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Eddie Rodriguez
Feb 25, 2011
Eddie Rodriguez, 27, of Willimantic, passed away on February 25, 2011 in a tragic bicycle versus truck accident on Frog Bridge in Willimantic. He was born June 23, 1983 in Windham Hospital. Eddie was a very funny, caring and loving person. He will forever be in our hearts and minds. He was a loving son, brother, boyfriend, father and uncle....
Lillian Mary Kablik
Feb 25, 2011
Lillian Mary Kablik, "Aunt Mary", 92, of Lebanon, CT. passed away at home with family at her side on Friday February 25, 2011. She was born in Naugatuck, CT, and moved to the farm in Lebanon in 1946 with her husband Joseph P. Kablik, who predeceased her. She was the daughter of Paul Garthwait and Lillian Adkins Garthwait. Three brothers,...
Albert J. Trudeau Jr
Feb 23, 2011
Albert J. Trudeau, Jr., 75, of Chaplin, husband of Priscilla (Provencal) Trudeau of 56 years, lost his battle to Lyme Disease surrounded by his family on Wednesday February 23, 2011 after a long courageous battle. Albert was born on July 26, 1935 in Stafford Springs, and was the son of Albert Trudeau Sr. and Theresa Luchon. He is also survived...
Richard "Dick" Albert Schleicher
Feb 22, 2011
Schleicher, Richard "Dick" Albert, of Lebanon, husband of the late Joyce (White) Schleicher, died Tuesday, February 22, 2011 at home. Born April 29, 1933 in Hartford he was the son of the late Albert C. and Doris (Purnell) Schleicher. He proudly served for the U.S. Air Force for 4 years. Dick graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1960. He...
Gail Eldredge
Feb 20, 2011
Gail (Haddad) Eldredge, 67, of Willington, who was born March 20, 1943 to Henry and Isabelle (Taylor) Haddad, died February 20, 2011 surrounded by her family after a long courageous battle with cancer. She was the loving wife of Earl A. Eldredge of Willington for 41 years, beloved mother to four children, Norris O'Keefe Jr. of Manchester, CT, Linda Sumner...
Dorothy Jane Picard
Feb 20, 2011
Dorothy Jane (Brooks) Picard, of Columbia, was born on Christmas Day 1934 to Theodore and Elizabeth Brooks. She passed from this earth on February 20, 2011. She leaves behind a loving family and numerous friends. Dorothy attended Rocky Hill schools where she grew up and kept in touch with several of her classmates. Dorothy was an entrepreneur and was most...
Elizabeth Brunner Green
Feb 19, 2011
Elizabeth B. Green Elizabeth "Bim" B. Green (Brunner), 84, devoted wife, mother, and grandmother and active, engaged citizen, died peacefully on February 19, 2011 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation in Mansfield, Connecticut. "If you can dream - and not make dreams your master; If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim, If you can meet...
Elizabeth Murtha-Paradis
Feb 17, 2011
Elizabeth Murtha-Paradis died peacefully at home on February 17, 2011. She lived in Mansfield Center with her husband Louis F. "Perry" Murtha-Paradis and her daughters Claire Kathleen (19) and Grace Elizabeth (16). Beth was born on July 19, 1959. She leaves her mother Julie T. Murtha of Wethersfield, CT and her father Bruce E. Murtha and his wife Shirley B....
David N. Perry
Feb 15, 2011
David Nelson Perry, 67, of Scotland, the husband of Bridget Ann (Donahue) Perry, died unexpectedly on his birthday Tuesday, February 15, 2011, at Yale New Haven Hospital. Born on February 15, 1944, he was the son of Eileen (Vennard) Perry of Scotland CT and the late George Nelson Perry Jr. He graduated from Windham High School in 1962. He attended...
Janet Lachack
Feb 13, 2011
Janet "Jennie" Lachack of North Franklin passed away February 13 at the Norwichtown Rehabilitation & Care Center. Janet was born in Franklin on her family's farm to Wasyl and Mary (Sowitch) Evanyshyn on August 22, 1919. She attended one-room schools and graduated from Windham High School in 1938. In July 1940 she was united in marriage to Walter A. Lachack...
James "Jay" J. Lee Iii
Feb 13, 2011
James "Jay" Joseph Lee III, 54, of Niantic, CT, passed from this life on Sunday February 13th 2011 after an extended illness. Jay was the beloved son of Mary Jane (Wilmot) Lee and the late James J. Lee Jr. of Niantic and formerly Willimantic. Jay was born May 8th 1956 in Willimantic CT. He attended Windham Public Schools and graduated...
Glenn Richard Cross
Feb 12, 2011
Glenn Richard Cross, 76, son of Edwin Fitch Cross Jr. and Evelyn (Newhall) Miller Smeland, died February 12, 20011 at home surrounded by his family. He was born in Willimantic, CT. October 17, 1934. He was the loving husband of Gwendolyn (Brand) of Lebanon, CT. for 47 years. Glenn was the outstanding father of Jennifer Cross of Willimantic, CT., Matthew...
Myrtle Hinckley Barden
Feb 12, 2011
Myrtle (Morse) Hinckley Barden, 98, one of Lebanon's oldest residents, died February 12, 2011 at St. Joseph Living Center in Windham. She was predeceased by her first husband, Charles Hinckley, and her second husband, Walter Barden, as well as her brother, Roland Morse. Her parents were Julia and Erwin Morse. Born in Willimantic's St. Joseph Hospital on September 17, 1912,...
David L. Butler
Feb 11, 2011
David L. Butler, 75, of Willimantic passed away on Friday, February 11, 2011 after a short illness. David was born on November, 25, 1935 in Syracuse, NY. He is survived by his beloved wife of 50 years, Justine "Tina" Butler; his daughter Colleen and her husband Jerry Moy of Redmond, WA; his sons David A. and his wife Pamela of...
Donald W. Protheroe Sr
Feb 10, 2011
Donald Wesley Protheroe Sr., 80, passed away peacefully on February 10, 2011 in Worcester, MA surrounded by his family. Born February 2, 1931 in Brooklyn, NY, the son of the late John Francis and Jane Woodruff Protheroe. Don attended schools in Hartford and New Haven graduating from Hill House High School in New Haven. Drafted in 1952, Don served in...
Marcia T. Briggs
Feb 7, 2011
Marcia Turner Briggs, of Mansfield, died at home on Feb. 7, 2011. She was born May 4, 1956 to Flora Turner and the late William Turner in Wheeling, West Virginia. She is survived by her mother Flora Turner of New Wilmington, PA; her son, Steven, of Mansfield, CT; sisters Kari McClellan of Levittown, PA and Kathy Dennison of Brookville, PA;...
Charles Franklin Hawkins
Feb 7, 2011
Charles Franklin Hawkins, 95, of Colchester, passed away on Monday February 7, 2011 at Apple Rehab Center in Colchester. Charles was born on January 28, 1916 in Berlin, NH to the late Charles and Rose (Wilkinson) Hawkins. On April 3, 1942 he enlisted in the United States Army where he served as a drill sergeant and educator until the war...
Michael Riquier
Feb 7, 2011
Michael Riquier, 61 of Columbia Ct, died on February 7, 2011 at Windham Community Memorial Hospital after a 4 year battle with cancer. Mike was born November 6, 1949 to the late Alphonse and May (Korner) Riquier. Mike and his brother Tom were partners in T&M Distributors until recently when he went into business on his own. He also served...
Charles E. Dzurec
Feb 6, 2011
Charles Edward Dzurec, 28, of Storrs, CT., died Sunday, February 6, 2011. He was the son of David Jr. and Laura; brother of David III, Kathryn, Paul, and Daniel; brother-in-law to Brooke, Lee and Ruth; uncle to David IV, Emily, and Olivia. He was a friend to all he met, especially Iris Torres and Tomas and Valerie Morales. Charlie was...
Viola May Phillips
Feb 4, 2011
Viola May (Nichols) Phillips, 88, of Windham, died Friday Feb. 4, 2011 at Regency Heights of Willimantic. She was born on Dec. 2, 1922 in Groton to Frank and Lulu J. (Bradley) Nichols. She moved to Willimantic when she was 7 years old, and attended a Catholic school in her youth. She met her husband, Austin Phillips, when Austin's mother...
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