Obituary: Brian Ercolani, 51, Lifelong Fairfield Resident

[Editor's note: This obituary was provided by Harding Funeral Home of Westport.]

Brian Thomas Ercolani, 51, of Fairfield, passed away Tuesday, March 26, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford in the company of his family.

Brian was born Dec. 1, 1961 in Bridgeport and has been a lifelong Fairfield resident. He was a self-employed painting contractor. Brian is a graduate of Ludlow High School, and attended Broward Community College. He was an avid animal lover, loved the outdoors and fishing. He also loved the time he spent with his two nephews and two nieces. Brian was a lifelong and avid Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Yankee fan.

Brian is the beloved son of James and Irene (Takacs) Ercolani of Fairfield, Connecticut, and also survived by two brothers, James Ercolani of Fairfield, CT. and Joseph Ercolani of Bridgeport, CT; two sisters, Melissa Hodges and her husband Jerry of Milford, CT. Renee Molnar and her husband Chris of Guilford, CT. two nephews Riley and Mitchell Hodges and two nieces, Emily and Allison Molnar.

The family will receive friends on Monday, April 1 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Spear-Miller Funeral Home, 39 South Benson Road in Fairfield. Friends are also invited to attend the funeral Mass of Christian Burial Tuesday April 2 at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Thomas Aquinas Church, 1719 Post Road in Fairfield. Interment will follow in Lawncroft Cemetery, 1740 Black Rock Turnpike, Fairfield, CT.

Both the Harding Funeral Home of Westport and Spear-Miller Funeral Home are assisting the family with the arrangements.

Contributions in memory of Brian T. Ercolani may be made to the Connecticut Humane Society, 455 Post Road East, Westport, CT 06880 or the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Dr., P.O. Box 5022 Wallingford, CT. 06492.