Constance C. (Lariviere) Dziob, 83, died peacefully Sunday night at home after a a short illness with her loving family at her side, and was lead on her path by the hands of her sons who predeceased her, Steven S. Dziob (1979), Alan J. Dziob (1995), and Stanley W. Dziob Jr. (1963), and was also predeceased by her parents, Wilfred M. and Laura (Senechal) Lariviere, and a brother, Wilfred F. Lariviere who she affectionately nicknamed “Talou”. Born in Gardner, Massachusetts, one of the smallest babies to survive weighing 1.25 pounds, she attended Holy Rosary School in Nashua, New Hampshire, after which she assisted her father at his business, Gardner Brick, Gardner, Massachusetts. She was a former singer in a variety of minstrel shows throughout Massachusetts, and a the age of 16 was offered a job singing with Al Gentile’s Band. She moved to Connecticut in 1944 and worked for United Envelope in Hartford. She then met Flora Dziob who introduced her to her brother Stanley and they married November 19, 1949, and she was looking forward to celebrating their sixtieth wedding anniversary. Connie and Stanley built their home in Berlin and have lived there since 1953. She worked at the former Landers, Frary & Clark in East Berlin, International Silver in Wallingford, and Risdon, Inc. in Berlin before retiring in 1979. Her greatest joy in life was her children and participating in their activities, being a den-mother for Cub Scout Pack 5, a referee for thr Berlin Little League, and even drove a truck borrowed from Pandolf’s Auto to collect items and donations from local merchants to help purchase the team’s baseball bats and uniforms. She participated in all of her daughter’s dance classes and recitals, and her singing career with Charter Oak Bluegrass. She assisted her husband in all community activities, especially with VFW Post #10732 where she was a Patriotic Instructor for the Women’s Auxiliary for many years. She was also a talented singer, avid fisherman, softball player, Yankee fan, loved to play bingo with her friends Hannah Michalski and her best friend, the late Agnes Carney, and was also a bingo caller and on the set-back card team with the Berlin Senior Center. Connie loved life and the people who surrounded her and will be deeply missed by those left behind: her husband Stanley Dziob, daughter Janet and David Jacobson, Kensington, son Daniel Dziob and Patricia Henderson, Portland, grandchildren Dana and Bruce Saari of Berlin, Megan Annunziata and Phong Ngo of Eagleville, Pennsylvanis, Lisa and Scott Little of New Britain, Alan D. Dziob and Adam and Jessica Dziob, all of Torrington, and Claudia Velez of New Britain, great-grandchildren, Savannah Dziob, Steven Dzierbinski, Crystal, Dallas, Gemini, Lissa, Katlyn, and Annalisa Little, and Alexzandra Dziob, a sisters-in-law, Anna Labritz of Merrimac, Massachusetts, Emelia and Richard Donahue of East Haven, Jennie and John Pelahatch of Top Sail, North Carolina, and Ruth and Frank Kiczuk of Rocky Hill, along with many nieces, nephews, and cousins including a favorite cousin Ann Goguen of Gardner, Massachusetts. A heartfelt thank you to Adam and Jessica Dziob, Patricia Henderson, Jeffrey Kagan, M.D. and Vitas Hospice who so lovingly and compassionately cared for Connie during her final days. Funeral services will take place Thursday at 1:00pm at Porter's Funeral Services, 111 Chamberlain Hwy, Kensington, Father Ronald T. Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Maple Cemetery, Berlin. Friends and relatives are invited to call at the funeral home on Thursday from 11:00 am until the time of the service. Directions to the funeral home can be found at www.portersfuneral.com