Kelly Ann Mahon Connolly

KellyAnn (Mahon) Connolly, 27, of Cranford died on September 22, 2010 in Beauregard Parish, LA. Visitation will be 2-4 and 7-9 PM, Tuesday September 28, 2010, at Gray Memorial Funeral Home, 12 Springfield Avenue, Cranford, (grayfuneralhomes.com to sign book). Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated at 9:30 AM Wednesday September 29, 2010 in St. Anne Catholic Church, 325 Second Ave., Garwood. Interment is private. Born in Secaucus and raised in Jersey City and Cranford, Kelly had recently moved to Louisiana, where her husband, PFC James E. Connolly, is stationed at Fort Polk Army Base. Kelly graduated from Cranford High School in 2001 and earned both a BS, magna cum laude, and a MS, summa cum laude, from NYU. Kelly was a special education teacher, who had taught at schools around the country. Always fearless, she enjoyed adventure sports and traveling with her family. Kelly is survived by her husband, Jimmy, her parents Edward F. and AnnMarie Mahon of Cranford, and her sister and brother-in-law, Jessica and David Scoles of Los Angeles, CA. Also surviving are her mother and father-in-law, Patty and Michael Connolly of Haskell, brother in-law Mike, numerous loving aunts, uncles and cousins, and her two rescued dogs, Bones and Snitch. Donations in KellyAnn's memory may be made to the National Autism Association, 1330 W. Schatz Lane, Nixa, MO 65714, nationalautism.org.