sr., of Bethany.

Mrs. Fagan was born August 16, 1931 ion the island of Dominica, the daughter of the late Loretta Vidal and Stafford Shillingford. She was retired after working for several years in Accounts Payable and Payroll at the New Haven Register (formerly a Jackson Marvin newspaper) and also having worked at Peter Paul Cadbury, PEZ Candy, The Mite Corporation, The Knights of Columbus and Union Trust in New Haven. She was an active parishioner of Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Woodbridge, attending Mass daily, and enjoyed nothing more than working in her yard, planting trees and flowers in her many gardens around the yard.

Mrs. Fagan is survived by her son, Martin F. “Jude” Fagan, Jr. of Bethany, her brothers, Emmanuel, Arthur and Cante, many nieces and nephews and a very loving large extended family. She was predeceased by her sisters, Ilie, Nora, Lorraine and Hettie, her brothers, Robert, Edward, MacRonald, Clayton, Reginald and Arden.

Mrs. Fagan’s family will receive relatives and friends on Thursday February 12, 2026 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Community Funeral Home, 72 Waterbury Road (Next to the Post Office) in Prospect. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday February 13, 2026 at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of the Assumption Church 81 Center Road Woodbridge. Friends are asked to go directly to Our Lady of Assumption Church Friday morning for the Mass of Christian Burial.

To view a Livestream of the Mass please visit the church website, select home from the menu and then select Live Mass. Interment will be in St. Lawrence Cemetery in West Haven following mass.

To place online condolences or to view a recording of Mrs. Fagan’s Funeral Mass, please visit www.cfhprospect.com In lieu of flowers, if you so choose, memorial donations may be made to Our Lady of the Assumption Church, 81 Center Rd., Woodbridge, CT 06525.