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Maureen Edith Nolan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Lucille Nelson

Lucille Nelson

Aug 17, 2004

Lucille (Wheaton) Nelson, 70, of Tuckie Rd., North Windham, widow of Donald A. Nelson Sr., died Tuesday Aug. 17, 2004 at the Windham Hospital. She was born Aug. 24, 1933 in Windham, the daughter of Leonard W. Wheaton and Nellie (Larrow) Wheaton. She had been employed by the American Thread Co. and the Electro-Motive Manufacturing Co. Lucille was a member...

Mary Slowik

Mary Slowik

Aug 16, 2004

Mary Slowik, 94, of Windham, widow of John Slowik, died peacefully on Monday, August 16, 2004. She was born January 13, 1910 in Willimantic, the daughter of Stanley and Katherine (Kozak) Stygar and had lived in Windham all her life. Mary was a communicant of St. Joseph Church in Willimantic. She is survived by 5 children, Lucille Hancharyk of Windham,...

Helen Ryan

Helen Ryan

Aug 15, 2004

COVENTRY, Conn. ? Helen (Kelly) Ryan, 72, died Friday, Oct. 15, 2004 at Riverside Convalescent and Rehabilitation Center in East Hartford following a long battle with diabetes and myasthenia gravis. Beloved wife of James J. Ryan of Coventry, Helen was born in Hartford, daughter of the late Thomas and Emily (Havens) Kelly. She graduated from Middletown High School in the...

Michele Desciscio

Michele Desciscio

Aug 14, 2004

Michele "Michael" DeSciscio, 66, of Willimantic, passed away on Saturday, (August 14, 2004), after a brief and courageous battle with cancer. He was born on February 5, 1938 in Volturara Appula, Italy, the son of late Salvatore Fracesco and Marianna (Cifelli) DeSciscio. He started to work as a mason at an early age of 13. He was enlisted in the...

Raymond Scovell Cobb

Raymond Scovell Cobb

Aug 13, 2004

Raymond S. Cobb, 88, of Columbia, husband of the late Mabel (Hills) Cobb, died Friday August 13, 2004 at the W.W. Backus Hospital in Norwich. He was born November 19, 1915 in Columbia, the son of Robert and May (Church) Cobb and had lived in Columbia all his life. He owned and operated Cobblestone Farm, a combination dairy and poultry...

Max K. Schamko

Max K. Schamko

Aug 10, 2004

Max K. Schamko, 87, of Ashford, died Tuesday Aug. 10, 2004 at home. He was born Jan. 1, 1917 in the Ukraine and immigrated to the United States in 1950. He had served in the Russian Army and had resided in Ashford for the last 12 years. He is survived by his son Rev. Eugene Schamko and his wife Ingrid...

Charlotte May Fitzgerald

Charlotte May Fitzgerald

Aug 10, 2004

Charlotte May (Barrett) Fitzgerald, 77, of Tolland, a former longtime Mansfield Center resident, wife of Richard H. Fitzgerald, died Tuesday Aug. 10, 2004 at the Rockville General Hospital. She was born Sept. 10, 1926 in Norwich the daughter of the late Oscar and Hazel (Huling) Barrett. Charlotte had been employed by the American Thread Co. in Willimantic and also by...

Eric Scott Neff

Eric Scott Neff

Aug 9, 2004

Eric Scott Neff, 22, of North Windham, died Monday Aug. 9, 2004 in N. Windham. He was born Jan. 6, 1982 in Willimantic the son of Susan (Pehowdy) Neff of N. Windham and the late Robert Neff. He attended Windham Public Schools. Eric had been employed by Marshall Irrigation in Andover and had been recently employed at Kathy John's Restaurant...

Theodor Thun

Theodor Thun

Aug 7, 2004

Theodor Thun, 84, of Willimantic, a loving father and grandfather, husband of the late Ingeborg Thun, died Saturday Aug. 7, 2004 at his home. He was born in Helschen, Germany. Mr. Thun served in World War II and was a prisoner of war for 2 years. He came to the United States in 1958 with his family. Retiring in 1984,...

Nathalie Eloise Brown

Nathalie Eloise Brown

Aug 7, 2004

Nathalie Eloise (Foster) Brown, 79, of Norwich, widow of Robert F. Brown, passed into eternal rest at Haven Healthcare of Norwich on Saturday Aug. 7, 2004. She was born May 15, 1925 in Newton, MA. the daughter of the late Elliot and Madeline (Trott) Foster. Nathalie, a native of Franklin,CT., owned and operated Beta Farm in Franklin for approximately 40...

Barbara H. Adamcik

Barbara H. Adamcik

Aug 6, 2004

Barbara H. Adamcik, 79, of Eastford, formerly of Willimantic, widow of Andrew L. Adamcik, died Friday Aug. 6, 2004 at the Haven Health Center in Willimantic. She was born March 17, 1925 in Peru, N.Y. the daughter of Noel and Marie Louise Easton. Prior to her retirement, she had been employed by the Brand-Rex Co. Barbara enjoyed flowers and gardening....

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