Nora D. Ryan, beloved wife of Thomas J. Ryan, died on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, after a long battle with interstitial lung disease.
Nora was a long-time resident of Darien before retiring to Southport, North Carolina. She had a lengthy career as a corporate paralegal for various Fortune 50 corporations and law firms in Connecticut and New York City.
In her leisure time, Nora was an avid reader, as well as a talented cook, baker and seamstress. She enjoyed caring for her grandchildren and her two dogs.
Nora was the proud mother of Cynthia Steckler of Cos Cob; Carol Theurer of Portsmouth, New Hampshire and Ned Pocengal (died in 2015), formerly of New Haven. Nora is also survived by her granddaughters, Dr. Leah Steckler and her husband, Ben Kochman of Arlington, Virginia; Kate Theurer of Barrie, Ontario, Canada; and her great-grandson, Jacob Kochman.
— an obituary on Legacy.com (from Remick & Gendron Funeral Home), where online condolences may be left