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...
Gwen M. Duff
Apr 8, 2013
Gwen M. Duff, 87, of Mansfield, beloved wife for 65 years of Lloyd T. Duff, passed away peacefully at home on the morning of April 8, 2013, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Van Wert, Ohio, on January 5, 1926, Gwen was the daughter of Robert T. and Anna Lillian Moore. She attended Muskingum College in New Concord, Ohio,...
Claire R. Desrosiers
Apr 4, 2013
Claire Rita (Marshall) Desrosiers, 88, of Chaplin, passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013. She was born July 30, 1924 in Baltic, daughter of the late William and Clarinda (Fontaine) Marshall. She was the beloved wife of 68 years to the late Wilfred "Willy" Desrosiers. She worked in the Admissions Department at ECSU for many years until retiring in 1987. Some...
Keith Allen Vigue
Apr 3, 2013
Keith A. Vigue, 52, of Mansfield, beloved son of the late Aime A. Vigue, passed Wednesday April 3 2013. Keith was born June 15 1960 in Windham CT. Keith is survived by his son, Ryan Keith Vigue, brothers and sisters, Nancy Powell, Kimberly Vigue Grassl, Kevin Vigue, Kristin LeBlanc; nieces and nephews, Tiffany McKusick, Joshua Vigue, Devin Vigue and Jordan...
Vivian A. Putnam
Apr 3, 2013
Vivian A. Putnam of Storrs, born February 2, 1919, died peacefully Wednesday April 3, 2013 of natural causes, aged 94. Vivian was born in East Saint Louis and grew up in Kansas City, Missouri the daughter of John and Ethel Anderson, a successful hardware store owner and a teacher. Vivian attended Kansas State University as a textile and clothing major...
Raymond W. Desruisseaux Sr
Apr 3, 2013
Raymond W. Desruisseax Sr. July 7, 1930-April 3, 2013 Raymond W. Desruisseaux Sr. of Carolyn Lane, North Windham passed away on Wednesday April 3, 2013 at Windham Hospital surrounded by family. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather and will be greatly missed. Born on July 7, 1930 in Windham, he was the son of the late...
Joyce Roscoe
Mar 31, 2013
STORRS - E. Joyce Roscoe, 89, beloved mother and grandmother, died on Sunday (March 31, 2013) at Windham Hospital. Her husband of 53 years, Rusty, passed away in 1998. Joyce was born on November 14, 1923 in Windham, the daughter of Ellsworth and Helen Weeks. Her early years were spent in the Windham area and she moved to Storrs in...
Dolores Stead Bourey
Mar 30, 2013
Dolores Stead Bourey, 78, of Willimantic, passed away Saturday March 30, 2013 at her home with her family. She was born in Willimantic on Oct. 31, 1934, the daughter of Cesari and Alice (Baril) Carchidi. She is survived by son James Stead, daughter Alice Stead Hazzard and their spouses; a sister Elizabeth Hooper, a brother Andrew Carchidi and several grandchildren...
Sandra J. Duchaineau
Mar 28, 2013
Sandra J. Duchaineau, 69, of Ellington, CT, passed from this life on March 28, 2013. She was born in Gardiner, Maine on June 30, 1943 to Ernest and Leona Bowie and was married to Ronald Duchaineau who passed away in 1998. Her firstborn son Rod Duchaineau passed away in 2012. Sandy worked for over 25 years at Eastern Connecticut State...
Edwin B. "Ted" Shaw
Mar 27, 2013
Edwin B. Shaw Jr. Lifelong Area Resident; American Thread General Manager Edwin B. Shaw Jr. "Ted", 86, of Waterford, husband of Helen (Smith) Shaw, died Wednesday March 27, 2013. He was born Jan. 11, 1927 in Willimantic, the son of E. Burton and Emily (Waring) Shaw. He attended Windham schools and enlisted in the U.S. Navy in Jan. 1944. Ted...
John T. Degray
Mar 27, 2013
John DeGray, 88, of Mansfield, went home to be with the Lord on March 27, 2013. John was predeceased by his wife Daisy Kimball DeGray. John was born in Hartford, CT to John C. DeGray and Evelyn Forte DeGray on June 25, 1925 and was one of eleven children. John served his country during World War II from 1942-1946 in...
Ruth Spector-Tycon
Mar 26, 2013
Ruth Spector-Tycon, 92, of Willimantic, wife of the late Benjamin Tycon, died Tuesday March 26, 2013 at Windham Hospital. She was born on March 21, 1921 in Willimantic the daughter of the late Morris and Esther (Handelman) Spector. Ruth had been a resident of Sunny Isles, Florida for many years, returning to Willimantic five years ago. As a resident of...
Joan Morin
Mar 23, 2013
Joan Anne Kuhn Morin, 77 of Windham passed away peacefully early Saturday morning, March 23, 2013 after a short battle with cancer. She was born November 16. 1935 and was the daughter of the late Arthur Kuhn and Annabelle Linsley Jacobs. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Lucien R. Morin. She is survived by sons...
Jarrod Russell Saffin
Mar 23, 2013
Jarrod R. Saffin, 23, of Ashford, CT, died Saturday, March 23, 2013 in Franklin, CT. He was born July 10, 1989 in Putnam, CT. He was the son of Kim Miller of Ashford, CT and James Saffin II of Theresa, NY. He is also survived by a brother James Saffin III of Stafford Springs, a sister Tabetha Saffin and additional...
George F. Cloutier
Mar 23, 2013
George F. Cloutier of Windham, born on December 18, 1922, passed away peacefully at the age of 90 after a long illness on March 23, 2013 at Douglas Manor in Windham. George entered the work force as an employee for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft and later went on to become a WWII Navy veteran. Upon returning to Connecticut he attended...
