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Shirley L. (McLay) Langan, 98, longtime resident of East Haven, passed away peacefully on Oct. 6. She was born Aug. 26, 1923, in New Haven to Irving and Margaret (White) McLay. The wife of the late Francis X. Langan, Shirley is survived by her children Peg (Lou Rizzuto) Langan, Tom (Janice) Langan, Fran (Bill) Cook, Debbie (Bill) Mosher, and Glenn (Marlise) Langan. She is also survived by her grandchildren Kristen Langan, Michael Langan, Michelle Langan, Adam (Marykate) Cook, Evan (Krizta Moon) Cook, Kyle (Kali) Langan, Mark (Marisa) Langan, Billy Mosher, and Holly Mosher along with seven great-grandchildren.

As part of “The Greatest Generation,” she volunteered her service as a stateside ambulance driver during World War II. A proud mother of five, she formed early memories with summers spent at the shared family compound in Higganum. Years later with kids and daily dinners in tow, she would join friends and neighbors for summer fun and everlasting card games at nearby Lake Hubinger.

She was a longtime employee of New Haven’s New England House Restaurant and later as day manager and permittee of Foundry Café. Shirley forged many close ties with friends and fellow workers, a smile and twinkle in her bright blue eyes for all.

She loved to be around people and in her later years worked at Anthony’s in Guilford, serving and ringing up pizza orders, still smiling, eyes still twinkling. Her knitting skills provided many with gifts of her handiwork.

A well deserved retirement would find her enjoying years of good times in the company of friends, all residing in the same Florida condo complex, many of them from the old neighborhood back home. The card games continued! Her last years were spent where life began, back in East Haven, watching the family grow and revelling in the many family get togethers, especially Christmas Eve.

A Mass of Christian burial was celebrated on Oct. 12 in St. Pio of Pietrelcina Parish at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul, East Haven. Burial was private. Funeral services were under the care of the Clancy-Palumbo Funeral Home, East Haven. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10036 in memory of Shirley Langan.