Elena Martin

Elena Orta Martín died peacefully on July 30, 2017 surrounded by her family.  She was born on August 21, 1931 in Havana, Cuba and lived in San Juan , Puerto Rico for many years before moving to Connecticut.

She is survived by her children Patricia and her husband Kevin Bannon, Natalia and her husband Edgardo Ramos and Alvaro and his wife Linda Birbara and by Lourdes Jacobo, whom she loved as a daughter. She is also survived by her six grandchildren: Marisa, Megan, Andres, Alejandro, Julia and Victoria and by Lourdes’ children Gabriel and Camille.

There will be a Memorial Mass at 12 noon on Saturday, August 12 at Saint Joseph’s Church, 85 South Main Street in Norwalk, CT, followed by a repast.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Elena’s memory to the Ignacio and Elena Martín Scholarship Fund at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing either through https://giving.apps.upenn.edu/giving/jsp/fast.do?program=NUR&fund=403643&bhcp=1 or by a check made out to “The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania” with a note that it is for the Ignacio and Elena Martín Scholarship Fund which can be mailed to: Katie Siegmann, Penn Nursing. Office of Institutional Advancement.   Claire M. Fagin Hall, 418 Curie Boulevard, Suite 445. Philadelphia, PA 19104. Norwalk’s Hoyt-Cognetta Funeral Home & Cremation Service has been entrusted with arrangements. Please visit www.norwalkfh.com for more information.