Sophie "Sue" Golan
Apr 28, 2009
GOLAN, Sophie "Sue" (Petkavich) Sophie P. Golan , 83, passed away on Tuesday (April 28, 2009) after a short illness. Sue was born in New Britain, CT on July 7, 1925, the daughter of the late John and Aksama (Veranius) Petkavich. She was a 1943 graduate of New Britain High School and a 1946 graduate of New Britain General Hospital...
James J. Anastasi
Apr 28, 2009
James J. Anastasi, 66, of Windham, beloved husband of Sharon (Moore) Anastasi, died Tuesday, April 28, 2009 at home, surrounded by his loving family after a courageous battle with pulmonary fibrosis. He was born in Medford, MA on November 13th 1942 to the late Joseph and Marie (Mobilia) Anastasi. He was a graduate of Lowell Technical Institute. He worked as...
Alice Lafontaine
Apr 27, 2009
Alice Lafontaine, 83, of Chaplin, wife of Louis F. Lafontaine, died Monday, April 27, 2009 at the Windham Hospital. She was born March 14, 1926 in Brooklyn, CT, the daughter of Eugene and Roseanna (Renaud) DeVillez and had lived in Chaplin most of her life. She and her husband were married June 29, 1946. Prior to her retirement she was...
George B. Armstrong
Apr 24, 2009
George B. Armstrong, 79, of North Windham, formerly of Franklin, died Friday, April 24, 2009 at his home. He was born December 29, 1929 in Lebanon, the son of Stanley and Elinor (Bond) Armstrong and had lived in Franklin all his life, moving to North Windham six years ago. He was a U.S. Air Force veteran serving as a staff...
Margaret Therrien
Apr 18, 2009
Margaret (Clark) "Peg" Therrien, 84, of Columbia, passed away Saturday, April 18, 2009 at Windham Hospital. She was born on March 29, 1925 in Cheshire. She was the youngest child of Arthur and Julia (Winchell) Clark. Peg graduated from Hartford Hospital School of Nursing in 1946 as an R.N. and worked at Hartford Hospital over the next 30 years in...
Rose M. Cusson
Apr 15, 2009
Rose M. Cusson, 75, of Willimantic, passed away Wednesday, April 15, 2009, peacefully, with her family by her side. She leaves behind her son and daughter-in-law, Rene and Margarita Cusson of Willimantic, her daughter and son-in-law, Trina and George Flynn of Willington, her grandchildren, Rene and Nathan Cusson and Joshua and Amber Hoskins. She will be missed by all who...
Carolyn Daniels
Apr 15, 2009
Carolyn Daniels, of Storrs, died on April 15, 2009 at Hartford Hospital. She was born in Charlotte NC in 1923 and attended local schools there. Later she lived in N.Y. City for about 10 years eventually driving with a friend to California. There she lived in San Francisco and Sonoma until moving to CT. She recently moved to Juniper Hill...
Donald Arthur Robinson
Apr 12, 2009
Donald A. Robinson, 74, of Coventry, formerly of New London and Florida, husband of Barbara Ann (Tiffany) Robinson, died Sunday, April 12, 2009 at the Windham Hospital. He was born June 6, 1934 in Cumberland, MD, son of the late Bernard and Mary (Ravenscroft) Robinson and had lived in New London for many years before spending 21 years of retirement...
Carl W. Rettenmeyer
Apr 9, 2009
Carl W. Rettenmeyer, 78, of Storrs, CT died April 9, 2009. He was born in Meriden, CT the son of Frederick and Gertrude Rettenmeyer. He is well known internationally for his research on New World tropical army ants and the production of the DVD Astonishing Army Ants. Carl completed undergraduate studies at Swarthmore College in 1953, and received his Ph....
Douglas Jay Kneeland
Apr 6, 2009
Douglas Jay Kneeland, 45, of Florida, formerly of Lebanon, passed away on Monday April 6, 2009 in Florida. He was the son of Lois Kneeland of N. Windham and the late Wayne T. Kneeland Sr. Doug attended Lebanon schools, worked as a carpenter in CT and did mobile home maintenance in FL. In addition to his mother, he is survived...
John Mikolaw
Apr 4, 2009
John Mikolaw, 88, of Columbia, died Saturday April 4, 2009 at Windham Hospital. He was born to William and Mary (Wasylyshyn) Mikolaw on Dec. 13, 1920 in New York, NY. Years later in CT, he and his parents owned a poultry farm. After retiring from farming, be became a self employed house painter. John leaves his niece Estelle G. Ouellette...
Margit Petro
Apr 3, 2009
Margit (Kish) Petro, a native of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and long-time resident of Fairfield, spent the past 8 years of her life in Willimantic. In December of 2007, Margit took residence in St. Joseph's Living Center, where she passed away peacefully on April 3, 2009. She was the mother of Marjorie Petro, MD, Barbara Lyon of Fairfield, and Kenneth Petro of...
