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...
Raymond P. Gray
Jan 21, 2017
Raymond P. Gray, 94, a longtime resident of Columbia, passed away on Saturday, January 21, 2017, just a couple days shy of his 95th birthday. He is survived by his wife of many, many years, Hazel; a son, Bill, daughter in law, Valerie, and his grandchildren, Olivia and Noah, all of Atlanta, GA.; a brother Henry, and his wife Chris...
Betty (Thompson) Thomas
Jan 21, 2017
Betty Thomas, 87, of Storrs, CT, passed away Saturday, January 21, 2017 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was the daughter of Harley and Edith (Lilley) Thompson of Peru, Iowa. Betty had a long and active life filled with family, friends, and laughter. She enjoyed fishing and raising sheep on the family farm in Redfield, Iowa. She...
Douglas R. Fagan
Jan 20, 2017
Douglas R. Fagan, 55, of Windham, CT passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 20, 2017. Doug was born October 15, 1961 in Hartford, CT, the son of David and Sonya Fagan. Douglas graduated from Windham technical school as a machinist, and was employed at United Nuclear Plant for many years as well as Mal Tool Company. After a serious accident...
Ginger L. (Harlow) Bombria
Jan 20, 2017
Ginger L. Bombria, 51, of Ashford, CT died unexpectedly at Manchester Hospital on Friday, January 20, 2017. She was born on April 27, 1965 to Patricia and the late Ernest Harlow. Ginger is survived by her husband Ernest Bombria of Ashford, her daughter Nicole Ouellette, her mother, and two brothers Steven Faucher & Robert Harlow. Ginger will be greatly missed...
Helen G. Hauschild
Jan 20, 2017
Helen G. Hauschild (Gasper) 88 of Mansfield Center, passed away from this life, Friday January 20, 2017 at the Brookdale Buckingham Alzheimer Assisted Living Facility, Glastonbury, CT surrounded by her husband of 67 years, Edmund, her daughter, Cynthia Kuzmickas, son in law, Peter and granddaughter, Adriene Kuzmickas. Helen was born and raised in Andover, CT with seven brothers and sisters...
Kathleen Virginia (Dore) Tangari Mcnee
Jan 20, 2017
Kathleen V. Dore Tangari McNee, 70, of Windham, CT formerly of Eagleville, CT passed peacefully at Woodlake in Tolland, CT on January 20, 2017 with her family by her side, after a brief battle with cancer. Kathy graduated from E.O. Smith High School in 1964 via a school to home intercom due to a serious car accident. It was the...
Hazel Nancy (Beebe) Thompson
Jan 19, 2017
Hazel Nancy Thompson, 92, of Green Hill Beach, RI, formerly of Storrs, CT, died Thursday, January 19, 2017. She was the daughter of Elliott Beebe and Annette (St. Germain) Beebe. She was the devoted wife of Royal Thompson for 68 years who predeceased her in 2013. Hazel was born in Willimantic CT, and spent the last 40 years in Green...
Leslie Myles Standish
Jan 18, 2017
Leslie Myles Standish, age 75, passed from this life Wednesday, January 18, 2017 at his home surrounded by loved ones. He was a lifelong resident of Andover Connecticut and a direct descendant of the pilgrim Myles Standish. Myles was a loving and dedicated husband, father and grandfather. He attended the University of Connecticut on the ROTC program. He worked at...
Heather Lee Zizka
Jan 13, 2017
Heather Lee Zizka, of Hampton, CT passed away unexpectedly on Friday, January 13, 2017 at the age of 40. She leaves behind her daughter, Taylor Marie Bergin, and her son, Jayden Hemingway, her brother and his wife, Eric and Jamie Zizka, her mother and father, Jeffrey and Barbara Zizka, along with many loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends. She?s in...
Bruce A. Shirshac
Jan 12, 2017
Bruce A. Shirshac, 72, of Lebanon, CT beloved husband of Marilyn (Benoit) Shirshac, passed away on Thursday, January 12, 2017 at Hartford Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. Born January 5, 1945 to the late Henry and Theresa (Lussier) Shirshac of Coventry, CT, he graduated from Windham High School in 1962 and served in the U.S. Army from 1963-1966....
