Virginia F. Desmarais
Feb 20, 2005
Virginia F. (Pasek) Desmarais, 80, of Willimantic, died Sunday Feb. 20, 2005 at her home. She was born Dec. 13, 1924 in Avon. She retired from the UConn Police Dept. after 23 years of service. Virginia had been previously employed by the Cheney family of Manchester for many years. She is survived by 2 sons, Ronald Desmarais and his wife...
Annie H. Madison
Feb 20, 2005
Annie H. Madison, 81, of Columbia, wife of James Madison, died Sunday, February 20, 2005 at the Windham Hospital. She was born August 17, 1923 in Rockville, the daughter of Stanley and Helen (Zajac) Hopoweic and had lived in Columbia for the past 35 years. In addition to her husband she is survived by a sister, Sophie Baskowski of Vernon,...
Nellie Carchidi
Feb 19, 2005
Nellie (Wolfe) Carchidi, 84,of Canterbury, wife of the late Nicholas J. Carchidi, died Saturday Feb. 19, 2005 at Douglas Manor in Windham. She was born Oct. 6, 1920 in Coventry the daughter of William A. and Faith R. (Potter) Wolfe. Mrs. Carchidi was a U.S. Navy veteran serving during W.W.2. She had been employed by the Windham Hospital and retired...
Richard "Dick" Crooke
Feb 19, 2005
Richard "Dick" Kenneth Crooke , 64 of Ashford died on Saturday ,February 19, 2005. He was born September 2, 1940 in Hartford, CT. the oldest son of the late Merton E. and Barbara (Spenkoch) Crooke. Dick was a graduate of Monson Academy ('58) and the University of Connecticut ('62). He was also a U.S. Army veteran ('62 '69). Dick, along...
Alvin C. Greene
Feb 16, 2005
Alvin C. Greene, 74, of Norwich, died Wednesday, February 16, 2005 in Waterford. He was born January 6, 1931 in Willimantic, son of the late A. Clifford and Dorothy (Wilson) Greene and had lived in Willimantic most of his life. He served as a sergeant in the federalized CT National Guard 248th Engineering Company during the Korean War. He was...
Doris M. Wheeler
Feb 13, 2005
Doris M. Wheeler, 94, of Windham, wife of the late Richard B. Wheeler Sr., died Sunday February 13, 2005 in Windham. She was born March 20, 1910 in Worcester, MA, the daughter of George and Mildred Matheson and had lived in Windham many years. She was a devoted mother and grandmother to her family. She is survived by 9 children,...
Henry C. Hollis Jr
Feb 12, 2005
Henry C. Hollis Jr., 24, of Willimantic, died Saturday February 12, 2005 in New Britain. He was born March 5, 1980 in Willimantic, the son of the late Henry and Bertha (Mitchell) Hollis Sr. and had lived in Willimantic all his life. He is survived by a daughter, Destiny Hollis of Willimantic, a brother, Anthony Mitchell of Willimantic, a sister,...
Shirley M. Landon
Feb 12, 2005
Shirley M. (Sawyer) Landon, 61, of Chaplin, a devoted wife and mother, died Saturday Feb. 12, 2005 at her home. She was born April 6, 1943 in Willimantic the daughter of the late Frank and Lucy (Pepin) Sawyer. She had been active with the Chaplin Volunteer Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary and more recently at the Chaplin Senior Center. She is...
Edward Pollack
Feb 11, 2005
Edward Pollack, husband of Rita Pollack, resident of Storrs, died Friday (February 11, 2005) following a brief and valiant struggle with brain cancer. Dr. Pollack was born in the Bronx, attended City College and New York University, where he received his Ph.D. in 1963. He then began his 41-year-long career on the Physics faculty of the University of Connecticut, where...
Lawrence "Larry" Slater Sr
Feb 11, 2005
Lawrence V. "Larry" Slater Sr., 77, of Mansfield and Port Orange, FL, husband of Elizabeth "Beth Ann" Greene Slater, died Friday February 11, 2005 at Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach, Florida. He was born February 22, 1927 in Windham, the son of the late Ernest and Blanche (Russ) Slater and had lived in Mansfield all his life. He attended Windham...
Katherine "Kitty" Light
Feb 11, 2005
Katherine L. "Kitty" Light, 81, of Windham, died Friday February 11, 2005 in Windham. She was born January, 20, 1924 in Windham, the daughter of William and Ida (Tompkins) Light and was a lifelong resident. Prior to her retirement she was employed by the State of Connecticut for 30 years, 23 of which she spent at the University of Connecticut...
Sidney Waxman
Feb 10, 2005
Dr. Sidney Waxman died at his home in Storrs on February 10th, 2005 after a long illness. He leaves his wife, Florence (Dix) Waxman; his three children, Howard, Deborah, and Paul Waxman; his daughter-in-law Cynthia Waxman; and his two grandchildren, Sarah Fetterman and Mattias Heubner. Dr. Waxman was born to Harry and Rebecca Waxman in Providence, Rhode Island, on November...
Suzanne M. Ryan
Feb 10, 2005
Suzanne Ryan of Willimantic died February 10, 2005 at Windham Hospital. She was born June 6, 1931 in Carthage N.Y. She was the loving mother of three children Stephanie, Thomas and Michael with four grandchildren Jackie, Chelsea, Lindsey and Shane. She was employed by the Windham Board of Education and retired January 26, 1997 after 33 years. She enjoyed seven...
Mary L. Postemski
Feb 10, 2005
Mary L. Postemski, 85, of Willimantic, widow of Edward F. Postemski, died Thursday Feb. 10, 2005 at the Windham Hospital. She was born Sept. 10, 1919 in Willimantic the daughter of the late Stanislaw and and Catherine Guminey. She was a very caring and loving wife, mother and grandmother. Mary was a communicant of St. Joseph Church, Willimantic. She is...
Nancy H. Janes
Feb 6, 2005
Nancy H. Janes, 90, of Storrs, wife of the late Byron Janes, died Sunday, February 6, 2005 in Storrs. She was born May 1, 1914 in Kent, Ohio, the daughter of Wesley and Ellora (Mix) Hollister and had lived in Storrs since 1949. She was a graduate of Kent State University in Ohio and did graduate work at the University...
Andre W. Marchand
Feb 6, 2005
Andre W. Marchand, 70, of Windham, died unexpectedly on Sunday Feb. 6, 2005 at his home. He was predeceased by his parents, Peter and Evengeline Marchand, a daughter Joyce and also his soul mate, best friend and wife of 41 years, Karen, who left us just one month ago. Andre was a U.S. Navy veteran graduating in 1952 from the...
Ruth H. Blair
Feb 5, 2005
Ruth (Hardman) Blair, 84, of Mansfield, widow of Roland A. Blair, died Saturday, February 5, 2005 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born March 9, 1919 in Pennsylvania. She was employed at the Electro Motive, Valley View Nursing Home and for many years at the Mansfield State Training School. She was an avid bingo player and...
Joseph Bertrand
Jan 31, 2005
Joseph "Al" Bertrand, 67, of Chaplin, husband of Albina (Yother) Bertrand, died Monday Jan. 31, 2005 at the Windham Hospital. He was born Aug. 4, 1937 in Brattleboro, VT. the son of Joseph and Priscilla (LaValley) Bertrand. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving with the 101st Airborne. Mr. Bertrand owned and operated Al's Trucking in Chaplin. In addition to...
Louise H. Anderson
Jan 31, 2005
Louise H. Anderson, 92, of Lebanon, died Monday January 31, 2005 at the Windham Hospital. She was born March 23, 1912 in New York City, the daughter of Louis and Emily (Muller) Hacquest. On June 21, 1930 she married Francis Anderson in Prospect, CT. Mrs. Anderson lived for many years in Norwich where she was employed in the billing department...
