Local Woman Leaves Bequest for St. Vincent’s Scholarship

Funding will help Radiography – SVC students earn the A.S. in Radiography degree.

Trumbull resident Anne Bartin, who passed away in 2019 at 99 years old, had set aside funds in her will specifically for Sacred Heart University’s St. Vincent’s College students studying nursing and radiology. This bequest was the beginning of the Anne and Chester Bartin Scholarship, which also honors Anne Bartin’s husband, who passed away in 2004.

Maureen Coakley, the Bartins’ niece, oversees her aunt’s estate, as the two were close. Coakley often took her aunt grocery shopping on Sundays, listened to her talk about what book she was reading and her thoughts on the state of the world. Coakley said her aunt was always “youthful” and “outgoing,” even in her 90s

Coakley worked with Sacred Heart to coordinate the donation. She said she was pleased to enact her aunt’s wishes.

Neither Anne nor Chester Bartin were medical professionals—they both retired from Sikorsky—but they had great respect for the health profession. “They were grateful for the work of doctors and nurses and really admired what they did,” Coakley said. “My aunt was touched by the people who made a difference in the medical field.”

Coakley said if her aunt were alive today to meet the scholarship’s recipients, she would be very happy to know they chose to be an essential worker. “There is a need for young, enthusiastic professionals who chose a career because they love taking care of people…I really think she would be thrilled,” Coakley said.

To make a legacy gift to Sacred Heart, contact Kierran Broatch at broatchk@sacredheart.edu.