Obituary of Melissa Stupak Montuori

Melissa Ann Stupak Montuori, age 28, of North Branford, entered into rest on Friday, May 27, 2005, surrounded by her husband and family after fighting a long battle with brain cancer. She was the beloved wife of Carmine Montuori and daughter of Joseph and Ann Stupak of Shelton. Melissa was born in Bridgeport on March 29, 1977 and lived in Shelton for most of her life before settling in North Branford. She was a graduate of Shelton High School, class of 1995 and UMASS Amherst, class of 1999. She was a commercial insurance underwriter for Chubb Insurance and an alumni of the Alpha Chi Omega Sorority at UMASS, a member of the National Honor Society in high school and a member of the Color Guard in both high school and college. Melissa was a young woman with a heart of gold, a caring wife, daughter, sister and friend. She will be sorely missed by the many people whose lives she touched. In addition to her husband and parents, she is survived by her sister, Jennifer Stupak, her mother and father-in-law, Vittoria and Domenic Montuori, an aunt Theresa Cosco, her grandfather, Joseph Cosco and several brothers-in-law and sisters-in law. 

Funeral services will take place on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 at 9:00 a.m. from the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home, 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, and at 10:00 a.m. in St. Lawrence Church, Huntington for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment will follow in Mount St. Peter Cemetery, Derby. Friends may call on Monday from 4-8 p.m. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Melissas name to Swim Across the Sound, c/o St. Vincent Medical Center Foundation, 2800 Main St., Bridgeport, CT 06606 or to the Yale Cancer Center, Brain Cancer Research, P. O. Box 208028, New Haven, CT 06520-8028.