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Portrait of Christine Mary Fohl
In loving memory

Christine Mary Fohl

February 12, 1935 – July 25, 2022
Lived 87 years
Cheshire, Connecticut
Life story

Christine was born on February 12, 1935, in Waterbury, CT, daughter of the late Salvatore J. and Elena (Fonti) Rizzo.

She was a devoted mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and aunt, lovingly known as “Mema.” Christine always wanted to turn every occasion into a party, and left a legacy of being a hard worker, even working into her 87th year. She held various jobs throughout her lifetime such as, waitress, bartender, school bus driver, and factory worker. But her favorite job of all was working alongside her son and daughter, George and Ellen, at his shop, Ultimate Auto Body.

Christine will be extremely missed by her three children, Ellen Brown of Cheshire, Carol Pasinski of Meriden, and George Fohl and his wife, Sher, of Cheshire, and their father, Lee Fohl of Wolcott; her grandchildren: Branda Pasinski and her husband, Aaron, William Pasinski Jr., Terry Brown and his wife, Ashley, Stephanie Curylo and her husband, Kenny, Tiffany Brown and her boyfriend, Nico, Summer and Dylan Fohl; and great-grandchildren: Kristian, Devin, Madison, Aiden, Gavin, and one on the way; and by many loving nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her brother, Joseph Rizzo, sister, Mary Grasso, and friend, Lillian Fohl.

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1935
Born February 12
1939
Christine was 4 when "Gone with the Wind" premiered in Atlanta
1944
Christine was 9 when Allied troops landed at Normandy on D-Day
1954
Christine was 19 when the Supreme Court struck down school segregation
1967
Christine was 32 when the first Super Bowl was played
1971
Christine was 36 when Walt Disney World opened in Florida
1982
Christine was 47 when "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial" opened in theaters
1998
Christine was 63 when "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was published in America
2007
Christine was 72 when the first iPhone went on sale
2010
Christine was 75 when Instagram was launched
2020
Christine was 85 when SpaceX launched astronauts into orbit for the first time
2022
Passed away July 25, age 87
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