Elizabeth Ramos
Sep 13, 2004
Elizabeth Ramos, 33, of Windham, died Monday September 13, 2004 at Hartford Hospital. She was born October 1, 1970 in Caguas, Puerto Rico the daughter of Emilia Cotto of North Windham and Luis Ramos of Florida and had lived in Windham most of her life. She was employed for the last 7 years at Rogers Corporation in South Windham. In...
Virginia L Benjamin
Sep 9, 2004
Virginia Louise Benjamin, 93, of Marlborough, formerly of the Manchester/Vernon area, wife of the late Edwin Benjamin, died Thursday September 9, 2004 in Marlborough. She was born July 2, 1911 in Bethlehem, PA, the daughter of Lafayette and Alice (Trend) Fisher. Prior to her retirement she was employed by the State of Connecticut. During the 1970?s Virginia traveled twice with...
Sophia A. Andrychowski
Sep 9, 2004
Sophia A. (Sidelko) Andrychowski, 82, of Willimantic, widow of Stanley Andrychowski, died Thursday Sept. 9, 2004 at the Windham Hospital, after a brief illness. She was born July 13, 1922 in Utica, N.Y. the daughter of Walter and Mary (Glackowska) Sidelko. Prior to her retirement, Sophia had been employed in the packing deptartment at the American Thread Co. for over...
Manuel Swass Jr
Sep 8, 2004
Manuel Swass Jr., 72, of Chaplin, husband of Virginia (Godwin) Swass, died Wednesday September 8, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. He was born October 29, 1931 in Fall River, MA, the son of Manuel and Frances (Moitozo) Swass Sr. and had lived in Chaplin for over 40 years. He was a U. S. Army veteran and a member of the...
Phyllis Bartizek
Sep 7, 2004
Phyllis (Hoxie) Bartizek of South Windham, widow of Albert Bartizek, passed away Sept. 7, 2004 at Windham Memorial Hospital, Willimantic. She was born March 4, 1917 in Norwich during a snowstorm. Her parents were Dorothy (Gould) Hoxie and Albert C. Hoxie of Lebanon. After graduating from Lyman Memorial High School, Phyllis worked at American Thermos in Norwich. During World War...
P. Henry Anctil
Sep 6, 2004
P. Henry Anctil, 79, of Hackettstown, NJ, formerly of Storrs, CT, husband of Eleanor (Mello) Anctil, died Monday September 6, 2004 in Morristown, NJ. He was born September 12, 1924 in Fall River, MA, the son of Wilfred and Bertha (St. Pierre) Anctil. Prior to his retirement in 1989 he was employed for many years in the Plant Engineering Department...
Esther Kaplan
Sep 6, 2004
Esther Kaplan of Columbia, wife of the late Morris Kaplan, died on Monday, September 6, 2004. Born in Norwich, Connecticut, the daughter of the late Sarah and Saul Friedland, Esther moved to Columbia when she married Morris in 1947. Esther graduated from Norwich Free Academy and Willimantic Teachers College. She taught for 20 years at Andover Elementary School until she...
Sophie A. Kowalski
Sep 4, 2004
Sophie A. Kowalski, 84, of Willimantic, widow of Thaddeus "Tike" Kowalski, died Saturday night Sept. 4, 2004 at St. Joseph Living Center, Windham. She was born Jan. 15, 1920 in Colchester, the daughter of Phillip and Rebecca (Schulman) Meisler. Sophie and her husband Tike were very involved in touching the lives of many people through the Boy Scouts and Girl...
Clifford L. Eldredge
Sep 4, 2004
Clifford L. Eldredge, 86, of Mansfield Center, died Saturday September 4, 2004 after a lengthy illness. He was predeceased by his beloved wife of 57 years, Corrine (Kilburn) Eldredge who died in June of 2002. Clifford was a World War II veteran, serving as a sergeant in the U.S. Army. He served with the 25th Division on Guadalcanal and was...
Sara S. Fortier
Sep 1, 2004
Sara Susan "Sue" (Rose) Fortier, 58, passed away after a long illness on September 1, 2004. She was a resident of Haven Health Care Center. She is survived by her daughter, Emily Fortier of New York, two sisters, Darrell Turbyne of Colorado and Lauren Rose Tromley of Florida, her grandson, Daniel, her granddaughter, Nancy and several nieces and nephews. Sue...
James T Taylor
Aug 31, 2004
James T. Taylor, 81, of Mansfield Center, husband of Federica (Ferri) Taylor, died Tuesday August 31, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. He was born August 15, 1923 in Southbridge, MA, the son of Arthur and Ellen (Thomson) Taylor and had lived in Mansfield for 52 years. He was a Navy veteran of World War II and a communicant of St....
Mary Rita Bergeron
Aug 30, 2004
Mary Rita Bergeron, 67, of North Windham, died peacefully on Monday Aug. 30, 2004 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born Sept. 11, 1936 in Lowell, MA. Prior to her retirement, Mary was employed by Homemakers & Companions. She enjoyed gardening, cooking, decorating her home and flea marketing. Mary was a very caring person who enjoyed...
Maureen Edith Nolan
Aug 30, 2004
Maureen Edith Nolan, of Los Angeles, CA., died Aug. 30, 2004 at her home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born May 5, 1954 in Willimantic. Ms. Nolan was a graduate of E.O. Smith High School, class of 1972, received her BA in Semiotics from Brown University in 1976 and attended UCLA Film School. After a career in...
Mark R. Young Jr
Aug 24, 2004
Mark R. Young Jr., 20, of Ashford, died Tuesday August 24, 2004 of injuries received in an automobile accident in Ellington. He was born October 3, 1983 at Camp Lejeune, NC, the son of Sandra (Sindelar) Young of Ashford and Mark Young Sr. of Willington. He was an active and outgoing person who loved to tinker with motor vehicles and...
Russell L. Snyder
Aug 23, 2004
Russell L. Snyder, 80, of Willimantic, died Monday August 23, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. He was born June 4, 1924 in Mansfield, the son of George and Ann (Kolvek) Snyder and had lived in Mansfield most of his life. He owned and operated a tractor trailer and worked for many years for Nelson Brothers. He is survived by a...
Elsie E. Wilhelm
Aug 23, 2004
Elsie E. Wilhelm, 84, of Lebanon, died Monday Aug. 23, 2004 at the Douglas Manor in Windham. She was born Oct. 13, 1919 in Queens, N.Y. the daughter of Gottlieb and Christina Wilhelm. Elsie resided on the family farm in Lebanon for most of her life where she enjoyed vegetable and flower gardening. She is survived by her sister Helen...
Walter A. Kosiba
Aug 23, 2004
Walter A. Kosiba, 81, of Willimantic, husband of the late Rose (Morelli) Kosiba, died Monday August 23, 2004 at Haven Health Center in Jewett City. He was born October 21, 1922 in Willimantic, the son of Joseph and Kathryn Kosiba and had lived in Willimantic all his life. He was a U. S. Army veteran of World War II. Walter...
Donald F. Godin
Aug 18, 2004
Donald F. Godin, 65, of Willimantic, beloved husband of Theresa (LeBlanc) Godin, died Wednesday August 18, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. He was born February 7, 1939 in Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of John Godin of Ontario and the late Beatrice (Leblanc) Godin. He was the loving father of 3 children, Roland Godin of Ohio, Lisa Godin of...
Jacob D. Martir
Aug 18, 2004
SPC Jacob David Martir-Gutierrez, 21, of Norwich, died in combat on Aug. 18, 2004 in Iraq. He was born Jan. 22, 1983 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Jacob attended the Norwich Free Academy and Westover Job Corps Center in Chicopee, MA. He joined the United States Army in Feb. 2000. He is survived by his mother Lydia Gutierrez of Miami, FL.,...
J. Russell Thompson
Aug 17, 2004
J. Russell Thompson, 89, of Andover, husband of the late Dorothy (Jones) Thompson, died Tuesday Aug. 17, 2004 at the Douglas Manor in Windham. He was born Feb. 6, 1915 in Andover the son of Herbert and Ada (Walker) Thompson. A lifelong resident, Russell was active in Andover politics, including serving two terms as First Selectman. He was a charter...
