1947
Frederica
2022
Frederica "Fritzi" A. Batchelor
February 1, 1947 — January 19, 2022
Frederica "Fritzi" Batchelor Obituary
Frederica 'Fritzi' Anne Batchelor, 74, of Mansfield Center, CT, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2022, having battled a number of illnesses over the preceding months. The daughter of the late Joseph Batchelor and Fredericka Haas Batchelor, Fritzi was born on February 1, 1947, in Syracuse, NY. She grew up in Fairfield, CT, attending Roger Ludlowe High School, and received further education at Elmira College, Cornell University, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. A long-time employee of the University of Connecticut, upon her retirement in 2002, the Level B laboratory was renamed the “Fritzi Batchelor Microcomputer Lab” in recognition of her years of service.
After retiring Fritzi devoted her time and relentless energy to pursuits such as ancestral research, her beloved Renaissance fairs, costuming, theater, spending time in Nova Scotia with people she considered as second family, and putting sparkles on anything that didn't move, and a few things that did. A wonderfully unique, if maddeningly stubborn woman, Fritzi was a self-described "Renaissance Woman", devoted to her friends, her Old English Sheepdog rescue, and her exotic birds, perhaps not necessarily in that order. She was also an avid PC adventure-gamer, even naming one her birds after the pirate LeChuck, from the Monkey Island games.
Active in the many communities that reflected her interests, Fritzi will be sorely missed by those fortunate to have known her, but they take some solace in the realization that she now knows the secrets of Oak Island, (and is no doubt chuckling at those who do not), and that she is reunited with her longtime companion John Rose, her "heart dog", Zen, and many more feathered and furry pets. In addition to friends too numerous to mention, Fritzi is survived by several cousins, her stepsister, Martha Gardner of Sommerville, MA, her stepbrother, John Shaughnessy, of Missoula, MT, and their families.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson Street, Willimantic CT. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date in Storrs CT, and a memorial service in Ingomar, Nova Scotia. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to University of Connecticut Foundation-Fritzi Batchelor Technology Fund, 2390 Alumni Drive Unit 3206, Storrs, CT, 06269, New England Old English Sheepdog Rescue, Inc., 49 Stonehenge Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, or Rhode Island Parrot Rescue, 2141 West Shore Road, Warwick, RI, 02889.
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Frederica 'Fritzi' Anne Batchelor, 74, of Mansfield Center, CT, passed away peacefully on January 19, 2022, having battled a number of illnesses over the preceding months. The daughter of the late Joseph Batchelor and Fredericka Haas Batchelor, Fritzi was born on February 1, 1947, in Syracuse, NY. She grew up in Fairfield, CT, attending Roger Ludlowe High School, and received further education at Elmira College, Cornell University, and the University of California at Santa Barbara. A long-time employee of the University of Connecticut, upon her retirement in 2002, the Level B laboratory was renamed the “Fritzi Batchelor Microcomputer Lab” in recognition of her years of service.
After retiring Fritzi devoted her time and relentless energy to pursuits such as ancestral research, her beloved Renaissance fairs, costuming, theater, spending time in Nova Scotia with people she considered as second family, and putting sparkles on anything that didn't move, and a few things that did. A wonderfully unique, if maddeningly stubborn woman, Fritzi was a self-described "Renaissance Woman", devoted to her friends, her Old English Sheepdog rescue, and her exotic birds, perhaps not necessarily in that order. She was also an avid PC adventure-gamer, even naming one her birds after the pirate LeChuck, from the Monkey Island games.
Active in the many communities that reflected her interests, Fritzi will be sorely missed by those fortunate to have known her, but they take some solace in the realization that she now knows the secrets of Oak Island, (and is no doubt chuckling at those who do not), and that she is reunited with her longtime companion John Rose, her "heart dog", Zen, and many more feathered and furry pets. In addition to friends too numerous to mention, Fritzi is survived by several cousins, her stepsister, Martha Gardner of Sommerville, MA, her stepbrother, John Shaughnessy, of Missoula, MT, and their families.
Calling hours will be held on Thursday, February 10th, 2022 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson Street, Willimantic CT. A Celebration of Life will be held at a later date in Storrs CT, and a memorial service in Ingomar, Nova Scotia. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to University of Connecticut Foundation-Fritzi Batchelor Technology Fund, 2390 Alumni Drive Unit 3206, Storrs, CT, 06269, New England Old English Sheepdog Rescue, Inc., 49 Stonehenge Road, Lincoln, MA, 01773, or Rhode Island Parrot Rescue, 2141 West Shore Road, Warwick, RI, 02889.
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