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Alan “Al” Pierce Farrington, 63, of Columbia, CT, died peacefully on Saturday, August 10, 2019. He was born September 10, 1955 in Lansdale, PA to Lula (Hayman) Farrington and the late Albert S. Farrington.  Alan served 9 years with the United States Navy as a Machinist Mate, First Class, serving on carrier ships including the USS Lexington CV-16 and USS Dwight D. Eisenhower CVN-69. His career included 41 years in the nuclear field as an Assistant Outage Manager, Joint...

Judith Fletcher Grzych, formerly of Dudley, MA and Columbia, CT, died on August 9, 2019 at the age of 87. She was born in Worcester, MA, daughter of Clarence and Inez (Forbes) Fletcher.  She is preceded in death by her beloved husband of 66 years, Felix Grzych. She earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in education from Eastern Connecticut State College while raising their five children.  She taught kindergarten and third grade in Colchester and after retiring, she and...

Jean (Foy) Frankiewicz, 88, of Eastford, CT, passed away August 9, 2019 at Evergreen Health Care and Rehab. in Stafford Springs.  She was born July 2, 1931 in Willimantic to the late Raymond and Margret (Ellis) Foy.  Jean was employed by Western Union, American Thread in “Technology Testing’, and the Town of Windham as a bookkeeper for “CETA”, and retiring from Travelers Insurance “Corporate Accounts”.  Jean was into Genealogy and was an...

Anne T. (Olenick) Whitmore, 95, of Mahtomedi, MN (formerly Windham, CT) died peacefully on Thursday, August 8, 2019 surrounded by family. She was born September 12, 1923 in Lebanon, CT, the daughter of Mike Olenick and Anna Kraut Olenick of Lebanon, Connecticut. She was married to her loving husband Real B. Whitmore for 61 years. Real predeceased her on September 11, 2006. As a young woman Anne worked at the American Thread Co. where she met her future husband, Real. She was...

Mary-Ida (Hanson) Olson, 91, passed away on August 7, 2019.  She was born on November 12, 1927, in Middletown, CT, to Gustav Brynolf Hanson and Winifred Lucile (Benson) Hanson.  She grew up in Connecticut and New Jersey.  She graduated from Crosby High School in Waterbury and spent some of the happiest years of her life at LaSalle College in Newton, Massachusetts, graduating with an associate degree.  After returning home to Cheshire, CT to nurse her mother through her...

   Vilma F. Blish, 91, of Windham, passed on to her Lord, Sunday, August 4, 2019, at St. Joseph’s Living Center. She had resided there for the past four years. She was born in Eagleville, CT on May 2, 1928, the daughter of the late George and Frances(Hart) Dore.  A wonderfully loving mother and grandmother, Vilma was pre-deceased by husband Charles J. Blish who passed in 2018, first husband Mitchell E. Jarzabek who passed in 1971, brother Ernest Dore, sister Lorraine...

Ruth Elaine Fisher (Almquist), 87, of Scotland, CT, passed away peacefully at Villa Maria Nursing Home on Aug. 2, 2019 after a long illness. She was born on December 5, 1931 to the late Rudolph and Georgianna (Bourque) Almquist. She grew up in North Grosvenordale, CT and graduated from Tourtellotte Memorial High School. On November 8, 1952 Elaine married Eugene Fisher and moved to the small town of Scotland, CT where she resided until her last years.  Elaine was a clerk for the United...

Robert Allen Chaffee "Rob", 56, died unexpectedly on August 1, 2019, from natural causes. He was the son of Barbara Leclerc and the late Robert P. Chaffee. He is survived by his mother and step-father Bevan Crighton of Oakdale, CT; his sister Deborah Chaffee Brown and niece Hannah of Deep River, CT, and his brother Michael of Storrs, CT. In spite of the fact he suffered from many health issues for most of his adult life, he was a very loving, caring, and thoughtful son and brother....

Eleanor Sala Tambornini, 92, formerly of Willimantic, passed peacefully on July 31, 2019 at Apple Rehab Colchester, where she resided. She was the daughter of Carl and Mary Sala. Ellie graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy and St. Joseph University, where she grew up in West Hartford. She lived in Columbia and Willimantic and taught school for many years in Coventry, Columbia, and Andover. After the death of her husband, Pete, in 1971, she took over and ran the family liquor business in...