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Marion Pierpont Brown

Marion Pierpont Brown

Nov 10, 2005

Marion (Pierpont) Brown of Storrs, widow of Professor Benjamin A. Brown, died Thursday, November 10, 2005 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation after a long illness. She was born April 23, 1907 in Waterbury, daughter of the late Arthur J. and Beatrice (Garrigus) Pierpont. She grew up on the family farm in Waterbury, graduated from Crosby High School...

Anna T. Palmer

Anna T. Palmer

Nov 10, 2005

Anna T. Palmer, 81, of Hebron, formerly of Stamford, died Thursday Nov. 10, 2005. She was the beloved daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Coppola. She is survived by her son Jonathan Palmer of Florida, two grandchildren, Stephen Palmer of Oxford and Mark Palmer of Waterbury, a great grandson Joshua Palmer of Waterbury and a brother John Coppola of Stamford. She...

Deborah Gauthier

Deborah Gauthier

Nov 10, 2005

Deborah Gauthier, 46, of Danielson, died Thursday Nov. 10, 2005 at Hartford Hospital. She was born Dec. 22, 1958 in Fitchburg, MA. the daughter of the late Edward Gauthier II and Janice (Richards) Gauthier. She is survived by her cousin Rhonda Gauthier of Willimantic. There are no funeral services. Arrangements through the Potter Funeral Home, Willimantic. For online memorials, please...

Robert T. Macdonald

Robert T. Macdonald

Nov 9, 2005

Robert T. MacDonald, 79, of Willington died Wednesday (November 9, 2005) at Saint Francis Hospital. He was born Robert T. Mack, Jr. July 20, 1926 in Hartford to Julia (Poscher) Mack and Robert T. Mack. He grew up in Wethersfield and entered the United States Navy in July 1943 and was honorably discharged as a Motor Machinist Mate 2nd Class...

Kenneth T. Green

Kenneth T. Green

Nov 6, 2005

Kenneth T. Green, 93, of Eastford, died Sunday evening Nov. 6, 2005 at Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn. He was born Nov. 10, 1911 in Eastford the son of Ariel and Mary (Sheldon) Green. Kenneth operated a farm in Eastford specializing in raising Ayrshire Cattle. He attended the Eastford Congregational Church. Kenneth was predeceased by all his siblings and...

Wilfrid "Wil" Cote

Wilfrid "Wil" Cote

Nov 5, 2005

Wilfrid Wil P. Cote, 94, of Vero Beach, FL. formerly of Bolton, died Saturday Nov. 5, 2005 in Florida. He was born Aug. 29, 1911 in Sprague, the son of Arthur and Rose (Bibeau) Cote. He was predeceased by his wife Mary (Grayson) Cote and a brother Henry Cote. He is survived by 4 sons and daughters in law, Melville...

Loyal Donald Clark

Loyal Donald Clark

Nov 5, 2005

Loyal Donald Clark, 93, of Storrs, husband of the late Sabra (Foster) Clark, died Saturday Nov. 5, 2005 at home. He was born Jan. 7, 1912 in Brooklyn, N.Y. the son of Loyal B. and Ada (Coates) Clark. He was a 1931 graduate of Phillips Academy-Andover and graduated from Yale in 1935. Mr. Clark received his MBA from Columbia University...

Vincent P. Reilly

Vincent P. Reilly

Nov 5, 2005

Vincent P. Reilly, 60, of Willington, husband of Linda (Drake) Reilly, died Saturday Nov. 5, 2005 at Hartford Hospital. He was born Feb. 6, 1945 in Rockville the son of Thomas and Mary Reilly. He was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran. Mr. Reilly operated VETOR Production, a furniture upholstery business out of his home. He was also well know as...

Alfred Irving Lamb

Alfred Irving Lamb

Nov 4, 2005

ALFRED IRVING LAMB, 88, died peacefully Friday evening November 4, 2005, attended by his children and by the staff at Liberty Specialty Care Center in Colchester who had cared for him lovingly during a long illness. Born at home on Franklin Hill, January 9, 1917, he was the youngest of ten children of Honoria Agnes McNulty and William Samuel Lamb....

Rose Guarnaccia

Rose Guarnaccia

Nov 3, 2005

Signorina Rose Ferro Guarnaccia, 95, passed away at Windham Hospital on November 3, 2005. Born January 9, 1910 to the late Vincenzo and the late Caroline (D Anzi) Ferro, Rose spent her early years in New York City, Jewett City, and Mansfield. She was married for fifty-seven years to the late Giacomo J. Guarnaccia Sr. They made their home in...

Lewis C. Rosebrooks

Lewis C. Rosebrooks

Nov 2, 2005

Lewis C. Rosebrooks, 76, of Willimantic, husband of Patricia (Fryer) Rosebrooks, died Wednesday Nov. 2, 2005 at Douglas Manor, Windham. He was born March 29, 1929 in Willimantic the son of George and Hazel (Hoxie) Rosebrooks. He was a United States Marine Corps Veteran. Lewis retired in the early 1980 s as foreman of the Grounds Keeping Dept. at UConn....

Mary Florence Boucher

Mary Florence Boucher

Nov 2, 2005

Mary Florence (Marois) Boucher, 84, of Hebron, beloved servant of Christ, widow of Clarence A. Boucher, passed on to eternal life on Wednesday Nov. 2, 2005. She was born Sept. 27, 1921 in Vermont the daughter of Leon and Ida (Boivin) Marois. She married Clarence on Jan. 26, 1943 in Suffield and they operated a dairy and poultry farm in...

Maureen Orrell

Maureen Orrell

Oct 30, 2005

Maureen (Burke) Orrell, 67, of Storrs, beloved wife to Stephen C. Orrell passed away on Sunday evening (October 30, 2005) after a long battle with ovarian cancer. She was born Mary Agnes Burke on 2, January 1938 in Tonegurrane, Corrandulla, County Galway, Ireland. Maureen was one of seven children borne to the late Patrick and Ellen Burke. She decided at...

Keith A. Baton

Keith A. Baton

Oct 30, 2005

Keith A. Baton, 53, of North Windham, died from injuries received in a motorcycle accident on Sunday Oct. 30, 2005 . He had been employed at Electric Boat for 23 years and was also employed at Windham Machinery as a machinist. He was a founding member of Connecticut Motorcycle Riders Assoc. Keith was one of a kind. He was loved...

Ernst Losen

Ernst Losen

Oct 30, 2005

Ernst Losen, 81, of Franklin, husband of Ruth (Wing) Losen, died Sunday evening Oct. 30, 2005 at Haven Health Center, Willimantic. He was born March 13, 1924 in Koln, Germany. Ernst operated Losen s Tailor Shop in Willimantic from 1958 to 1985 when he retired and worked partime out of his home in Franklin. In addition to his wife, he...

Dorothy C. Parks

Dorothy C. Parks

Oct 28, 2005

Dorothy C. Parks, 104, of Storrs, formerly of Hampton widow of Edmund B. Parks, died Friday October 28, 2005 in Storrs. She was born April 5, 1901 in Bridgeport, the daughter of Murray and Lucy (Kent) Chapin and was a descendant of Samuel Chapin, one of the founders of Springfield, Massachusetts. She was a graduate of Vassar College and received...

Eriks Raimonds Cerlins

Eriks Raimonds Cerlins

Oct 27, 2005

Eriks R. Cerlins, 73, of Willimantic, husband of Aina (Lapa) Cerlins, died Thursday October 27, 2005 at the Windham Hospital. He was born August 31, 1932 in Daugavpils, Latvia, the son of Karlis and Aleftina (Kirko) Cerlins and had lived in Willimantic since coming to the United States in 1946. He was a member of the Latvian Lutheran Church in...

George H. St. Germain

George H. St. Germain

Oct 26, 2005

George H. St. Germain, 62, of Willimantic, husband of Marion (Gagne) St. Germain, died Wednesday October 26, 2005 at the Windham Hospital. He was born June 29, 1943 in Willimantic the son of the late Henry and Loretta (Vertefeuille) St. Germain and had lived in Willimantic all his life. Prior to his retirement he was employed for many years at...

Frank Peter Witkowski

Frank Peter Witkowski

Oct 26, 2005

Frank Peter Witkowski, 80, died Wednesday, October 26, 2005, in Alexandria, Louisiana. Mr. Witkowski, a long time resident of Windham Center, was born in Willimantic on December 28, 1924 and graduated from Windham High School in 1943. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II in the South Pacific. Mr. Witkowski worked at the Electro Motive Company...

Scott David Weirs

Scott David Weirs

Oct 25, 2005

Scott D. Weirs, 42, of South Windsor, died Tuesday, October 25, 2005 at Hartford Hospital. He was born October 15, 1963 in Stafford Springs, the son of Jeanne Filek of Franklin and Arthur Weirs of Stafford. He owned and operated Quality Installation of South Windsor for many years. In addition to his parents he is survived by a son, Joshua...

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