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Rosalie Woodward

Rosalie Woodward

May 25, 2012

Rosalie (Melody) Woodward, 90, of Willimantic, wife of the late George Woodward, died Friday May 25, 2012 at her home. She was born Sept. 13, 1921 in Brighton, MA, the daughter of Louis B. and Mary (Riley) Melody. Rosalie had resided in Willimantic since 1945 and had been employed for many years as a legal secretary for the law firm...

Jean Mcarthur

Jean Mcarthur

May 25, 2012

Jean McArthur, 84, of Willimantic, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at the Windham Hospital. She was born September 12, 1927, the daughter of William and Marion (Hodgkins) McArthur and had lived in Windham all her life. Jean was valedictorian of her high school class and spent 40 years teaching, several years in Mansfield and the remainder in Windham, mostly at...

Jeremy Ira Neuger

Jeremy Ira Neuger

May 23, 2012

Jeremy Ira Neuger passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at the age of 69 due to complications of illness and the burdens of Parkinson's disease. He is survived by his wife of 42 years, Lois Neuger; his daughter Jennifer White and her husband Timothy White; and his son Anthony Neuger, his wife Tisa Neuger and his granddaughter Stella Neuger. Jerry...

Roger L. Perkins

Roger L. Perkins

May 22, 2012

Roger L. Perkins, 76, of Mansfield and formerly of Lebanon passed away after a yearlong battle with cancer on May 22, 2012 quietly at home with family at his side. He was born in Westmore, VT on November 21st 1935. He is the son of late Clifton and Greta Perkins of Westmore VT. He was in the Air Force. He...

Anne Marie Alape

Anne Marie Alape

May 22, 2012

Anne Marie (Quirk) Alape, 91, of Willimantic, formerly of Ashford, passed away peacefully at St. Joseph Living Center on May 22, 2012 surrounded by many loving family members. She was born August 18, 1920 in Bayonne, NJ to William A. and Helen (Twomey) Quirk. She married Robert Edward "Eddie" Alape on June 4, 1939.He predeceased her in 1993. In 1948...

Shirley Ann Hill

Shirley Ann Hill

May 20, 2012

Shirley Ann (Fisher) Hill, 72, of Canterbury died Sunday May 20, 2012 at the Windham Hospital. She was born January 9 1940, in Chandler, OK. to Laverne and Hazel Irene Fisher. Shirley graduated Wellston High School in 1958 and Mohegan Community College with an Associate Degree in Liberal Arts. She married James M. Hill, Jr. October 4, 1958. She is...

Pearl Widmer

Pearl Widmer

May 15, 2012

Pearl Adell Gilmore Widmer, of Storrs, passed away on the morning of May 15th, 2012, three weeks shy of her 92nd birthday. She was born and grew up in Freeborn, Minnesota. She obtained a Masters Degree in Home Economics with a specialty in textiles at Kansas State College. After working to ensure textile quality met government standards in Washington DC...

Marie Ann Strout

Marie Ann Strout

May 15, 2012

Marie Ann (Thompson) Strout, 74, of Lebanon CT died unexpectedly Tuesday May 15, 2012. She was born in South Paris, Maine May 7, 1938 the daughter of Lloyd and Annie Thompson. She is survived by her beloved husband of 54 years, Richard Albert Strout, son Kevin and his wife Marie Michaud-Strout of Columbia, daughter Kerri and her husband Eric Foster...

Aline Ponton Chamberlain

Aline Ponton Chamberlain

May 14, 2012

Aline Ponton Chamberlain, 82, of Willimantic, CT and St. Petersburg, FL died Monday, May 14, 2012 after a long hard battle with cancer. The cancer limited her physical activities but certainly not her spirit. She was born in Bedford Quebec, Canada on Feb. 27, 1930, daughter of Raymond and Marion Soulia Ponton. She attended St. Peter's School and Mount St....

John Baron

John Baron

May 12, 2012

John Baron, 92, of Hebron, peacefully left this life on Saturday, May 12, 2012. He was predeceased by his wife Irene (Varga) Baron. Born on Burnt Hill in Hebron, John Baron was a lifelong resident of Hebron, a master machinist and practitioner of other trades and skills, a tireless supporter of the underdog, and committed to responsible government. He leaves...

Ruth I. Mcintosh

Ruth I. Mcintosh

May 11, 2012

Ruth I. (Smith) McIntosh, formerly of Windham, passed peacefully on 05/11/2012 at Buckingham Estates in Glastonbury, CT. Ruth was born on 01/13/1933 to Mabel (White) and Richard Smith in Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada. She married the love of her life, the late Robert V. McIntosh in 1955. Ruth grew up in New Brunswick, but moved to Connecticut shortly after getting...

Lionel G. Jean Sr

Lionel G. Jean Sr

May 11, 2012

Lionel G. Jean, Sr. passed away after a long illness on Friday, May 11th 2012. He was born in Lewiston, Maine, on January 12, 1927, and was a resident of Coventry for 56 years. Lionel had the "gift of gab" and was very active in local politics where he served on the Democratic Town Committee and a term as a...

Eva H. Loew

Eva H. Loew

May 10, 2012

Eva H. Loew passed away on her beloved farm in Hampton on May 10, 2012. Born Eva Henrietta Isadora Jacobsohn on June 26, 1921 to Dr. Moritz and Charlotte Jacobsohn. She was delivered at home by her father in Marienfelde, a suburb of Berlin, Germany. Eva's profound lifelong education began formally in 1927 with her primary education at Deutsche Oberschule,...

Alton Eugene Lathrop

Alton Eugene Lathrop

May 8, 2012

Alton E. Lathrop, "Sonny" too many of his friends, of Willimantic, passed away peacefully in the presence of loved ones Tuesday May 8, 2012. Alton was born March 16, 1929 to Alton S. and Ruth R. Lathrop of Andover Ct. One of the kindest and most humble men you could know, his skill as an artist, his sense of humor,...

Carol Elaine Pelphrey

Carol Elaine Pelphrey

May 6, 2012

Carol Elaine (Pittman) Pelphrey, 59, recently of Manchester, CT passed away Sunday, May 6, 2012 at Middlesex Hospital of breast cancer. Born in Dayton, OH on December 27, 1952, Carol married on December 23, 1973 and is survived by her husband Keith Pelphrey, her daughters Amanda Leigh and Jacqueline Nicole Pelphrey, her son-in-law Andrew Ward, and her grandsons Kobe and...

Isabelle Osso Stygar

Isabelle Osso Stygar

May 6, 2012

Isabelle Annie(Osso) Stygar, of Willimantic, passed away peacefully May 6, 2012 at the age of 89 with her family at her side. She was born in Willimantic, Connecticut on September 5, 1922, the daughter of the late Abraham Osso and Mary (Kababay)LaChapelle. Isabelle spent her entire life in the Windham area, attending the Windham Schools and graduating from Windham High...

Edmund H. De Mattia Sr

Edmund H. De Mattia Sr

May 5, 2012

Edmund H. de Mattia, Sr., 99, died peacefully on Saturday, May 5, 2012 at St. Joseph's Living Center in Windham, CT. He was the husband of Ethel (Beebe) de Mattia who predeceased him. Born in Waterbury on January 29, 1913, he was the son of Hector and Elizabeth (Spadola) de Mattia. He graduated from Crosby High, attended Washington College in...

Rita D. Harrington

Rita D. Harrington

May 4, 2012

Rita Dianna (Dubois) Harrington, 90, of South Windham, died Friday May 4, 2012. She was born in Wauregan on August 17,1921 the daughter of Ernest and Dianna (Guilbeault) Dubois. She was predeceased by her husband of fifty two years Albert E. Harrington. She is survived by a daughter Yvonne White of Newport, North Carolina and three sons, Ted Harrington of...

Ann Dubina Sabo

Ann Dubina Sabo

May 3, 2012

Ann Dubina Sabo, 93, of Windham, wife of the late Steven Sabo Jr., died Thursday, May 3, 2012 in Windham. She was born June 9, 1918 in Willimantic , the daughter of Leon and Eva (Schymchyk) Dubina. She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother to her family. She is survived by two children, Steven Sabo and his...

Dorothy Johnson

Dorothy Johnson

May 3, 2012

Dorothy (Clark) Johnson, 91, of Willimantic, CT passed away peacefully on May 3, 2012 surrounded by her loving family at Regency Heights of Windham. She was born May 10, 1920 in Norwich, CT, daughter of the late Harry Clark and Alice Kyle Clark. She was married to the late Walter A. Johnson on June 6, 1942 in Willimantic. She was...

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