Helen Switchenko
Oct 19, 2009
Helen (Budzinsky) Switchenko, born October 25, 1927, died peacefully in her sleep at home Monday morning October 19, 2009, six days before her 82nd birthday. Helen was married for 35 years to the late Michael Joseph Switchenko and was a graduate of Windham High School. She retired from the University of Connecticut in the Department of Residential Life and more...
Heinz Herrmann
Oct 18, 2009
Heinz Herrmann, 98, of Storrs, died Saturday Oct. 18, 2009. After completing the study of medicine and a research assistantship in biochemistry the University of Vienna and postdoctoral training in Copenhagen, he arrived in the U.S. in 1939. He first carried out research in ophthalmology, in part connected with W.W.2 at the Johns Hopkins Medical School before starting his studies...
Frank Schatz
Oct 16, 2009
Frank Schatz, of Norwich, who was born on Feb. 7, 1956, passed away Friday Oct. 16, 2009 after a short battle with cancer, at the age of 53. He was predeceased by his parents Alfred Fredrick Schatz Sr. and Ann Theresa Phelan Schatz; two brothers Robert and Louis and a sister Frances. He is survived by his fiancAC.e Renee Ysordia...
Joseph M. Henry
Oct 13, 2009
Joseph M. Henry, the patriarch of the Henry Clan of Lebanon, CT passed while in the arms of family shortly after midnight Tuesday, October 13, 2009 . He fought a brave fight against cancer. Joie de Vivre (love of life) should have been his motto. He lived his to the fullest extent that life's situations would allow. Joe's parents came...
Elza Brigmanis
Oct 9, 2009
Elza (Pochevis) Brigmanis, 102, of Willimantic, died Friday, October 9, 2009 in Windham. She was born in Latvia on November 28, 1906. She had two brothers. While in high school she also attended a private music school where she took lessons in piano playing. After graduating from high school, she started to work for Latvia's Postal Service and passed exams...
Arthurs Vildavs
Oct 7, 2009
Arthurs Vildavs, 44, of Willimantic, died Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at home. He was born March 7, 1965 in Willimantic, the son of Ernest and Irene (Sube) Vildavs of Willimantic. Arthur was a graduate of Windham High School and Devri Technical Institute and had been employed as a communications technician. In addition to his parents he is survived by his...
Doris Hart
Oct 4, 2009
Doris (Johnson) Hart, 93, of Willimantic, wife of the late Walter E. Hart, died Sunday morning, October 4, 2009 in Willimantic. She was born in New Bedford, MA and graduated from Plainfied, CT High School. While accompanying her parents while they looked for work in Adams, MA, she met her husband Walter Hart and began her own family. In 1958...
Mitre S. Ristich
Oct 1, 2009
Mitre S. Ristich, 85, of Ashford, died Thursday, October 1, 2009 in Mansfield, with his family by his side. He was born June 29, 1924 in Yugoslavia, now Macedonia, and came to the United States in 1958 and has lived in Connecticut since then. Prior to his retirement he was employed for 28 years at the former American Thread Company...
Ellen A. Bartram
Sep 27, 2009
Ellen A. Bartram of Mansfield Center died at Windham Hospital on September 27, 2009. She was born in Prestwick, Scotland on October 15, 1926, emigrated in 1949 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1957. She is survived by a sister, Mary Smoot of Knoxville, Tennessee; a brother, Robert Devlin of Sunderland, England; a daughter, Ellen Colburn...
Susan D. Shenefield
Sep 19, 2009
Susan D. Shenefield, 46, of Storrs, beloved wife of Danny L. Shenefield, died Saturday September 19, 2009 at Windham Hospital in Willimantic with her husband Danny and sister-in-law, Pamela Long at her side. Susan was born Jan. 27, 1963 in Norwalk, CT, daughter of William Brown and Carol Isabel Meyer Brown. Susan and her mother moved from Canterbury to Storrs...
