Ione Mary Gillen (Vanden Heuvel); 96, of Suffield, passed away on August 8, 2022. She was born on June 2, 1926 in Little Chute Wisconsin, daughter of Sylvester Vanden Heuvel and Frances (Vander Bloemen) Vanden Heuvel. She is predeceased by her beloved husband Paul Francis Gillen. Ione is survived by her five children Mary Frances (Gillen) Berstene and her husband Michael, Stephen Peter Gillen and his wife Karen Sue, Christopher Mark Gillen and his wife Joanne, Anne Marie (Gillen) Hansen and her husband Steven, John William Gillen and his wife Susan. Also her eight grandchildren Elizabeth (Berstene) Gallagher, Kathryn Berstene, Matthew Gillen, Andrew Gillen, Rebecca Hansen, Erik Hansen, Amy (Gillen) Sieber, Melissa (Gillen) Billy and five great grandchildren. Ione was an active member of Sacred Heart Church in Suffield and active in the Suffield Garden and Suffield Historical Society.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 AM on Saturday, August 13, 2022 at Saint Bernard Church in Rockville. Burial will be in St Bernard Cemetery, Rockville.
Donations in Ione’s memory may be made to Alzheimer Research or Blessed Sacrament Parish, 25 St. Bernard Terrace, Vernon CT.