Lillian Ransco Giegerich (Lili) of Darien, passed away peacefully on Jan. 17 at her home in Darien. She was 94 and would have been 95 on March 3.
Lillian Giegerich passed away on Jan. 17.
Lili Dorothy Ransco was born to William Ransco Sr. and Viola Szulist Ransco on March 3, 1928. She went to high school at East Rochester and graduated in 1945.
She was a drum majorette and even led her high school band in the Thanksgiving Parade in New York City.
She was a homemaker and she adored her doggies, Holly, Gigi, Mitzi; and her grand-doggies Petunia and Harriet. She loved her home and all the birds, deer, foxes and chipmunks who visited there.
She liked baking, fashion, interior design, gardens, travel, theater and Vermont. She was involved in Friends of French Arts, Darien Community Center, Darien Country Club and Convent of St. Birgitta.
Lillian Giegerich passed away on Jan. 17.
She is survived by her daughter, Joan Elizabeth Roney; her nieces: Judy Lenzi, Susan Kreyer; her nephew, Andrew Ransco; stepdaughters, Brenda Giegerich and Marsha Torkleson; and their children: Justin Torkleson, Bretton Torkelson, and Eloise Giegerich. Lillian loved her cousins; Jimmy, Barbara, Bobby, Tommy, Raymond, Mark and the rest of her family and friends.
She is preceded in death by her beloved son John Elliot Roney, her devoted husband Lester Giegerich, parents William and Viola Ransco, brother Will Ransco, sister Helen Rogoza and grandson Noah Nate Roney.
Memorial donations may be made to Sea Shepard or At Home in Darien.
The family wishes to extend their gratitude to the Convent of St. Birgitta as well as Anne Marie O’Malley and the O’Malley Care Girls: Maia, both Mariams and Natalie.
— an obituary from Lawerence Funeral Home, where online condolences may be left