Obituary of Lawrence E. Doherty

Retired Detective NYPD

Lawrence (Larry) E. Doherty, age 80, of Oxford, CT and formerly of Throgs Neck, New York, a retired Detective for the New York City Police Department, died peacefully on Sunday, December 2, 2007 at Griffin Hospital. Born in the Bronx, NY on July 31, 1927, he was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Larry was a former employee of the F. Ruggiero & Sons Funeral Home in the Bronx NY for over 30 years and was a former officer of the Bronx Homing Pigeon Club.

He was predeceased by a brother, John Doherty and two sisters, Kay McCarthy and Anna Willock.

Survivors include his devoted wife of 57 years, Madeline (Mickey) Shaughnessy Doherty, eight loving children, Patty Sullivan and her husband Walter of Fairfield, Maureen (Mo) Blees and her husband George of Oxford, Eileen Doherty and Donna Haller of St. Louis, MO, Madeline Lennon and her husband Tom of Oxford, Anne O'Malley and her husband John of Pearl River, NY, Kathleen Delano of Throggs Neck, NY, Joan Bourke and her husband Kevin of Pearl River, NY, Larry Doherty Jr. and Ken Sawicki of Beacon Falls, two brothers, Charlie Doherty of TN and James Doherty of NY, a sister, Peggy Tuohy of MI, 18 cherished grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. 

Funeral services will take place on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 9:00 am in the Abriola Parkview Funeral Home 419 White Plains Road, Trumbull, CT 06611and at 10:00 am in the Good Shepherd Church, 135 Mountain Rd., Seymour, CT 06483 for a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment with military honors will follow in the Mountain Meadow Cemetery, Seymour. Friends may call on Tuesday from 4 - 8 P.M. 

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Oxford Special Olympics c/o Mo Blees, 13 Lisbon Terrace, Oxford, CT 06478.