Kathleen M. ("Kaye") Cannon

Kathleen "Kaye" (Myers) Cannon, 95, of East Hampton, CT, beloved wife of the late John “Jack” Cannon passed away peacefully surrounded by her family at Aaron Manor in Chester. Born March 4, 1927 in Detroit, MI she was the daughter of the late Jack "Otto" Walter and Eleanor (Watson) Myers. Kaye grew up in Portsmouth, NH and was one of ten children, survived by her sister Ruth Keene and her husband Bob of Portsmouth, NH. Kaye built, lived in and loved her home bordering the Meshomasic State Forest since 1958. She enjoyed many activities including gardening, playing BINGO with her sister Alice, grandchildren and daughters, genealogy with her sisters Ruth, Helen and husband Jack and playing the slot machines with her friends, daughters and  sister Helen. She enjoyed her family very much whether at her campsite at Indian Field in Salem, CT, yearly family camping adventures, trips to Lake Ossipee, NH and Arundel, ME for annual family reunions, or taking her children ‘down the hill’ to Lake Pocotopaug to fish, swim or ice skate, she was a very active woman who enjoyed the outdoors. Kaye was also former member of the East Hampton 3rd Connecticut Regiment Fife and Drum Corps where she was a fifest and loved the Musters, Parades and parties during the 1976 era. 

Besides her sister Ruth she is survived by her daughters Susan Bouton and husband Thomas of NY, Jillian Cannon of Ashford, Heidi Cannon of Groton and son William Cannon of East Hampton, eight grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren one of the three is on the way. She was predeceased by her 8 siblings. A funeral service will be held Monday Aug. 22nd at 11:00 AM in the Spencer Funeral Home 112 Main St. East Hampton. Burial will follow in the family plot in Lake View Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home on Monday from 9:30AM until the service at 11:00AM. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. 

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