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Emilija Sulcs

Emilija Sulcs

Nov 10, 2009

EMILIJA SULCS, 94, OF WILLIMANTIC PASSED AWAY ON TUESDAY, (NOVEMBER 10, 2009) AT DOUGLAS MANOR IN WINDHAM, CT. SHE WAS BORN ON MARCH 1, 1915 IN THE COUNTY OF VECSVIRLAUKA, LATVIA, THE DAUGHTER OF EDUARDS AND LIBA (VIBULIS) VILKAS. SHE WAS PREDECEASED BY HER HUSBAND TEODORS SULCS. TOGETHER THEY HAD RAISED THREE CHILDREN. AFTER THE WW2 CONFLICT, THE FAMILY IMMIGRATED...

Leon Kouyoumjian

Leon Kouyoumjian

Nov 9, 2009

Leon Kouyoumjian, 73, of Willington, CT, passed away on the morning of Monday, November 9, 2009, after a three-month struggle against an extremely aggressive brain cancer. Born Leon V. Kouyoumjian in Greenwich Village, N.Y., he was the son of Leon and Rose (nAC.e Menassian) Kouyoumjian, who immigrated to the United States to escape the Armenian Genocide in 1915. Leon graduated...

Scott Lewis Beattie

Scott Lewis Beattie

Nov 8, 2009

Scott Lewis "Scooter" Beattie Forester; September 23, 1953 - November 8, 2009 EAGLEVILLE - Scott, 56, passed away at Windham Hospital from complications of liver failure. Born the son of Edward and Elizabeth Beattie of Eagleville, Scott lived most of his life in Eagleville as well as other parts of the country. He worked as a tree cutter most of...

Carl Snow

Carl Snow

Nov 8, 2009

Carl Snow, 92, of Mansfield Depot,CT, died November 8, 2009 in Florida. Born in Mansfield Depot, in the same house he currently lived in, he was the son of Florence and Walter Snow. He was married to Emma (Lasky) from 1941 until her death in 2000. He was the father of Crystal Snow of CT and Holly Moore (Walter) of...

Agisilaos John "Pappy" Pappanikou

Agisilaos John "Pappy" Pappanikou

Nov 6, 2009

Dr. Agisilaos John "Pappy" Pappanikou, professor emeritus of educational psychology and pioneer and champion in the field of developmental disabilities died peacefully at his home on Friday, November 6th, 2009. He was predeceased by his wife of 55 years, Lucette Nadeau Pappanikou. Pappy was born to John Evangelo and Demetra (Karagiannis) Pappanikou in Grevena, Greece in 1930, where he lived...

William James Craig

William James Craig

Oct 24, 2009

William J. Craig, 79, of North Windham, died Saturday Oct. 24, 2009. He was born in Palmerton, PA. He served in the US Navy for twenty two years retiring as a Chief. He then worked at Electric Boat. He was a lifetime member of the American Legion Post #19 and the VFW. He was predeceased by his parents Clinton and...

Jacquelyn Morton

Jacquelyn Morton

Oct 23, 2009

Jacquelyn Morton, 83, of Willimantic, wife of the late Frank K. Morton, died Friday, October 23, 2009 in Windham. She was born January 31, 1926 in Hartford and had lived in Willimantic for the past 10 years. She loved taking care of children. She is survived by a son, Timothy J. Morton of Willimantic, her grandchildren, Amber Lynn Morton and...

Norman W. Klein

Norman W. Klein

Oct 23, 2009

Norman Klein, age 78, retired professor of Nutritional Sciences and Molecular and Cell Biology and past director of the Center of Environmental Health at the University of Connecticut, passed away peacefully on October 23 after a long illness. Sandy Schulte, his beloved companion of 24 years, pre-deceased him in July 2000. He is survived by sons Ronald, who is a...

Kenneth Noble Hall

Kenneth Noble Hall

Oct 23, 2009

Kenneth Noble Hall, of Storrs, died on October 23rd surrounded by family, at home after a long illness with cancer. He is survived by his wife, Juanita (Conover) Hall, of 51 years. He was born on September 18, 1935 in Lawrence, Mass., the son of John Stecker Hall and Mary (DeFrancisco) Hall. He grew up on a farm in Freedom,...

Helen Switchenko

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

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

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...

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