IN LOVING MEMORY OF

Thomas Martin

Thomas Martin Doyle, Sr. Profile Photo

Doyle, Sr.

February 3, 2008

Obituary

Thomas Martin Doyle, Sr., 89, of Milford died after a short illness at the Carolton Chronic and Convalescent Hospital Sunday evening, February3, 2007 surrounded by his family.  Born in Bridgeport to Alice Fenton Doyle and John Clark Doyle, Mr. Doyle attended Saint Augustine Grammar School and Central High School.  A Veteran of World War II, he served in the Army and Army Air Corps 1940-1945. He returned to Bridgeport after the war, operating the Margaret Doyle Bake Shop with his family.  During that time, he attended the University of Bridgeport on the G.I. bill, and received his Bachelor's Degree in Accounting.  He was appointed Assistant City Treasurer of Bridgeport by Mayor Samuel Tedesco in 1957, and in 1965 he was appointed the City's Comptroller by Mayor Hugh Curran.  An early advocate for the computerization of fiscal systems, Mr. Doyle was instrumental in implementing the city's electronic financial recordkeeping system. Mr. Doyle served on the Board of the Bridgeport Municipal Employees Credit Union and directed its operation from 1968-1972.   In 1972, Mr. Doyle was appointed Director of Finance for New Britain, a position he held for 15 years.  Upon retirement, the New Britain Herald stated, "He helped keep a steady hand on the wheel during a tremulous decade and a half……... he can leave his office with a sense of pride and accomplishment and a city's gratitude." Mr. Doyle was an active member of the Government Finance Officers Association, and received  numerous honors and awards from Bridgeport, New Britain and the State of Connecticut.   Mr. Doyle was predeceased by his loving wife of 63 years, Winifred Mary McGuinness Doyle, his brothers John and Anthony and his sister Mary Elizabeth.  Mr. Doyle is survived by four children, Thomas Martin Doyle, Jr. and his wife Susan Randle Doyle of Sandy Hook, Kevin John Doyle and his wife Pearl Granat of New York, New York, Mary Ann Doyle and her husband Steven Froot of Riverdale, New York, Michael McGuinness Doyle and his wife Aileen Valdez Doyle of Seymour; six grandchildren, Eireann Doyle Aucoin and her husband Andrew Aucoin, Kevin John Doyle, Jr., Maylene Enriquez, Michael Valdez Doyle, Daniel Doyle Froot and Marisol Caitlin Doyle; a great grandchild Karina Rivera; and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, February 7, at 9:00am from the Redgate-Hennessy Funeral Home, Main Street and Gorham Place, Trumbull and at 10:00am in St. Augustine Cathedral with a Mass of Christian Burial. Interment with full military honors will follow in St. Michael Cemetery, Stratford. Friends may call Wednesday 3:00pm – 8:00pm in the funeral home. Contributions may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) 200 Connecticut Avenue, Suite 5H, Norwalk, CT 06854 or the American Lung Association, 45 Ash St. East Hartford, CT 06108-3272.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Thomas Martin Doyle, Sr., please visit our flower store.

Thomas Martin Doyle, Sr.'s Guestbook

Visits: 0

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the
Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Service map data © OpenStreetMap contributors