Lottie (Schlegel) Haller
Oct 23, 2016
Lottie Haller died peacefully in her home on Sunday, 23 October 2016. She was 85 years old. She leaves two sons, Paul and Geoffrey Haller. She was born on 1 February 1931. Lottie spent the first third of her life in New York City. She spent her childhood in Brooklyn. She attended Lafayette High School and Brooklyn College. She became...
Beatrice Belle Spencer
Oct 20, 2016
Beatrice ?Belle? Spencer, 93, of Chaplin, wife of the late Leroy D. Spencer died Thursday October 20, 2016 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born October 18, 1923 the daughter of the late Arthur and Beatrice (Hocking) Clark. Belle was an active member of the Chaplin Congregational Church, she enjoyed singing in the choir, playing the piano...
Matilda K. (Kamarauskas) Kramer
Oct 20, 2016
?Matilda (Millie) K. Kramer (n?e Kamarauskus) died peacefully in Storrs, CT on October 20, 2016 at the age of 97. Matilda was born on November 30, 1918 in Tarrifville, CT. The family moved to Granby CT where her father had a vegetable and dairy farm. She graduated from Simsbury High School in 1935. Shortly after graduation she started working as...
Dorothy Mabel (Dixon) Chesmer
Oct 18, 2016
Dorothy M. Chesmer (nee Dixon) passed away peacefully one month before her 95th birthday at her home in Lebanon, CT in the early hours of October 18, 2016 with her husband of 74 years, Alec David Chesmer, at her side. Dorothy was born November 18, 1921 to Lillian and James Dixon, in London, England. During World War II, Dorothy lived...
Robert Hollis Jackman
Oct 18, 2016
Robert Hollis Jackman, 92, of Storrs, husband of Jane (Mealy) Jackman, died October 18, 2016 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born October 30, 1923, the son of the late George and Cordelia (Dagenais) Jackman, at home on Hazelcroft Farm in Hopkinton, MA. A graduate of Peters High School in Southboro, MA, he was active in sports,...
Wayne B. Doubleday
Oct 16, 2016
Wayne B. Doubleday, born August 3, 1934 Passed away at the age of 82 at Windham Hospital on Sunday, October 16, 2016. He was a lifelong resident of Windham, lifelong member of the Windham Fish and game club; coach of the WYO. He was a full time employee at Brand Rex for 36 yrs. Wayne was pre-diseased by his son...
Arthur L. Proulx
Oct 14, 2016
Coventry ? Arthur Proulx, 98, of Coventry, loving husband to the late Theresa Proulx, passed away Friday, October 14, 2016 At Crestfield. He was born December 1, 1917 in Willimantic. Arthur was a life member of the VFW and Knights of Columbus. He is survived by his children, Sharon and Joseph Barros Sr., Mary and Kenneth Russell, Earl Proulx, and...
Richard Allen (Brownie) Brown
Oct 13, 2016
Richard Allen Brown ?Brownie? passed away at his home in Storrs, CT on Thursday October 13, 2016 at the age of 89. Richard is pre- deceased by his parents, Benjamin and Marion Brown, stepmother Marion, his brother, Robert Brown of Bozeman, Montana, wife Delores Brown, and loving fianc?e of 27 years, Nancy Goodrich of Chaplin, CT. He was a life...
Marie (Malige) Hild
Oct 13, 2016
Marie Malige Hild, 93, died October 13, 2016. She was the daughter of Daisy Platt Malige and Marcel E. Malige, born in Nantes, France, October 27, 1922 and raised abroad as her father worked in the U.S. Consular Service. She attended Swarthmore College before leaving to marry Charles Joseph Hild (deceased 1999). Marie worked in the family office of Hild...
William Joseph Waitkevicz, Iii
Oct 13, 2016
William Joseph Waitkevicz III, 66, of Bloomfield, CT died peacefully on October 13, 2016 at Wintonbury Care Center in Bloomfield. William was born on April 17, 1950 at New Britain General Hospital in New Britain, CT to parents William II and Helen Waitkevicz. He moved to Willimantic, CT as an infant and lived there almost all of his life, until...
Ruth Wilding-Mclaughlin
Oct 12, 2016
Ruth Wilding-McLaughlin, 88, who moved to North America in 1954 on a whim and ended up living in Canada and the U.S. for the next 62 years, including 48 of those years in Storrs, died October 12, 2016 in San Diego, California. Mrs. Wilding-McLaughlin was born in Birmingham, England on November 23, 1927, one of seven children. She attended the...
Leo E. Chamberland
Oct 11, 2016
Leo E. Chamberland, 83, of Windham, husband of Rosemarie (Brousseau) Chamberland, died Tuesday October 11, 2016 at Douglas Manor. He was born in Hartford, CT, the son of the late Ernest and Eva (Lavoie) Chamberland. Leo loved fishing and hunting. He also enjoyed gardening. In addition to his wife, Leo is survived by a brother Donald Chamberland; two sisters Terri...
Leo O. Lacasse
Oct 9, 2016
The LaCasse family observed the peaceful passing of Leo Omar LaCasse on October 9, 2016. Leo was born on August 22, 1923, the third child of Phillip and Anna LaCasse. Leo was a lifelong resident of Willimantic, CT. and a communicant of St. Joseph's Catholic Church. He served his country in the Army Signal Corp, having been deployed twice to...
Margaret M. (Warhall) Curtis
Oct 9, 2016
Margaret M. (Warhall) Curtis, 82, of Bolton, CT, passed away at home October 9, 2016, surrounded by her family. Born in Fall River, MA, she was the daughter of the late Walter and Mary (Burke) Warhall, both of Fall River, MA. She was preceded in death by her wonderful husband of 48 years, the late James F. Curtis of Windham...
Emma K. Pilecki
Oct 9, 2016
Emma K. Pilecki, 87, of North Franklin, CT, passed away peacefully in her home Sunday, October 9, 2016. She was born in North Franklin, CT to the late Olin and Elsie Maine Wilson. Emma worked for Electromotive in Willimantic for 20 years as well as the Norwich State Hospital for 25 years. She was involved in many things, Red Hat...
Virginia (Landon) Arnold
Oct 9, 2016
Virginia (Landon) Arnold, 88, of Windham Center, passed away peacefully on October 9, 2016. Virginia was predeceased by her beloved husband Mason Arnold. She was born on September 13, 1928 in Willimantic, to Floyd and Marion (Burdick) Landon of Chaplin. Virginia was a resident of Windham Center for fifty eight years. She was a member of Chaplin Congregational Church and...
Earl Palmer
Oct 8, 2016
Earl Palmer, 85, of Lebanon, CT, peacefully slipped from this life in his sleep, October 8, 2016. He was born in Manchester, CT, June 2, 1931, the son of Clarence and Lois Palmer, of Andover, CT. Raised in Andover, Earl graduated from Windham High School before joining the Army National Guard, and was a veteran of the Korean War Era....
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...
