Rebecca Jean McConnell

      BRIGHTON - Rebecca Jean McConnell, 52, of Brighton, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at her home, following a lengthy illness.

      Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 1, at Gould Funeral Home in Brighton, with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating. Burial will be at a later date. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 31, at the funeral home. Memorials may be directed to the Lupus Foundation of America, the Alzheimer's Association or the Multiple Sclerosis Foundation.

      Ms. McConnell was born on May 23, 1952, in West Field, N.Y., to Richard and M. Jeanette (Franklin) McConnell. She married Emery Masiker. They later divorced. In 1987, she married Gordon Seaba in Brighton.