Amelia Halchek Burdick
Apr 24, 2013
Amelia (Halchek) Burdick, born October 27, 1921 in Willington, CT passed away on April 24, 2013. Amelia was the youngest of nine children and married to Fred Burdick. They settled in the Willimantic area and lived here all their lives. After Fred passed away, Amelia worked third shift at the University of Connecticut until her retirement in 1986. This was...
Robert A. Gamache Sr
Apr 23, 2013
Robert A. Gamache Sr., 79, of Windham, died Tuesday April 23, 2013 in Willimantic. He was born March 16, 1934 in Willimantic the son of Albert J. and Hazel E. (Elliott) Gamache, and had lived in the Windham area all his life. Robert was a U. S. Marine Corps veteran of the Korean Conflict. He is survived by two sons,...
Harold "Skipper" Watson Jr
Apr 22, 2013
Harold A. "Skipper" Watson Jr. Harold A. "Skipper" Watson Jr., passed away on Monday April 22, 2013. He was born in Willimantic, CT. on October 27, 1952 to the late Dorothy E. (Watson) Jackson and the late Harold A. Watson Sr. Skipper graduated from Marianapolis Preparatory School in 1971, and graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1975. He was...
Brenda Ann Curtis
Apr 21, 2013
Brenda Ann (Murray) Curtis, 73, of Mansfield, went home to heaven suddenly early Sunday morning after her battle with cancer. Born on June 8, 1940 in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late James E. and Agnes P. Murray Sr. Brenda was predeceased by her loving husband Marvin Curtis. Brenda attended East Hartford High School. She was a retired...
Gibson Clinton Porter
Apr 19, 2013
On April 19, 2013, a brave soldier, Gibson Clinton Porter, 92, of Willimantic, formerly of Columbia and Hebron, passed on to join his dearly departed wife, Elsie Nyberg Porter and his two sons, Gibson Carter Porter and Edward Lennart Porter. He was born on September 14, 1920, the son of the late Robert and Viola Porter. He is survived by...
Dolan Joseph Cote
Apr 17, 2013
Dolan J. Cote, 85, of Storrs, husband of the late Jeanne Cote, who died March 13, 2013, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013 in Willimantic. He was born March 20, 1928 in Grand Isle, ME and had lived in the Windham area most of his life. Prior to his retirement, he was employed at Electric Boat in Groton for 11 years....
Mary Josephs
Apr 17, 2013
Mary (Lucas) Josephs, of Willimantic, passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday evening, April 17, 2013. She was born in Willimantic on January 11, 1919, to Thomas Lucas and Mary Dwonczyk who immigrated to the United States in the early 1900s. She married the late Stephen A. Josephs in 1940 to whom she was wed...
Elizabeth "Betty" May
Apr 17, 2013
Elizabeth (Betty) D. May, 94, of Tolland, CT, passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. She was born on August 9, 1918 in Beaver Falls, PA, daughter of William T. and Rebecca (Anderson) Dalzell. She married Howard E. May Jr., and they had four children, Kenneth, David, Jeanette and Sue Anne and a foster daughter Gloria. She taught Kindergarten in...
Florence Holbrook Carter
Apr 16, 2013
Florence Dena Holbrook Carter, widow of Eric Gordon Carter of London, England, died Tuesday April 16, 2013 in Windham. She was born June 19, 1908 in Columbia. She leaves several nieces and nephews including a special nephew Justin Holbrook of Columbia. At her request, all services are private. Please visit www.potteruneralhome.com for online memorial guest book.
Ann Keefe
Apr 16, 2013
Ann Keefe, 88, of Hebron, died April 16, 2013 at the Windham Hospital. She was the widow of Edward Keefe. She leaves her sons, Edward Keefe and Kenneth Keefe, her daughter, Anita Keefe, her granddaughter and the light of her life, Heather Hellstrom and a special niece Patricia Roberson. She loved UConn women's basketball and watching the wildlife and birds...
Margaret "Peg" Trainor
Apr 12, 2013
Margaret Josephine (Swanton) Trainor August 30, 1928-April 12, 2103 Margaret (Peg) Josephine Trainor (nee Swanton) died April 12, 2013 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Storrs, CT after a long illness. She was born on August 30, 1928 to Patrick and Margaret (Mogan) Swanton in South Boston, MA, where she lived until age 8 when the family moved...
Norbert C. Parker
Apr 12, 2013
Norbert C. Parker, 70, of Lebanon, CT, passed away Friday, April 12, 2013. He was born January 13, 1943, in Willimantic,CT. He leaves behind his loving wife, Deborah (Vickery) Parker, and two brothers, Richard Parker of Mansfield, Samuel Parker of Willimantic, and a sister Susan Bender of Lebanon. He was predeceased by a son, his mother, father and two brothers....
Raymond Emile Mellady
Apr 12, 2013
Raymond Emile Mellady, 81, of Columbia, CT passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on April 12, 2013, after a short and courageous battle with cancer at home. Ray was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather. He loved golfing, bowling and spending time with his family. He also enjoyed spending winters in Florida with his wife. Ray...
Ann Shirley Smith
Apr 12, 2013
Ann S. Smith, of N. Windham, passed away peacefully at home on April 12, 2013. She was the loving wife of the late Charles M. Smith. Born in Central Falls, RI, she was the daughter of the late George and Mary (Carpenter) Fournier. She worked for American Thread until its closing and retired from Brand Rex. She enjoyed her retirement...
Mary Ellen Bolduk
Apr 11, 2013
Chaplin: Mary E. Bolduk, 72, passed into God's loving care on April 11th, 2013. Mary was born in Hartford, CT on June 23rd, 1940, the daughter of the late Edwina (Lawler) and Sebastian Valvo. She lived in Chaplin for 44 years with her predeceased husband, Roger J. Bolduk. She loved crafts and especially music. She played the organ for over...
David Vincent Hayes
Apr 9, 2013
David Hayes 1931-2013 Coventry, CT- The sculptor David Hayes, died at home on April 9, 2013 of leukemia. He was 82. Hayes is regarded as one of America's great contemporary sculptors and leaves behind a half century of work, much of it housed in museums across the country. Born in 1931, David Hayes studied at the University of Notre Dame...
Earl Haywood Dunton Jr
Apr 9, 2013
Earl Haywood Dunton Jr, of Willimantic, passed away Tuesday, April 9, 2013. He was born on June 24, 1930 in Worcester, Massachusetts, son of Earl and Madalene (Traver) Dunton. He leaves behind his loving wife Maria (Holowczak) and 5 children, Earl Bigelow of Bath, ME, Sherry Bailey of Hampton, CT, Ronald Dunton of Fort Lauderdale, FL, Larysa Dunton and Stacy...
Grace Dedde
Apr 9, 2013
Fair Thee Well Grace Morgan Dedde. On this day, April 9, 2013 Grace Morgan Dedde, at the wonderful age of 95, has left this world and joined those family members who have gone before her into Heaven. She was an only child who was raised by wonderful parents Thomas and Ann Morgan. She then married the late Joseph Nicholas Dedde...
Ester M. Kask
Apr 8, 2013
Ester M. Kask, 93, of Willimantic, was born in Tallinn, Estonia May 1st 1919, and passed away peacefully of natural causes on April 8th 2013. She spent her formative years in Tallinn, Estonia during its years of freedom between wars, daughter of Juhan Riipere and Malle Aav. She fled Estonia with her sister during World War II to Germany, where...
