J. Douglas Cameron
Dec 10, 2013
J. Douglas Cameron (Doug or J.D.) Born August 1, 1946 to Kenneth and Margaret (Cosgrove) Cameron in Fall River, MA. Died December 10, 2013 at St. Francis Hospital, Hartford, CT after a long illness. He leaves his wife Susan Chace of Scotland, CT, sister Grace Cameron and partner Craig Schug of East Hampton, CT, brother Bill and Kathy Cameron of...
Dennis P. Murphy
Dec 9, 2013
Dennis P. "Murph" Murphy 12/9/1960 - 12/9/2013 "The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively" - BM Dennis P. Murphy, 53, of Willimantic, CT passed away Monday, December 9, 2013 on his birthday at Windham Hospital from a massive heart attack. He...
Alexander Edward Haddad
Dec 7, 2013
Alexander Edward "Ted" Haddad , age 69 of Scotland, CT, passed away Saturday December 7, 2013 at home surrounded by family following a year long fight with cancer. Ted was born and raised in New Zealand then spent many years prospecting and map making for oil companies in the Australian Outback. He came to the USA in 1978. He graduated...
Alfred Kulhawy
Nov 29, 2013
Alfred Kulhawy, 85, of Scotland, passed away Friday, November 29, 2013 at his home. He was born April 7, 1928 in Poland and immigrated to the United States in 1951. He served in the U. S. Army during the Korean Conflict and was stationed in Germany. Alfred was a member of Local 24 Carpenter's Union for 40 years. He enjoyed...
Nancy Hall Aramini
Nov 29, 2013
Nancy Hall Aramini, of Columbia, CT, passed away peacefully on Friday, November 29th. Nancy, 81, was born in Hartford, CT, to the late Eugene and Nancy Hall. She grew up in Agawam, MA, and graduated from Agawam High School in 1950. She attended St. Francis School of Nursing (Hartford, CT) and graduated with her RN in 1953. Nancy loved the...
Marion Louise Wrzesien
Nov 29, 2013
Marion Louise Wrzesien, 86, of Scotland, wife of Fred Wrzesien, died Friday, November 29, 2013 at her home. She was born January, 13, 1927, in Hampton, the daughter of William and Myra (Reeves) Schmeelk. In addition to her husband, she is survived by three daughters, Kathleen Wrzesien of Scotland, Pamela Carignan of North Windham and Pauline Wrzesien of Scotland, a...
Maisie "May" Guttay
Nov 27, 2013
Maisie "May" (Kahkonen) Guttay, 87, died on November 27, 2013 at Douglas Manor in Windham, CT. She was born in Detroit, Michigan to the late Matthew and Tyyne Kahkonen. She was predeceased by her brother Eldon. She was the beloved wife of Andrew John Robert Guttay for 65 years and a devoted mother to her four children, Nancy Birmingham and...
Denis Blanchette
Nov 27, 2013
Denis Blanchette, 66, of Windham, CT died unexpectedly at home on Wednesday, November 27, 2013. He was born in East Angus (province of Quebec) Canada on August 19, 1947 to the late Paul and Rita (Marquis) Blanchette. He was also predeceased by his brother, Jean-Paul Blanchette, his sister, Jeanette Blanchette, and his son, Dennis Blanchette. He served in the U.S...
Raymond E. Mattesen
Nov 25, 2013
Raymond E. Mattesen, 95, of Stafford Springs, passed away on November 25, 2013 at Johnson Memorial Hospital, Stafford Springs. He was born on May 18, 1918 in Stafford, CT, where he remained a lifelong resident. He served in World War II in the US Army Air Corps in the South Pacific. He returned to Stafford after the war and married...
Dominic A. Passarello Sr
Nov 25, 2013
Dominic A. Passarello, Sr. 56, of Scotland, husband to Gail (Rogers) Passarello died Monday November 25, 2013 at home. He was born January 7, 1957 in Willimantic, CT to the late Rudolph Passarello and Clarice (Bush) Passarello. Dominic graduated in 1974 from Parish Hill High School and attended Lincoln Technical College in PA. He worked for many local companies before...
Josephine A. Chowanec
Nov 25, 2013
Josephine A (Bjork) Chowanec of Columbia, CT passed away on Monday, November 25, 2013 at Douglas Manor. Josephine was born on May 13, 1920 at Hartford Hospital, in Hartford, CT to Adolph and Daffodil Bjork. In 1941 she married Thomas Edward Chowanec. Both Josephine and Thomas contributed to WWII as aerial spotters on Robinson Hill on the Columbia/Hebron town line....
Guy Plourde
Nov 25, 2013
Guy Plourde, 53, of Willimantic, died Monday, November 25, 2013 at Windham Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was born February 14, 1960 in Willimantic, the son of M. Lorraine (Beaudry) Plourde and the late Gene Plourde Sr. He worked for Browning Construction in Florida before moving to Connecticut. He enjoyed doing yard work, fishing, playing horseshoes and being...
Olive A. Lord
Nov 21, 2013
Olive A. Lord, 95, died on Thursday, November 21, 2013 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was the daughter of Elmer and Dorothy Lord of Lebanon, CT. Olive graduated from Lyman Memorial High School in 1936 and worked, first, in the East Hampton bell company (N.N. Hill Brass Co.) owned by members of her mother's family. She went...
Patricia A. Taylor
Nov 19, 2013
Patricia A. Taylor, 68, of Mansfield Center, passed away on Tuesday November 19, 2013. Born in Hartford on November 17, 1945, she was the daughter of Barbara Carlin and the late John F. Carlin Sr. She was a graduate of the first graduating class of Coventry High School 1963. Her hobbies included reading, crocheting, baking cookies for the holidays and...
Robert Leo Prue
Nov 18, 2013
Robert Leo Prue, died suddenly November 18th, 2013. He was born in the Bronx, New York on June 10th 1952. He graduated from The Holy Family Academy, then attended a local college in the Bronx. He later moved to Connecticut to start his family. He co-owned MD Package store in South Windham for many years. He later worked at Foxwoods...
Marilyn Blake Landry
Nov 15, 2013
Marilyn Blake (Randall) Landry of South Windham, died on November 15th, 2013 at St. Joseph's Living Center in Windham, surrounded by friends. She was born on May 22, 1925 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, daughter to the late Major William Vincent and Natholia (Blake) Randall. On October 31, 1953 she was married to Arthur Edward Landry in Painted Post, New York. She...
Barbara Wilson
Nov 11, 2013
Barbara J. (Fisher) Wilson , 70, of Windham, died at home on November 11, 2013 surrounded by her beloved husband, granddaughter and two shih tzus. Barbara, originally from Leesburg, VA, grew up in Washington D.C. has lived in Windham Center, CT for nearly 50 years. She was a bookkeeper for Thompsons General Store for 17 years before retiring. She leaves...
Eliahou "Eli' Dabora
Nov 8, 2013
STORRS - Eliahou (Eli) K. Dabora of Storrs, died peacefully on November 8, 2013 surrounded by his family. Eli was born in Baghdad, Iraq, finishing high school before immigrating to the United States to attend college. He graduated with his bachelors (1951) and masters (1952) degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and received his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from...
Charles Stephan Meduna
Nov 8, 2013
Charles Stephan Meduna, 76, of Mansfield, husband of the late Carol (Varga) Meduna, passed away Friday Nov. 8, 2013 at his home. He was born in Willimantic on Sept. 15, 1937, the son of the late Charles and Helen (Sabo) Meduna. Charles loved the outdoors and was an avid fisherman and hunter. Growing up in Ashford, he was a graduate...
