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Mary Pearl Scarpino
Apr 12, 2014
Mary Pearl Scarpino, 93, of Hampton, CT passed away Saturday, April 12, 2014 at the St. Joseph Living Center in Windham CT. Pearl was born August 24, 1920 in Hampton, CT to Ernest N. Emmons and Mary A. (Pearl) Emmons. She was predeceased by her husband Vincent F. Scarpino on January 19, 2014, by her brother Austin Emmons in March...
Sheldon A. Macdonald
Apr 12, 2014
Sheldon "Andy" MacDonald, age 48, of Chaplin, CT, passed to be with the Lord on April 12, 2014. He was born in Manchester, CT, on December 18, 1965 to Archie and Rachel MacDonald of Chaplin. Andy graduated from Parrish Hill High School and had attended Eastern Connecticut State University for a period of time. He married Dawn Wood on June...
Ann Staebner Thrall
Apr 11, 2014
Ann Staebner Thrall, 85, died at home on April 11th with her family around her, and attended by her wonderful caregiver Margaret. She was born August 2, 1928 in the town of Norwich but was a longtime resident of Franklin. In 1956 she married William Preston Thrall of Rockville, Connecticut (deceased 1967). They had three children, Peter (of Canberra, Australia),...
Frances Panagrosso
Apr 11, 2014
Frances (Rusty) Panagrosso Rusty, as her friends and family knew her, passed away peacefully on April 9, 2014 with her family by her side. She was born 1933 in West Fryeburg, Maine, to Floyd and Lillian Stevens. Later in life, Rusty moved to Connecticut where she met the love of her life, her husband, Paul, her "Hunk of Burning Love"....
Harold F. Upton
Apr 9, 2014
Harold F. Upton Sr., 82, husband of Alyce (Boerner) Upton, died Wednesday April 9, 2014 at his home surrounded by his family. He was born April 11, 1931, son of Almond and Mary (Busse) Upton. Harold was a U.S. Air Force Veteran who was a B-26 Flight Engineer during the Korean War. He worked for the State of Connecticut as...
Curtis L. Hoffman
Apr 8, 2014
Curtis L. Hoffman, March 26, 1927-April 8, 2014 Beloved husband of Mary Dean, father of Rebecca, Timothy, Daniel, and Samuel, grandfather of Rachel, Abigail, Henry, Casey, Meryl, Hannah, and Risa Hoffman, died peacefully at home in Storrs. An avid lover of life, he shared his infectious energy with all those he encountered. Born and raised on a Pennsylvania dairy farm,...
Arnold Prince
Apr 5, 2014
Arnold Prince passed away peacefully at his home in Chaplin, CT at the age of 89 on Saturday April 5, 2014. He was the son of the late Gerald Prince and Dorothy Mathurin Sebastian Prince of Antigua, West Indies. He was the husband of Claudia Widdiss and was formerly married to Norma Anderson of Providence, RI. Arnold Prince was a...
William F Macht
Apr 5, 2014
William Frederick Macht, 72, of Columbia, CT passed away peacefully, surrounded by his loving family at his home on Saturday, April 5, 2014. Bill Macht was the son of William G. and Clara H. Macht. He is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Sandy; a son William (Bill) Macht and his wife Ann and granddaughter Ashley; and a...
Donald W Dobrowolsky
Apr 4, 2014
Dobrowolsky, Donald Wayne (AKA: Big D, Dandy, Mr. Don, Pimp Daddy D and Dirty Don) of Columbia, CT, passed away on April 4th, 2014 at the age of 58. Don fought right through to the end with a long battle with kidney failure and heart disease. He was the beloved husband of 36 years to Suzanne (Champe) Dobrowolsky, and is...
Cheryl M. Blais
Apr 2, 2014
Cheryl M. Blais, 69, of Norwich, died Wednesday April 2, 2014 in New London. She was born in Norwich the daughter of Irene (Desrosiers) Blais of Norwich and the late Emile A. Blais. Cheryl was a resident of Pawcatuck for several years prior to moving to the Norwich area. She had been employed as a cook and housekeeper at Sacred...
Judith Ann Hills
Mar 26, 2014
Judith Ann Cushing-Hills, 66, of Columbia, CT, died Wednesday March 26, 2014 at Hartford Hospital following a long illness. Judy was predeceased by her parents, Morgan and Ellen Hills and her sister Joan Alice Stravinsky. She is survived by her sister Beverly Rotandaro , a brother Morgan Hills and their families; her daughter Jody (Scagliotti) Wilkinson and her husband Chris,...
Dorothy A. Wilkinson
Mar 26, 2014
Dorothy Ann (Hayes) Wilkinson, better known as Dottie, 75, was born on March 1st, 1939 in New York, NY. She passed away peacefully Wednesday March 26, 2014, with her loving family by her side after a courageous and a hard fought battle with illness. She is predeceased by her son Thomas Ferrer and is survived by her husband Thomas Wilkinson,...
Mary Chrabaszcz
Mar 26, 2014
Mary C. Chrabaszcz, 94, formerly of Mansfield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at the Douglas Manor with her family by her side. She was born on May 7, 1919 to Frank and Magdalena (Stojda) Szarkowicz in East Greenwich, R.I. On October 6,1945 she married her husband Albin Chrabaszcz. He predeceased her on February 23, 1976. She graduated...
Maria Goergmaier Culpin
Mar 24, 2014
Maria M. Culpin, of Windham, died Monday, March 24, 2014 at the age of 89. She was born on September 8, 1924 to Johann and Dorotha Goergmaier of Gilching, Germany. She moved to the United States in 1955 to marry her husband, Robert Culpin who survives her. Maria worked for many years at the American Thread Company and Electro Motive...
Margo A. Cone
Mar 21, 2014
Margo A. Cone, 46, of Amston section of Hebron, passed away on March 21, 2014 after a brave fight with leukemia. Margo was born in Manchester, the daughter of Margaret (Whitehouse) Cone of Amston and the late Robert Cone. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her beloved daughter Haley Cone of Amston, her sister and brother in...
Dorothy Slate
Mar 20, 2014
Dorothy E. Slate, 74, of North Windham/Chaplin CT passed away on March 20, 2014. She was born in Manchester, CT on Aug 4, 1940 to the late Robert and Mabel Young. She was the loving wife of the late Allen R. Slate and the loving mother to 4 children, the late Robert Mosier, and is survived by John Mosier, Debora...
Neal Frederick Burgess
Mar 17, 2014
Neal F. Burgess, 83, of Columbia, passed away peacefully Monday, March 17, 2014, with his loving family at his side after his courageous and hard fought battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born in Springfield, Mass., July 12, 1930, the oldest son of the late William and Marguerite Burgess. After graduating from West Springfield High School he attended Norwich University...
Barbara A Daring
Mar 16, 2014
Barbara A. Daring, 84, of Manchester, formerly of Coventry, passed away peacefully on Sunday, March 16th 2014. Barbara's love of literature and classical music was shared with others through her profession as a teacher and her avocation as a member of the Willimantic Community Orchestra. After receiving her Bachelor's degree from SUNY Albany she obtained her Master's Degree in Education...
Joslyn P. Field
Mar 15, 2014
Joslyn Perry Field of Storrs, passed away peacefully on March 15, 2014 with his family by his side in the home he built on Codfish Falls Road. Born June 21, 1926 to Marion and Donald Field in Rochester, N.Y., he moved at an early age to Brooklyn, CT, where he grew up enjoying a variety of outdoor activities that became...
Jack A. Corey
Mar 14, 2014
Jack A. Corey, 65, of North Windham, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 14, 2014 with his family at his side. He was born in Norwich, CT and graduated from Norwich Free Academy in 1968. He was employed for many years as a surveyor with the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 478 and finished his career as a carpenter...
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