Paul Gore
Jun 12, 2013
Paul Gore, 82, of Mansfield, died Wednesday, June 12, 2013 in Willimantic. He was born November 18, 1930 in Raleigh, WV, the son of James and Maryland (Cox) Gore. Paul worked in Food Services at the University of Connecticut and loved to cook. He lived recently at Juniper Hill in Mansfield and had many friends in the community. He is...
Paul Louis Marchand
Jun 12, 2013
Paul Louis Marchand, 70, of South Windham was taken from us too soon on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 after fighting a lengthy illness. Paul was born on October 4, 1942 to the late Omer and Antoinette (Daigle) Marchand in Willimantic. He retired in 2004 from SNET after 38 years of service. Paul served his country in the U.S. Navy and...
Ray W. Blair
Jun 11, 2013
Ray W. Blair, 80, of North Windham, passed away Tuesday, June 11, 2013 in Windham. He leaves his beloved wife of 57 years, Kathleen, his daughter Janet, his sons Barry and his wife Bobbi and Ethan. He also leaves six precious and lovable grandchildren, two sisters, Rachel and Aldina, a brother Joseph as well as several nieces and nephews. He...
Dorothy Kissman
Jun 11, 2013
Dorothy Plitt Kissman, age 90, passed away at Legacy Assisted Living Center in Jackson, MI on June 11, 2013 under the loving care of the Legacy staff, her family and SouthernCare Hospice. Dorothy was born in Manchester, CT on July 19, 1922 to Florence and Emil Plitt. She graduated from Manchester High School and later married her beloved husband Ernest...
Alice L. Reynolds
Jun 10, 2013
Alice L. Reynolds, 70, of Mansfield passed away at Whindham hospital on Monday June 10th. She was born on May 14th, 1943 in Norwich to the late Joseph and Jean Rondeau. She leaves her loving husband James Reynolds and three children, Melanie Mueller, Ronald Ryan, and Amy Brewer, four sisters, Claire Wilson, Jeanne Manfredi, Rita Ann Baker and Lucille Patterson,...
Frederic P. Mackenzie
Jun 9, 2013
Frederic P. MacKenzie, age 83, died early Sunday morning, June 9, 2013 at Regency Heights Healthcare Center, Willimantic, CT after a long illness. He was born in Pittsburgh, PA on April 30, 1930 the son of Fred M. MacKenzie and Sarah C. (Olson) MacKenzie, who before their deaths resided in Willimantic as well. From 1934 to 1942, he lived in...
Roger Bromley Miner Jr
Jun 8, 2013
Roger Bromley Miner Jr. of Mansfield, passed away on Saturday June 8, 2013 at the age of 77. He was born on November 14, 1935 in Willimantic, the son of the late Roger Bromley Miner Sr. and June Wheeler. He is survived by his wife Theresa (Bonin) Miner, two daughters, Joanne Potter and her husband Ray and Jennifer Thompson and...
Virgie Dupre
Jun 7, 2013
Virgie A. Dupre, of Hampton, formerly of Storrs, one month shy of 81 years old, has gone on to walk on streets paved of gold with her Savior Jesus Christ. She fought a valiant fight with COPD. She loved her family more than anything. She loved purely, deeply, completely and sincerely. All who knew her loved her bright spirit, sense...
Ralph John Trainor
Jun 3, 2013
Ralph J. Trainor, 70, of Columbia, husband of Mary Rose (Fitzpatrick) Trainor, died Monday, June 3, 2013 at Hartford Hospital. He was born December 8, 1942 in Willimantic, the son of Raymond and Eugenia (Curol) Trainor and had lived in Columbia for the past 46 years. Prior to his retirement in 1993 he had been employed at Pratt & Whitney...
Carol Delehanty
May 30, 2013
Carol (McMyne) Delehanty, 75, of North Windham, died peacefully on May 30, 2013 at Windham Hospital. Carol was born December 26, 1937, in Troy, New York, the daughter of Leonard McMyne and Marion A. McMyne. Carol was predeceased by her loving husband Leonard Delehanty and her sister Glenna Dupuis. She is survived by her brother, Donald McMyne of Santa Ana,...
Alyce Douda
May 28, 2013
Alyce A. Douda 97, of Storrs, CT widow of Joseph A. Douda died peacefully on Tuesday May 28, 2013. She was born in Willington, CT daughter of the late Vincent C. and Antonie (Kodon) Adamec. After the death of her mother when Alyce was 14 years old, she remained on the family farm keeping the house for her father and...
Marya F. Grossman
May 25, 2013
Marya Grossman, 98, of Mansfield, CT, formerly of Trumbull, CT, passed away on Saturday (May 25, 2013) at St. Joseph Living Center. Marya was born March 30, 1915 in Jersey City, N.J to the late Stanley and Marya (Pankowska) Fryczynski. She studied violin at Eastman School of Music and Pre Med at the University of Rochester. After graduating from the...
Estelle S. Schiller
May 25, 2013
Estelle S. Schiller, beloved wife of C. Lawrence Schiller for more than 65 years, passed on May 25,2013 after a long battle with cancer. She was born May 4, 1928 to Israel and Sarah Saltzman. She was raised in New York City and after her marriage to Larry they located in Willimantic where she resided until her death. She had...
Walter Addison Lowell
May 23, 2013
Walter Addison Lowell passed away Thursday, May 23, 2013, at 85 years of age. He leaves behind his loving wife of 61 years, Elizabeth Chalmers Lowell, daughter Cynthia Lowell Gay of Key West, FL , his son Walter Duston Lowell II, and his wife Susan of Chapel Hill, NC, daughter Betsy Lowell Deloof and her husband Jon Kleinberg of Manchester,...
Raymond Doubleday
May 22, 2013
Raymond Doubleday of Taylor Bridge Road Lebanon died May 22nd. He was born July 29, 1923 in Colchester, the son of Burdette and Emma (Baumberger) Doubleday. A member of the Greatest Generation, he was part of the D-Day invasion, paratrooping into France as a member of the First Division (the Big Red ONE). Unfortunately, he was captured a few days...
Josephine A. Deuel
May 21, 2013
Josephine A. (Idzkowski) Deuel, 91, of Eastford, CT passed away on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 in Putnam. Josephine was the daughter of Michael and Josephine Idzkowski, and was born and brought up in Franklin, CT. Josephine was married 70 years to the late Charles W. Deuel who passed in May, 2010. For many years before retiring they resided in South...
Vaike S. Lugus
May 20, 2013
Vaike S. Lugus, 88, a resident of Lebanon, CT for over 50 years, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 20, 2013. Vaike was born July 21, 1924 near Tallinn, Estonia to Johan and Aleksandra (Kauflich-Keevallik) Sarv. She attended schools in Tallinn until she fled her homeland in 1944 to Germany. She married Hans Lugus in June 1947 in Geislingen (Steige),...
Albert Babcock Gray
May 20, 2013
Albert B. Gray, 89, of Columbia, husband of Arlene (Martin) Gray, died Monday May 20, 2013. He was born in 1923 in Plainfield, CT the son of the late Frank and Myrtie (Griffiths) Gray. A 1941 graduate of Plainfield High School, he served in the U.S. Navy (Seabees) during World War II and in 1951 graduated from University of Connecticut...
Robert Willmont Meshanic
May 19, 2013
Robert (Cook) Willmont Meshanic of Columbia died Sunday morning, May 19th, 2013 at Regency Heights of Windham CT, after many years of being a prisoner of Dementia. Born January 5, 1931, he was a life-long fan of the New York Yankees, New Jersey Beaches and his Rutgers education. Survivors include his wife of almost 57 years, Phyllis S. Meshanic (a...
Clara Mae Harris
May 17, 2013
Clara Mae Harris, 79, of Willimantic, went home to Glory on the evening of May 17, 2013 with her family by her side. Clara was born June 15, 1933 in Taylorsville, MS. to the late Benjamin and Annie Mae Clark. Clara was a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Willimantic, CT. where she was the Chairman of the Deaconess Board,...
