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Gilbert "Gib" D. Nass
Aug 7, 2012
Gilbert "Gib" D. Nass, 82, of Ashford, CT, passed away August 7, 2012. He was born on Aug. 27, 1929 in Lebanon, Wisconsin to the late Rev. Gerhard and Ruth (Krebs) Nass. Gib graduated from Clintonville (WI) H.S. and Wartburg College and received a Ph.D. in sociology from the State University of Iowa. While living in West Chicago, IL, he...
Viola L. Dickinson
Aug 6, 2012
Viola L. Dickinson, 88, of Windham, wife of the late Charles A. Dickinson, died Monday, August, 6, 2012 at the Windham Hospital. She was born February 22, 1924 in Willimantic, the daughter of Adlard and Alice (Arel) LaVallee and had lived for many years in New Britain for many years before moving to Windham 13 years ago. She was a...
Richard R. Garneau
Aug 6, 2012
Richard Garneau 74, of Willington, husband of Celine (Bellemare) Garneau, passed away on August 6, 2012. He was born in Canada on March 7, 1938 to the late Aureus and Fernande Garneau. He moved to Connecticut in 1953 and served in the U.S. Army until 1958. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus and worked at Electro-Motive Manufacturing...
Barbara L. Galligan
Aug 2, 2012
Barbara L. Galligan, 55, of Lebanon, wife of Michael Galligan, died Thursday, August, 2, 2012 at their home. She was born March 27, 1957 in Queens, NY, the daughter of Robert Sehy of Florida and Elissa Nocera of Lebanon. Barbara grew up in New Hyde Park, L.I. NY and had lived in Lebanon the past eight years. She loved animals,...
Arlene C. Ferguson
Jul 30, 2012
Arlene Cordelia (Dewalt) Ferguson, 87, of Coventry, passed away peacefully on July 30, 2012 at Windham Hospital. Born October 23, 1924 in Danville, PA, Arlene was one of eight children who grew up in the Danville/Riverside community. Traveling east following graduation, she met and married Dudley Ferguson, her loving husband from 1947 to 1988. Arlene and Dud set up residence...
Nancy Easton
Jul 29, 2012
Nancy J. Easton, 63, of Columbia, CT lost her long and courageous battle with brain cancer on July 29, 2012. Born Nancy Jean Lyman on September 15, 1948, in Hartford, CT and was raised in Eagleville, CT. She retired from the University of Connecticut, went on to work for the Real Estate Counseling Group of Connecticut in Mansfield and then...
Keith Ian Kennedy
Jul 29, 2012
Keith Ian Kennedy, 60, of Ashford, died July 29th 2012 at Hartford Hospital. Keith was the son of William S and Helen M (Gremila) Kennedy. He graduated from Cheshire High School and New College of Florida and was retired from the CT DMV. Keith possessed a wide-ranging intellect and a dry wit and was an accomplished chef, gardener and long-distance...
Ernest Bratton Glendinning
Jul 29, 2012
Ernest B. Glendinning passed away on Sunday, July 29, 2012 at this home in Chaplin, CT. He was born in 1928 in Huddersfield, England, the son of Louis and Violet Glendinning. He is survived by his dear friend and partner, Donna Hodge, with whom he resided; his son, Steven Glendinning of East Montpelier, Vermont; his brother, Ronald Glendinning and his...
James P. Mccabe Jr
Jul 28, 2012
James "Jim" P. McCabe Jr. of North Windham, CT died Saturday, July 28th 2012 at Hartford Hospital. He was born in Providence, RI on April 29th, 1933. Jim was the son of James P. McCabe Sr. and Zita McCabe. He was a graduate of Mount Pleasant High School in Providence, RI and a veteran of the United States Air Force....
Kenneth E. Young
Jul 27, 2012
Kenneth E. Young, 47, of Windham, died Friday, July 27, 2012 at his home. He was born March 29, 1965 in Willimantic, the son of Dick and Doris (Drouin) Young of Columbia. Ken grew up in Columbia and had lived in Windham the past nine years. He was a Windham Regional Technical School graduate and was employed as a carpenter...
Lorraine Butler Goodwin
Jul 26, 2012
Lorraine V. (Pintal) Butler Goodwin, 81, of Willimantic, passed away at Regency Heights in Willimantic on Thursday, July 26, 2012. She was the widow of Conrad Goodwin who died on June 18, 2012. She was born in Willimantic on March 20, 1931, the daughter of the late Andrew and Helen (Juras) Pintal. Lorraine was employed for many years at Electro-Motive...
Thomas "Tommy" Asselin
Jul 26, 2012
Thomas "Tommy" Asselin, 54 of East Hartford, passed away on July 26, 2012 surrounded by his loving family. Tommy was born in Willimantic on July 12, 1958. He grew up in East Hartford and has resided there for many years. He will be missed by his family, brother Eddie and his wife Georgia of Manchester and brother Wayne and his...
Robert "Bob" Crowther
Jul 24, 2012
Robert H. Crowther "Bob", 55, of Groton, Connecticut, passed away on July 24, 2012. Bob was kind, strong yet soft-spoken with a huge heart. A man of few words, his steadfast, capable and calm presence was felt by everyone around him. An avid outdoorsman and hunter, Bob loved being in the woods, planting, gardening and enjoying wildlife photography. At home,...
Eunice Palaoro
Jul 24, 2012
Eunice Palaoro, of Willimantic, our beloved aunt, passed away Tuesday July 24, 2012. She is survived by a brother Herbert Crickmore and his wife Terry, sister Betty Plesz, sister Alice Krest and her husband Al, sister Faye Lee and her husband James and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Irving, sisters Helen Rood, Ethel (Cargo) Harris,...
Daniel Escobar-Sanchez
Jul 23, 2012
Daniel Escobar-Sanchez, 27, of Willimantic, husband of Adalinda Alfaro, died Monday, July 23, 2012 in Middletown of injuries received in an automobile accident. He was born May 18, 1985 in Mexico and had lived in Willimantic for nearly 10 years. In addition to his wife he is survived by an infant son, Daniel and many cousins, Jose Aguirre-Escobar, Santos Gonzalez-Chavez,...
Mary D. Michaels
Jul 21, 2012
Mary D. Michaels, 97, of Willimantic, wife of the late Louis L. Michaels, died Saturday, July 21, 2012 in Windham. She was born April 27, 1915 in Willimantic, the daughter of Leon and Eva (Shymchyk) Dubina and was a lifelong resident. Mary was a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Willimantic and enjoyed playing cards with other seniors at...
Hazel Irene Jurkovics
Jul 21, 2012
WILLIMANTIC - Hazel Irene (Wheaton) Jurkovics, 91, of Willimantic, passed away peacefully at Regency Heights of Windham on July 21, 2012. Hazel was born on September 24, 1920. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Alexander Jurkovics, her father, Clarence Clark Wheaton, her mother, Ida Elizabeth (Brown) Wheaton and her sister Arlene W. Perkins. She is survived by her eldest...
Richard Estabrook
Jul 19, 2012
Richard Estabrook, 77, of Mansfield, husband of Mary Benedict, died Thursday July 19, 2012 at Regency Heights, Willimantic. He was born in 1935 in Ludlow, ME, the son of the late Winslow and Alberta (Doody) Estabrook. In addition to his wife Mary, he is survived by three sons and a daughter from a previous marriage, Michael Estabrook, Gerry Estabrook, Richard...
Frederick W. Wirth
Jul 19, 2012
Frederick W. Wirth, age 102, died at Douglas Manor Convalescent Home in Windham on July 19, 2012. Fred was born in Seymour, CT on March 7, 1910, the son of the late Frederick and Magaretha Wirth. He was a graduate of Yale University School of Engineering. Prior to his residence at Douglas Manor he lived for over forty years in...
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