Emilija Sulcs

EMILIJA SULCS, 94, OF WILLIMANTIC PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, (NOVEMBER 10, 2009) AT DOUGLAS MANOR IN WINDHAM, CT. SHE WAS BORN ON MARCH 1, 1915 IN THE COUNTY OF VECSVIRLAUKA, LATVIA, THE DAUGHTER OF EDUARDS AND LIBA (VIBULIS) VILKAS. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND TEODORS SULCS. TOGETHER THEY HAD RAISED THREE CHILDREN. AFTER THE WW2 CONFLICT, THE FAMILY IMMIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AND SETTLED IN WILLIMANTIC. FOR OVER 26 YEARS, SHE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE ELECTRO MOTIVE MFG. CO. SHE WAS A LOVING MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND IS SURVIVED BY SON JANIS (JOHN) SULCS, DAUGHTER LILIJA PAEGLE AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER DAUGHTER LAIMA BIVINS. EMILIJA WAS A DEVOTED MEMBER OF THE LATVIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WILLIMANTIC AND A LONG-STANDING MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN LATVIAN ASSOCIATION. THE FAMILY ALSO WISHES TO EXTEND THEIR GRATITUDE TO ALL THE CARETAKERS AND STAFF OF DOUGLAS MANOR WHERE EMILIJA SPENT THE LAST THREE YEARS OF HER LIFE IN COMFORT AND PEACE. THE FAMILY WILL RECEIVE FRIENDS ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009 FROM 10:00 AM TO 11:00 AM AT THE LATVIAN LUTHERAN CHURCH, 76 WINDHAM ROAD, WILLIMANTIC, CT. FUNERAL SERVICE WILL BEGIN AT 11:00 AM FOLLOWED WITH THE BURIAL IN THE NEW WILLIMANTIC CEMETERY. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS, MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE LATVIAN EV.LUTHERAN CHURCH OF WILLIMANTIC. ARRANGEMENTS THROUGH POTTER FUNERAL HOME, WILLIMANTIC. FOR ONLINE MEMORIAL GUESTBOOK, PLEASE VISIT WWW.POTTERFUNERALHOME.COM .