HUGHES, Joseph P. Joseph P. Hughes, 82, of Manchester, beloved husband for over 50 years of Margaret (Lyons) Hughes, died Friday, (July 30, 2010) at Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was born in County Cork, Ireland before immigrating to the U.S. in 1964. Joe was Manager of the First and Last Tavern, Hartford for over 20 years. He was a communicant of St. Rose Church, and a former member of the Irish American Home Society. He worked at Westchester Country Club in New York for 20 years and also for the former Hotel America. He worked in London and France with the Railroad, serving in the dining cars. Besides his wife Peggy, he is survived by a son Thomas D. Hughes of Bloomfield, his daughter, Marie B. Hughes and her life partner Brian McDonnell of Marlborough, a brother Leo Hughes of Macroom, Co. Cork, Ireland, a sister, Rosaleen Hughes of Belfast, Ireland, two grandchildren, Kalil Lane of Marlborough and Malik Lane of Hartford. The funeral will be Wednesday, August 4, 2010, 9 a.m. from the Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke. Wethersfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial, 10 a.m. in St. Rose Church, 33 Church St. East Hartford. Burial will follow. Friends may call Tuesday, 5-8 p.m. at Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home. Contributions in his memory may be made to: HARC, 900 Asylum Ave. Hartford, CT 06105-1985. To share a memory with the family, please visit, www.dillonbaxter.com.