Kenneth W. Fitts
Jun 2, 2012
Kenneth W. Fitts, 98, of Mansfield Center, died June 2, 2012 at his home. Kenneth was born January 2, 1914 in Willimantic, the son of the late John N. and Ethel (Walker) Fitts. He grew up in Storrs and attended Windham High School, residing in Mansfield Center since 1948. As a young man he rode his 1928 Harley motorcycle to...
J. Warren Higgins
Jun 2, 2012
J. WARREN HIGGINS Active volunteer who loves to laugh and joke J. Warren Higgins of Mansfield Center, peacefully passed away at home surrounded by his family on Saturday, June 2, 2012. He was born May 1, l933, in Clearfield, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Venita Higgins. Warren was educated at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and Bucknell University. He achieved...
Eileen Ruwet Kennedy
Jun 2, 2012
Eileen Ruwet Kennedy, 90, of Storrs, died Saturday (June 2, 2012) at the Mansfield Center for Nursing & Rehabilitation after a very short illness. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert Emmet Kennedy. Eileen was born in Torrington, CT, daughter of Louis J. Ruwet and Alice (Begey) Ruwet. After graduating from Torrington (CT) High School, she went on...
James R. Smith
May 30, 2012
James Richard Smith, "Smitty/Jim" 81, of Willimantic, peacefully joined his soul mate and love of his life Cleo in Heaven, Wednesday May 30, 2012. They were married July 4th 1952 in St. Mary's Church in Willimantic. He was the son of the late Charles E. and Nellie Smith. He was the baby boy of five children. Jim leaves behind his...
Beatrice M. Lemire
May 25, 2012
Beatrice M. Lemire, 98, of Willimantic, wife of the late Clarence F. Lemire, died Friday, May 25, 2012 at the Windham Hospital. She was born December 2, 1913 in Willimantic, the daughter of Winfield and Anna Mae (Fuller) Andrews and had lived in Willimantic all her life. She had been employed at the former Electro-Motive Manufacturing Co. and the American...
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
