Eileen F. Spies

CHESHIRE- Eileen F. Spies, 76, passed away Wednesday, June 29, 2022 surrounded by her family at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert W.Spies.

Eileen was born July 16, 1945, in New Haven, CT., daughter of the late Thomas J. and Grace A. (Snyder) Enright. She was a product of Catholic school, graduated from Albertus Magnus College, and taught at Cook Hill School in Wallingford for over 20 years, after taking a break to stay home and raise her children.

Eileen will be remembered for her caring soul, as she was always thinking about what she could do for others. Always happily lending a hand, Eileen was active in the St. Bridget of Sweden Parish, as well as in her grandsons’ lives, whether it was driving them to and from soccer, coming out of retirement to help teach them during the pandemic or taking them for ice cream treats. Eileen also enjoyed spending time with her friends shopping and going out for lunch.

Mrs. Spies leaves behind a daughter in Cheshire, Meredith Albrecht with her husband, Claus, who says of Eileen, “She made me feel more like a son than a son-in-law.” Eileen is also survived by her son and daughter-in-law, Justin and Stella Spies, of Conshohocken, PA. She will also be dearly missed by her grandchildren, Lucas Robert and Spencer Marco Albrecht. In addition to her husband and parents, Eileen was predeceased by her sister, Grace M. (Enright) McLeod.

Arrangements: A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Friday, July 8, 2022, at 10:00 A.M. at St. Bridget of Sweden Parish-St. Bridget Church, 175 Main St., Cheshire. Burial will follow in St. Bridget Cemetery. Friends may greet her family at the Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Cheshire, 615 South Main Street, on Thursday evening, July 7, 2022, from 5:00 to 7:00 P.M. If you so wish, in lieu of flowers, you may make memorial contributions to either St. Bridget’s Church (www.cheshirecatholic.org) or the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (www.bcrf.org) , in her name. For online condolences, to share a photo or a story, please visit www.fordfh.com.