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Ann O’Brien Coulter, 77, of Old Saybrook, the beloved wife of John Coulter for 59 years, passed away at home on Sept. 1 after a long battle with cancer. Born in Niantic on April 28, 1941, daughter of the late John and Isabelle O’Brien, she attended Old Saybrook High School. She worked at the Southern New England Telephone Co. in Old Saybrook and Space Coast Credit Union in Melbourne, Florida.

In addition to her husband, she leaves three children, son Michael (Bonnie), and daughters Colleen Fuller (Alan), and Maureen Coppes (Bryan). Ann also leaves five grandchildren, Riley and Delaney Fuller, and Macneil, Holly, and Cate Coppes. She leaves two brothers, Thomas (Paula) O’Brien, and Richard (Beverly) O’Brien, as well as two sisters, Patricia Crozier and Dorothy Dahlberg. She was predeceased by her brothers John and George O’Brien and her sisters Helen Gilbert and Nancy Falivene. She also leaves many nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.

Ann was affectionately known as “Grammie” by dozens of friends and relatives, both in Old Saybrook as well as in Melbourne.

A Remembrance Mass will be held at Saint John’s Church, 161 Main St. in Old Saybrook on Sept. 6 at 11:00 a.m. A visitation will not be held and burial will be privately held by Ann’s family. In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions in Ann’s name please be made to The American Cancer Society, 825 Brook St., I-91 Tech. Ctr., Rocky Hill, CT 06067. To share a memory of Ann or send a condolence to her family, please visit www.rwwfh.com. Arrangements by the Robinson, Wright & Weymer Funeral Home in Centerbrook.