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The son of the late Henry W. and Irene Leary Kilfoil, Henry was born June 8, 1922 in Hartford, Connecticut. At an early age he and his family moved to various locations. Henry began attendance at St. Augustine School in 1928 in Hartford and graduated from Cathedral High School in Springfield, Ma with the class of 1936. When the US entered World War II Henry was a student at Holy Cross College in Worcester, Ma. He graduated from Holy Cross on October 31, 1943 with his degree in Business Administration. During World War II Henry served in the US Navy as a Lieutenant (JG) on board the USS APC 27, a cargo vessel in the South Pacific and later on board the Sea Going Tug, USS ATR 55 in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico. After separation from the Navy, Henry married Cecilia Ogoyalek on August 3, 1943 in Chicopee Falls, Ma. They moved to Hartford where Henry joined the Aetna Casualty and Surety and remained in their employ for 40 years in several managerial capacities except for a brief exposure in the travel business. Henry retired in 1997. Henry is survived by his loving wife Cecilia; one son and daughter in law, Dr. Barry Kilfoil and his wife Denise of Raleigh, SC; two daughters and sons in law, Sheryn and Ed Lester of Frankfort, NY, and Patricia and Stephen Wietlisback of Syracuse, NY; eight grandchildren, Heather Lester, Christopher and Carin Lester, Kelli Wietlesback, Matthew and Christina Wietlesback, Joseph Wietlesback, Terrance and Amanda Kilfoil, Jessica and Miles Efron, and Brandon and Brooke Kilfoil; eight great grandchildren, Dakota, Emma, Ava, Ashleigh, Ryleigh, Owen, James and Evan. Expressions of sympathy may be placed on Henry’s online memorial by going to www.iocovozzifuneralhomes.com