Muriel P. Ruschmann

Muriel P. Ruschmann, 87, of Storrs, wife of the late William A. Ruschmann, passed away Thursday 2/9/2012 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born on May 2, 1924. She was a switchboard operator at the University of Connecticut for many years. She will always be remembered as a kind and gentle person. Survivors include her brother, Theodore Pigeon of Old Saybrook and her dear friends, Evelyn and Herbert O'Dette of Willimantic. There are no calling hours. Interment in New Willimantic Cemetery will be private. Memorial donations may be made to Connecticut Children's Foundation, 282 Washington St., Hartford, Ct. 06106 or www.connecticutchildrensfoundation.org . Arrangements through Potter Funeral Home, Willimantic. For an online memorial guestbook, please visit www.potterfuneralhome.com .