David M. Hamlin
Feb 10, 2017
David M. Hamlin, 58, of North Windham, died unexpectedly on Friday February 10, 2017. He was the son of George and Eleanor (DeNike) Hamlin. David enjoyed playing the guitar, he also enjoyed air brushing models and motorcycle tanks. In addition to his father George and his wife Rachelle David is survived by a son Jerod Hamlin, three brothers Alton Hamlin,...
John Morgan Clausen
Feb 9, 2017
John Morgan Clausen of Storrs, CT died?peacefully on?February 9, 2017?at the age of?70. He was a man of quirky humor and great generosity. Many knew him to be soft-spoken but full of genuine conviction. John?was born on?December 28, 1946?in?Waterbury, CT, where he attended Sacred Heart High School (class of 1964). He served in the Army as a medic and later...
Eugene Fisher
Feb 9, 2017
Eugene Fisher, 86, of Scotland, CT, passed away on February 9, 2017 at home. He was born in Hartford, CT on October 20, 1930 to Russell and Victorine Fisher. On November 8, 1952, Gene married Elaine Almquist, and the couple resided in Scotland for their entire life together. In Gene?s senior year in high school, he was a member of...
Everett J. Colburn
Feb 9, 2017
Everett J. Colburn, 94, of Windham, formerly of Chaplin, died on Thursday, February 9, 2017. He was born in Coventry, CT, to the late William and Deller Colburn. In 1940 Everett worked at C.C. Corps and then joined the Army in 1944. While serving his country, he was wounded during the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium and was discharged...
Arthur Ceccarelli Jr.
Feb 6, 2017
Arthur Ceccarelli Jr, 88, of Willimantic, husband of the late Julia (Colasanto) Ceccarelli, passed away peacefully February 6, 2017 surrounded by his family. He was born in New London, CT on January 28, 1929 to the late Ettore and Josephine (Menghi) Ceccarelli. He graduated from Buckley High School in 1947. Arthur was a General Contractor with his father and operated...
David H. Light Sr.
Feb 5, 2017
David H. Light, Sr., 91 of Windham, CT, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2017 at Douglas Manor in Windham Center, Connecticut surrounded by his wife, Helen, and his sons, David Light and Mark Light. He was born on January 21, 1926 in Willimantic, Connecticut to David T. Light and Annie Trigger Light. David married Helen Sarnowski on April 22,...
Michael Charles Gerald
Feb 4, 2017
Michael Gerald, 77, of Storrs, Connecticut, died peacefully at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation with his beloved wife, Gloria at his side, on December 4, 2017, of lymphoma. He was born in Manhattan, New York, November 20th, 1939, to the late Tobias and Ruby Gerald. He graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in 1957 and from Fordham University,...
Evelyn R. Chalifoux
Feb 4, 2017
Evelyn Chalifoux, 85, of Haines City FL, formerly of Willimantic, wife of the late Albert Chalifoux, died on Saturday, February 4, 2017, in Winter Haven, FL. She was born in Willimantic, CT, on April 30, 1931 to the late Wilfred and Margaret (Beauregard) Phaneuf. Evelyn moved to Haines City, FL six years ago from Willimantic. Evelyn had a strong Catholic...
James C. Chrisco
Feb 3, 2017
James C. Chriscoe USAR, 75, of Willimantic, CT left this world on Friday February 3,2017 at Windham Hospital after a long battle with cancer.?He was born in Asheboro, NC on January 9,1942. James?was the son of late James C. Chriscoe SR and Mary Helen (Cranford) brother of late William and Danny Chriscoe.?He is?survived by his loving wife Wendy (Wilson) Chrisco....
Clara "Claire" (Brown) Roberts
Feb 2, 2017
Clara ?Claire? B. Roberts, 97, of Clermont, FL, formerly of Willimantic, wife of the late Joseph Lucien Roberts, passed away on February 2, 2017 at Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont, FL. She was born on August 22, 1919 in Wheelock VT, to Adrian and Clara (McDowell) Brown, before moving to Willimantic in 1940. Clara was employed at Brand Rex,...
Daniel Francis Williams
Feb 1, 2017
Daniel F. Williams, 67, of Willimantic passed away unexpectedly at his residence. Born September 28, 1949 in Willimantic, son of the late Walter Sr. and Frances (Midura) Williams. In addition to his parents, Danny is predeceased by two brothers, Everett and William, a sister-in-law, Paula, two nieces, Laurie and Tammy and a nephew, Ben Williams. Danny grew up in Mansfield,...
Alan J. Wojteczko
Feb 1, 2017
Alan J. Wojteczko, 66 of Ashford, CT died unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 1st 2017. He was born July 7th, 1950 in Hartford, CT to the late Bronislaus and Evelyn Wojteczko. He was a Vietnam Veteran. He is survived by his daughter Emily Wojtecko and his son Robert Wojteczko; his grandchildren Dylan, Logan, Gerik, Matthew, Cyerah and RJ; his four step...
Pauline B. Kissman
Feb 1, 2017
Pauline B. Kissman 83 of Willimantic, CT. Passed away peacefully on Feb.1, 2017 at Hartford hospital. She was a former resident of Lebanon, CT. She was born Pauline E. Blodgett to the late George H. Blodgett and Elva A. Stevens of Penacook, NH. Pauline was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, Henry S. Kissman and her sister, Shirley F....
Andrej Cavarkapa
Jan 31, 2017
Andrej Cavarkapa, 30, of Storrs, CT passed away on Tuesday, January 31, 2017. He was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Hercegovina on January 25, 1987, the son of Branko and Aleksandra Cavarkapa. Andrej was four years old when his family moved to the United States. He graduated from Eastern Connecticut State University with BA in Biology and biochemistry and MA...
Eleanor Salan (Goetchuis) Willis
Jan 24, 2017
Eleanor Salan Willis, 84 of Storrs died Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at Hartford Hospital. Born February 1, 1932 in Norwich, CT daughter of the late Roy and Christina Gundersen Goetchuis of Canterbury. Eleanor is preceded in death by her husbands Robert Willis, Sr. Of Eastford, and Chester Salan of Willimantic and youngest daughter Christine Salan Raiola of Willington. Elly, known...
Joseph Cary
Jan 24, 2017
Joseph Cary, 90, of Mansfield Center, CT died on January 24, 2017. The son of Joseph Brackenridge Cary and Margaret Ransom Cary, he was a New Year?s baby, said to be the first born in the United States in 1927. Raised and schooled in Buffalo, he attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts before volunteering in 1944 for naval service (radarman third...
Roger Orrie Gray
Jan 23, 2017
Roger O. Gray, 94, of Windham Center, CT left this world on Monday, January 23, 2017 at his home. Roger was born May 26, 1922 to Roy and Mary Gray in Vermont and lived there until 1962. He was a farmer and a logger, and retired from Rossi Sawmill in Scotland, CT. He then joined his wife in her housecleaning...
Thomas Foster Lindley
Jan 22, 2017
Thomas Foster Lindley, 94, a long-time resident of Storrs, CT peacefully passed away with friends by his side on January 22, 2017. Born in Seminole, Texas March 3, 1922, Foster was the oldest child of Thomas Foster Lindley, Sr. and Irene Franklin Lindley. He graduated from Oklahoma City University in 1939 and left for Boston University in the spring on...
Alexinia Y. Baldwin
Jan 21, 2017
In Memoriam: Professor Emerita Alexinia Young Baldwin ?71 Ph.D. by: Stefanie Dion Jones, January 24, 2017 Longtime scholar, researcher, and international leader made many advances in the field of curriculum development and instructional theory for gifted and early childhood education. Alexinia Young Baldwin, Ph.D., University of Connecticut retired Emeritus Professor of Education, passed away on January 21, 2017, peacefully at...
