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Eleanor "Ellie" Quick
Oct 5, 2016
Eleanor (Ellie) M. Quick, of Willimantic, CT passed away peacefully on October 5, 2016 in the comfort of her home with her beloved husband Charles Quick of 53 years along with her family by her side. She was born November 12, 1943. Eleanor was known as being the best wife, mother, grandmother and sister. Eleanor is survived by her husband...
Felix J. Winters
Oct 5, 2016
Felix Joseph Winters, 88, of Hampton, CT died on October 5, 2016. Born in Jewett City on May 30, 1928, the son of Gertrude and Joseph Wojtczuk, Felix was the middle of nine children, and remained ?the glue? of his family throughout the rest of his life. His siblings were his best friends. Graduating from Eastern Connecticut State University in...
Robert Bruce Foster
Oct 5, 2016
Robert Bruce Foster, 84, passed away peacefully after a long illness on October 5, 2016 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, where he was surrounded by loving family in his last days. He was the son of the late Charles and Ruth Foster of Lebanon, New Hampshire where he was born and raised. He leaves his wife of...
Joan Marie (Cadwell) Pestey
Oct 3, 2016
Joan Marie (Cadwell) Pestey of Franklin, CT beloved wife of James Robert Pestey, passed away on October 3, 2016 at Apple Rehabilitation Center in Colchester, CT. Joan was born in West Haven, CT on February 1, 1941 and was the daughter of the late Orrin and Carmelita (Flaherty) Cadwell. Joan graduated from West Haven High School Class of 1958. She...
Bruce A. Barlow
Oct 3, 2016
Bruce A. Barlow, 58, of Willimantic, CT, passed away October 3, 2016 of diabetic complications. He was born on December 7, 1957 in Hartford, CT where he was raised until he finished his schooling. He then settled in Windham where he raised his family. When not working, Bruce enjoyed bowling, golfing, playing horseshoes and watching his two favorite teams, the...
Rose Marie Yuschalk
Oct 1, 2016
Rose M. Yuschalk, 96, of Storrs, CT, wife of the late John Yuschalk, joined her husband in heaven on October 1, 2016. She was born on June 1, 1920 to the late Vincenzo?and Maria (Marchegiano) DiNenno. Rose was a lifelong resident of Storrs, CT and a faithful member of St. Thomas Aquinas Parrish. She was a devoted house wife who...
William "Bill" Ernest Law
Sep 25, 2016
William ?Bill? Ernest Law, 57, of Bolton, Connecticut, passed away on September 25, 2016. He was born on December 30, 1958 in Providence, Rhode Island to Ernest William and Gertrude (Gradie) Law. He married Karen Miller on December 18, 1982. Bill was a devoted father, who loved and cared for his two sons immensely. He was a dedicated musician who...
John F. Phelps
Sep 24, 2016
Mr. John Fitzgerald Phelps, a life-long resident of Andover, Connecticut passed away peacefully September 24, 2016 after a period of declining health. John was born to his parents, Lewis and Helen Phelps, January 31, 1919 in Andover. He attended Windham High School and earned a business degree from Morse College in Manchester, Connecticut. He married his high school sweetheart, Ruth...
Carlos J. Yantin
Sep 23, 2016
Carlos Yantin, 20, of Willimantic, passed away Friday September 23, 2016 due to injuries sustained from a automobile accident. He was born in Willimantic, the son of Oneida Rivera and Carlos Yantin. He enjoyed his free time going to car shows with friends and spending time with his family. He graduated from Path Academy just this year and he could...
Peter G. Chowanec
Sep 22, 2016
Peter G. Chowanec, 86, of Columbia, husband of Sonja (Bashko) Chowanec, died Thursday September 22, 2016 at Harrington Court, Colchester. He was born in Columbia, CT, the son of the late George and Mary (Madjik) Chowanec. Peter acquired his family?s Dairy Farm 1949. He quit going to school, because of his father?s illness, to run the farm and provide for...
Herndon Wilkerson Raine Jr.
Sep 22, 2016
Herndon Wilkerson Raine, Jr., affectionately known to his family as ?Bubba?, passed away on September 22, 2016 at Rockville Hospital surrounded by family. He was born July 30, 1948 in Mobile, Alabama to Josephine and Herndon Raine Sr. (now deceased). Herndon was known to keep his family and friends smiling and laughing with his quick wit and jokes. For over...
Michael D. Goodale
Sep 20, 2016
Michael Goodale passed away September 20, 2016. Michael was born November 20, 1992 in Rockville, CT. He spent many years in Florida before returning to Storrs, CT where he attended and graduated E.O.Smith in 2011.Michael had a great love for animals and a passion for cooking and music. Survived by his mother, Terri Jo Myers, husband Danny, father Willis Goodale...
Ruth H. Landeck
Sep 20, 2016
Ruth Aetna (Hall) Landeck 84, of Chaplin, CT, wife of 59 years of the late Raymond E. Landeck, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on September 20, 2016, after a brief illness. She was born October 10, 1931 in Mansfield Hollow, CT., the daughter of the late Frank O. and Alice (White) Hall. She graduated in 1949 from Windham High...
Elizabeth (Hatem) King
Sep 18, 2016
Elizabeth Hatem-King, 64, passed away on September 18, 2016, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on August 4, 1952, daughter of the late Alma (Shakir) and Edward Hatem, in Lawrence, MA. She grew up in East Hartford, Connecticut and graduated from Penney High School in 1969. Elizabeth was a graduate of Eastern...
Frank J. Rivers
Sep 16, 2016
Frank J. Rivers, 87, Windham, CT passed away September 16, 2016. Frank was born in East Hill, Vermont, son of the late Frank & Emoroy (Baker) Rivers. Frank was one of 17 children and leaves behind 2 sisters: Ruth Belanger of Montpelier, VT and Pauline Latulippe of Tucson, AZ, and one special Sister-In-Law Joan Rivers. Frank worked on many Dairy...
Kathleen A. (Lada) Haddock
Sep 14, 2016
Kathleen Haddock, 66, of Willimantic, CT, wife of the late James Haddock, passed away peacefully on Wednesday September 14, 2016. She was born in Willimantic, CT daughter of Amy Lada (Sypher) and the late Stanley Lada of Willimantic, CT. Kathleen leaves her son Heath Haddock, a granddaughter Kacey Haddock of Mansfield, CT; brother Casey Lada and his wife Brenda, of...
Robert (Sam) Armstrong
Sep 14, 2016
Robert Armstrong (Sam), 62, retired from the UCONN police department and resident of Coventry, CT and Hutchinson Island, FL, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at his home. Sam is survived by his loving wife, Kathleen Armstrong of Coventry, CT and Hutchinson Island, FL; his children, Kristin (Bill) Toon and Michael (Jodi) Armstrong; Stephanie (Dave Bessette) Hawthorne; Ryan (Pat)...
Irene C. Ricard
Sep 13, 2016
Irene C. Ricard, age 79, of Windham, CT joined the other beautiful angels on September 13, 2016. Her final days were surrounded by her loving family, and her beautiful new friends and caregivers from Harrington Court, in Colchester, CT where she had lived for nearly a year. She was born in St. Quentin, New Brunswick, Canada to parents Rene Cyr...
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