Jessica Lynch of Branford, and formerly of White Plains, New York, died on May 23 at Connecticut Hospice. She had been diagnosed with cancer earlier this year.

Jessica will be missed by sister Anne Sauer and her husband Bradford Sauer of Virginia Beach, Virginia; sisters Mary Lynch of Wilmington, Delaware, and Frances Lynch of Alexandria, Virginia; brother William Lynch and his family Ingrid Larson and Hannah Lynch of Newton, Massachusetts;, niece Kate Sauer Pumarejo and her family Ricardo Pumarejo, Jonas Pumarejo, and Rosa Pumarejo of Austin, Texas; and niece Emily Sauer Flores and her husband Eddson Flores Morales of San Antonio, Texas.

Services will be private. To remember Jessica, please make a contribution to your favorite charity. To sign her online guestbook, please visit www.wsclancy.com.