Maryrose Evangeline Kearns Connolly Fendler, 82, Clarksville, died Monday, January 26, 2009, at Gateway Medical Center. The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Friday at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church with Father Ed Steiner officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 3-7 p.m. Thursday and from 9-9:30 a.m. Friday at McReynolds-Nave & Larson Chapel.
A Rosary will be held 7 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home.McReynolds-Nave & Larson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. She was born October 2, 1926 in Morristown, NJ. She was preceded in death by her parents, Arthur F. Connolly and Maryrose Kearns Connolly; brother, Kevin K. Connolly; sisters, Patrice K. Moore and Agnes K. Connolly. Mrs. Fendler was a homemaker and a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. Survivors include her husband, Donn C. Fendler, Clarksville; son, Dennis K. Fendler, Payson, AZ; daughters, Judith A. (Lewis) King, Cary, NC, Bridget M. Fendler, Clarksville, Joan M. Bedwell, Guthrie, KY; brother, Peter K. Connolly, New Haven, MO; sisters, Joan K. LaPorte, Leesburg, FL, Katherine K. Connolly, Centerville, MA; and six grandchildren. Friends and family will serve as pallbearers. Memorials may be made to the St. Jude Shrine, 212 W. Saratoga St, Baltimore, MD 21201-1896.