Antoinette P. Ward
Sep 23, 2004
Antoinette "Toni" P. Ward, 90, of Willimantic, wife of the late George Ward, died Thursday September 23, 2004 at Douglas Manor in Windham. She was born September 8, 1914 in Willimantic, the daughter of Andrew and Sophie (Kossar) Plesz and had lived in Willimantic all her life. She was a communicant of St. Joseph Church in Willimantic and was employed...
Helen Smith
Sep 23, 2004
Helen R. (Lesniaski) Smith, 90, of Mansfield, widow of Charles E. Smith, died Thursday Sept. 23, 2004 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born Jan. 25, 1914 in Willimantic the daughter of Felix and Julia (Wilk) Lesniaski. Helen retired at the age of 76 from Brand-Rex Co. in Willimantic. She was an avid gardener, horse racing...
Ruth Evelyn Jones
Sep 20, 2004
Ruth E. Jones, of Storrs, died at Windham Memorial Hospital on Monday, Sept 20, 2004. Born Nov. 4, 1919 in Willimantic and raised in Storrs, Ruth was the daughter of Roy and Corinne Jones. She attended Windham High School and received her teaching degree from Eastern Connecticut Teacher's College. In WWII she served in the Women's Reserve in the Marines...
Dorothy Ayres Holt
Sep 17, 2004
Dorothy Ayres Holt, 95, of Manchester, CT, and formerly of Hampton, CT, died on September 17, 2004 at the Manchester Memorial Hospital. The daughter of the late Chester T. Ayres and Katharine Scott Ayres Porter, she was born on May 31, 1909 in Montclair, New Jersey and attended Sweet Briar College in Virginia. She was predeceased by her husband, John...
Lester A. Taylor
Sep 16, 2004
Lester A. Taylor, 64, of Canterbury, formerly of Willimantic, died Thursday September 16, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. He was born October 21, 1939 in Willimantic, son of the late Lester and Doris (Wood) Taylor and grew up in Coventry before moving to Willimantic. Prior to his retirement he was employed for over 20 years by Builder?s Concrete in Willimantic....
Beatrice Elaine Hartley
Sep 16, 2004
Beatrice E. Hartley, 83, of North Windham, wife of the late Donald Hartley, died Thursday September 16, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. She was born April 2, 1921 in Palmer, MA, the daughter of Elmer and Alice (Crosby) Brown and had lived in Windham most of her life. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother to her family....
Florence Rome Garrett
Sep 15, 2004
Florence Rome Garrett, 92, of Hebron, formerly of Bridgewater, wife of the late Elmer E. Garrett, died Wednesday, September 15, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. She was born September 10, 1912 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of George and Blanche (Smith) Rome. She was a prolific writer, particularly of poetry, publishing more than 10 books, the latest, "More Than All"...
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...
