Amanda J. Brini, 26.

GRISWOLD, CT/SUTTON, MA Amanda J. Brini, 26, of Griswold, died Wednesday, February 25, 2009, at UConn Health Center in Farmington, CT, after a short battle with leukemia. She is survived by her husband and best friend, Daniel Brini of Griswold, CT; her beautiful new daughter, Gianna Rose Brini; her parents, Timothy J. and Georgiann M. (Putnam) Guerin of Sutton, MA; her brother, Tim Guerin of Sutton; her sister, Kelly Guerin of Sutton; her paternal grandmother, Sonia Guerin of Oxford; her maternal grandmother, Ann Balderston and her husband Joseph of West Boylston, MA; her mother and father-in-law, Michael and Irene Brini of Rocky Hill, CT; many nephews, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. She was born in Worcester, and lived in Sutton, MA, and Groton, CT, before moving to Griswold in 2008. She graduated from Sutton High School in 2000 and received her M.S.P.T. from the University of Hartford in 2005.

Amanda was a physical therapist at Elite Physical Therapy in Warwick, RI. She is an angel to all of us lucky enough to have crossed her path. She was an extremely passionate and empathetic physical therapist and loved dancing. She was courageous, passionate, loyal, and a wonderful friend. She has touched so many of our lives in the short time she was with us and will be tremendously missed.

A funeral will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, March, 2, 2009, from Paradis Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oxford, MA, followed by a Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Mark's Church, 356 Boston Road, Sutton, MA. Burial will be at a later date at St. Roch's Cemetery, Oxford, MA. Calling hours are Sunday, March 1, 2009, from 3-6 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the college fund for Gianna Rose Brini, or to the Connecticut Children's Medical Center Foundation, c/o Children's Oncology, 282 Washington St., Hartford, CT 06100.

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