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Harold Doug Fraser
Oct 27, 2003
Harold "Doug" Fraser, 77, of Windham, husband of Mary (Seader) Fraser, died Monday October 27, 2003 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was born June 7, 1926 in Boston, the son of the late Harold and Beatrice (Whitney) Fraser and had lived in Windham most of his life. He was a U. S. Marine veteran of World War II serving with...
Barbara Elaine Whitney
Oct 25, 2003
Barbara E. Whitney, 59, of Willimantic, died Saturday October 25, 2003 at her home. She was born June 1, 1944 in Willimantic, the daughter of the late Charles and Lillian (Edwards) Whitney and had lived in Lebanon most of her life. She was a member of Jehovah's Witnesses, a devoted reader of the Bible and had a wonderful sense of...
Lucille M. Sentener
Oct 25, 2003
Lucille M. (Boisvert) Sentener, 83, formerly of Rockville, widow of John Sentener, died Sat. Oct. 25, 2003 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born Dec. 10, 1919 in Willimantic the daughter of Donat and Angeline (Bibeau) Boisvert. She had been employed by Pratt & Whitney and Royal Typewriter in Hartford. She is survived by a bother...
Albert Gervais
Oct 24, 2003
Albert Gervais, 92, of Windham Center, died Friday October 24, 2003 at his home. He was born January 1, 1911 in Biddeford, Maine, the son of Albert and Cordelia (Turgeon) Gervais and had lived in Windham all his life. He was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran of World War II. He is survived by his wife, Therese (Laramie) Kegler...
Hilda L. Schellig
Oct 23, 2003
Hilda L. Schellig, 87, of Jordan Rd., South Windham, CT., died Thursday Oct. 23, 2003 at the John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington, CT. She is survived by her husband of 65 years, John ?Biff? Schellig. She was born March 14, 1916 in Staatsburg, N.Y. and resided in Hyde Park, N.Y. until 1980 when she and her husband moved to Inverness, FL....
Camille Blu Labonte
Oct 20, 2003
Camille "Blu" Labonte, 81, of Storrs, died Monday October 20, 2003 in East Hartford. He was born August 21, 1922 in Putnam, the son of Henry and Albina (Cloutier) Labonte. Mr. Labonte was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, serving in the Pacific Theatre and a member of the V.F.W. and American Legion Posts in Willimantic. He retired...
Robert Allen Lauritzen
Oct 20, 2003
Robert Allen Lauritzen, 71, of Storrs, husband of Dorothy (Pottenger) Lauritzen, died Monday October 20, 2003 at the Veteran's Hospital in West Haven. He was born March 29, 1932 in Manchester. Mr. Lauritzen spent 21 years in the U.S. Army and was a veteran of Korea and Vietnam. In addition to his wife he is survived by 2 daughters, Jane...
Stacy Otto Wilson
Oct 20, 2003
Stacy O. Wilson, 66, of Windham, husband of Annette (Hill) Wilson, died Monday October 20, 2003 at the Windham Hospital. He was born January 29, 1937 in Fairmont, WV, the son of the late Arliss and Mabel (Chase) Wilson and had lived in Connecticut most of his life. He was a U.S. Army veteran and a member of the American...
Col. David Gordon Jones
Oct 19, 2003
Col. David Gordon Jones, 86, of Windham Center Rd., Windham Center, husband of the late Beryl (Hubbard) Jones, died Sunday Oct. 19, 2003 at the Douglas Manor, Windham. He is survived by a son Dr. Peter D. Jones and his wife Ann of Windham Center, 3 grandchildren; Ashley Jones and her husband Joao Bokel, Rebecca Jones and Alexandra Jones and...
Lola M. Burns
Oct 19, 2003
Lola M. Burns, 81, of Willimantic died, Sunday October 19, 2003 in Willimantic. She was born May 9, 1922 in Fairhaven, MA, the daughter of Herbert and Grace (Ranson) Westgate and had lived in Willimantic since the late 1960?s. Prior to her retirement in 1984 she was employed at the former Mansfield State Training School for over 15 years and...
Claude Mcdaniels
Oct 18, 2003
Claude McDaniels, 93, of Wormwood Hill Rd., Mansfield, died Saturday Oct. 18, 2003 at the Windham Hospital. He was born on June 2, 1910 in Ashford and had been a lifelong dairy farmer on Wormwood Hill Rd. Claude enjoyed square dancing and poetry. He is survived by a niece May (McDaniels) Trickett of Mansfield and numerous other relatives. His family...
Marie Ann Twomey
Oct 16, 2003
Marie Ann (Anthony) Twomey, 87, formerly of Whittemore St., Willimantic, died Thursday Oct., 16, 2003 at the Haven Health Center, Willimantic. She was born Nov. 23, 1915 in Moosup the daughter of Paul and Philomenia (Ferris) Anthony. She was a 1933 graduate of NFA where she excelled in track and basketball. On April 19, 1941 she married Timothy J. Twomey...
Magdalena Jasinski
Oct 16, 2003
Magdalena Jasinski, 85, of Willimantic, widow of John Jasinski, died Thursday October 16, 2003 in Mansfield at the home of her daughter, Terry Adamcik. She was born January 31, 1918 in Germany and had lived in Connecticut for 45 years. She was an active member of the McSweeney Regional Senior Center in Willimantic for the past 20 years. In addition...
Ruth May Smith
Oct 16, 2003
Ruth M. Smith, 87, of Mansfield, widow of Joseph B. Smith, passed into eternity with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Thursday October 16, 2003 in Windham. She was born October 17, 1915 in Brooklyn, NY, the daughter of William and May (Bryant) Doxey and had lived in Mansfield since 1957. She was a member of the Columbia Baptist...
Ellen Condon
Oct 12, 2003
Ellen (Dufresne) Condon, 89, of Brooklyn, widow of Garrett F. Condon Sr., died Sunday Oct. 12, 2003 at the Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn. She was born Nov. 22, 1913 in Jewett City the daughter of Adelard and Azilda (St.Onge) Dufresne. She was raised in Jewett City, was a Hartford resident and has resided in Brooklyn since 1985. She...
Arlene M. Good
Oct 12, 2003
Arlene M. Good, 78, of North Windham, died Sunday October 12, 2003 in Windham. She was born June 27, 1925 in Fairfield, Maine, the daughter of Perley and Rose (Haley) Flye and had lived in Coventry before moving to North Windham 7 years ago. Prior to her retirement she was employed for many years at Bond Press in Hartford. She...
Diane M. Sheehan
Oct 10, 2003
Diane M. Sheehan, 46, of South Windham, passed away peacefully at home on Friday , Oct. 10, 2003. She was born in Hartford on Feb. 3, 1957 the daughter of the late Lewis and Dawn Sheehan. She is survived by her brother, Michael Sheehan of Bristol, TN., her sisters; Patricia Hadam of S. Windham and Brenda Miano of Hartford and...
Lois Crane James
Oct 9, 2003
Lois C. Crane James, 95, of Willimantic, widow of Rexford Crane and Clinton James, died Thursday October 9, 2003 in Windham. She was born September 14, 1908 in Allston, MA, the daughter of Malcom and Kate (Wilson) Cole and had lived in Mansfield and Willimantic most of her life. She was employed as an administrative assistant at UConn for several...
Gene A. Gamache
Oct 8, 2003
Gene A. Gamache, 53, of Willimantic, passed away peacefully on Wednesday Oct., 8, 2003 surrounded by his loving family at Hartford Hospital. He was born in Willimantic the son of Serene (Desautels) Gamache and the late Welly Gamache. Gene had been employed by Electric Boat for 8 years as a painter. He left to start his own business, A. Gamache...
Eric L. Hiltz
Oct 6, 2003
Eric L. Hiltz, 81, formerly of Valley St., died Monday at the Haven Health Center in Windham. He was born Feb. 11, 1922 in Nova Scotia, son of the late Andrew and Edna (Meister) Hiltz. On Oct. 17, 1942 he married Evelyn Breault in Willimantic. She survives him. Mr. Hiltz served in the Army during World War II. Besides his...
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