Gretchen E. Delaney of Wilton Connecticut, formerly of Purchase, New York, died at the age of 77 on June 12, 2009 in Norwalk Hospital. Mrs. Delaney was the daughter of the late Pearl Brazzell and Matthew Eusterman of Rochester, Minnesota. She grew up in Rochester, Minnesota and was educated in Chicago, where she graduated from Rosary University. She worked at the Mayo Clinic where she met her late husband Dr. Leo Thomas Delaney of Harrison, New York, the past Chief of Surgery of United Hospital of Port Chester, New York. They later moved to Purchase, New York where she was actively involved in the community serving on numerous boards including the Purchase Library where she was President. She was a voracious reader and a published author. Her History of Purchase is registered in the Library of Congress. She loved to travel and spend time with her grand children, Morgan DeMattia, John DeMattia and Catherine Margaret Delaney. She is survived by her two children, Gretchen Delaney DeMattia of Wilton, Connecticut and Matthew Hayden Delaney of Milford, Massachusetts. A private funeral service is scheduled for June 20, at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, New York. Click for Map and Directions All Servies are Private