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DARIEN, Conn. Amelia Buffington McCann, 45, a Darien wife and mother of three, died Wednesday, July 4, when she drowned in her backyard pool.
McCann was born May 23, 1967, in Tampa, Fla. She attended Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills, Mich., and Michigan State University.
She married her husband, Richard, on Aug. 6, 1994, on Nantucket Island. According to her family, her passions included interior decorating, gardening and cooking.
Amy was an intensely committed mom, loving wife and fiercely loyal friend, her family wrote. Her quick wit and gentle humor were attributes that permeated all aspects of her life. Amy will be remembered as a gift to all of us who were fortunate enough to know her.
In addition to her husband, she is survived by her children Alison, Jack and Colin; her parents, Alan and Elaine Buffington of Naples, Fla., and New Canaan; her sisters and their husbands, Lauren and Ken Slater of Palmdale, Calif., and Donna and Francis Jordon of Bethel; her grandfather, Reed Buffington; her mother-in-law Daisy Pronko McCann of Westport; her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law Hugh and Sarah McCann, Marguerite Francis, Tom and Mary-Jo McCann, Rosemary and Paul Semanski, and Tim and Tricia McCann; and many nieces and nephews.
Friends may greet her family from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, July 8, at Shaughnessey Banks Funeral Home in Fairfield. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, July 9, at St. Luke Church in Westport. A reception will immediately follow.
Donations may be made in her memory to St. Marys Church, P.O. Box 1168, Nantucket, MA 02554 with a designation to Amys Smile Memorial Garden.
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