Ralph L. Kelly
Oct 4, 2003
Ralph L. Kelly, 74, of Chaplin, husband of Donna (Lemaire) Kelly died Saturday October 4, 2003 at home after a courageous fight with cancer. He was born July 1, 1929 in Coventry, the son of the late Myron and Eva (VonDeck) Kelly. Mr. Kelly was employed by the former American Thread Company and prior to his retirement at RHAM High...
Roy A. Spinner
Oct 3, 2003
Roy A. Spinner, 85, of Willimantic, husband of Annabell (McManus) Spinner, died Friday October 3, 2003 at the Windham Hospital. He was born April 29, 1918 in Herkimer, NY, the son of Allen and Rose (Tennyson) Spinner and had lived in Willimantic for the past 40 years. Prior to his retirement he enjoyed being employed in the athletic department of...
Pauline V. Nagy
Oct 3, 2003
Pauline V. (Hoferka) Nagy, 85, of Columbia, widow of John Nagy, died Friday Oct. 3, 2003 at the Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn. She was born April 19, 1918 in Woodside, PA., the daughter of Emery and Antonia (Risha) Hoferka. Pauline enjoyed craftwork and baking and decorating cakes. She is survived by 2 daughters; Joyce Bombard of Farmington and...
Alfred Niisuke
Sep 30, 2003
Alfred Niisuke, 80, of Mansfield, husband of the late Astra (Grauberg) Niisuke, died Tuesday Sept. 30, 2003 at his home. He was born Feb. 10, 1923 in Narva, Estonia and grew up there. After residing in Germany for four years , he moved to Australia and then to Mansfield in the late 1950's. He owned and operated Al's Weatherstriping for...
Elizabeth A. Soltys
Sep 29, 2003
Elizabeth A. Soltys, 82, of Storrs, wife of Joseph J. Soltys, died Monday September 29, 2003 at Hartford Hospital after being involved in an automobile accident. She was born August 2, 1921 in Franklin, MA, the daughter of Michael and Mary (McCarthy) Kearney and had lived in Storrs since 1959. She was a graduate of Framingham State College in Massachusetts...
Barbara Gaudreau Taylor
Sep 27, 2003
Barbara Gaudreau Taylor "Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Sister" Barbara Gaudreau Taylor, 63, of Mansfield, formerly of Willimantic, passed away on September 27, 2003 at Mansfield Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, after battling for 34 years with Multiple Sclerosis. Prior to her illness, Barbara was a well known employee in the cash office of Willimantic Stop & Shop. In her days when...
Kevin Nicholas Perry
Sep 26, 2003
Kevin Nicholas Perry passed away Friday September 26, 2003 at his home in Hampton. A native of Scotland, he was born in Willimantic on August 26, 1965, a son of Russell and Diana Perry. A graduate of Parish Hill High School he attended Thames Valley Technical College. A mechanic by trade, Kevin enjoyed Mustangs and Mack trucks. In addition to...
Johanna Hoyt
Sep 23, 2003
Johanna Mae "Joan" (Johnson) Hoyt, 75, of Inverness, FL, formerly of Willington, died Tuesday Sept. 23, 2003 at home. She was born June 28, 1928 in Roxbury, MA., the daughter of P. John and Katie Belle (McIntyre) Johnson. As a young girl, Joan moved to Maine to reside with John and Florence MacMullen and grew up in Skowhegan. She attended...
Dorothy Ruth Paradis
Sep 23, 2003
Dorothy R. (Haberman) Paradis, 74, of Ashford, died Tuesday Sept. 23, 2003 at the Windham Hospital. She was born on April 22, 1929, in Brooklyn, NY, daughter of the late Walter and Hilma (Galsdhodt) Haberman Powell. On May 5th, 1968 she married William Paradis in Storrs. He survives her. Funeral Services will be private. There are no calling hours. In...
Luz Brilly Machavelo
Sep 22, 2003
Luz Brilly Machavelo, died Monday September 22, 2003 at Windham Hospital. She was born in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico and had lived in Willimantic for 30 years. She was known to many people as a loving, caring, fun loving person. She is survived by her children, Carmen, Carlos, Pedro and Tony of Willimantic, Lillian of New Jersey and Sonia of...
Harrie L. Field
Sep 18, 2003
Harrie L. Field, 95, of Columbia, died Thursday, September 18, 2003 in Willimantic. She was born April 22, 1908 in Willimantic the daughter of Harry N. Field and Bessie (Ladd) Field Trythall and had lived in Columbia for most of her life. She was a member of the Columbia Congregational Church and the Columbia Grange. Prior to her retirement, she...
Norma Jean Plante Simrell
Sep 18, 2003
Norma Jean (Plante) Simrell, 42, of Mansfield, died Thursday September 18, 2003 at her home. She was born September 9, 1961 in Willimantic the daughter of Norman Plante and his wife Gloria of Brooklyn and Doris (Ellison) Durand and her husband Roger of Willimantic. She grew up in Willimantic and was an artist who loved to paint and draw. Norma...
Doris I. Duckett
Sep 18, 2003
Doris I. Duckett, 80, of Willimantic, died Thursday September 18, 2003 at the Windham Hospital. She was born September 18, 1923 in Fall River, MA, the daughter of the late Charles and Margaret Mary (Kelly) Duckett. Prior to her retirement she was employed for many years at the University of Connecticut. She is survived by a nephew, Milton Wrobleski and...
Warren W. Rogers
Sep 17, 2003
Warren W. Rogers, 64, of Windham, husband of Elaine (Wolf) Rogers, died Wednesday September 17, 2003 at home. He was born February 6, 1939 in Middletown, the son of the late Arthur and June (Clark) Rogers and had lived in Windham for over 40 years. Prior to his retirement he was employed for 30 years by SNET. In addition to...
Olena Sumsky
Sep 16, 2003
Olena Sumsky, 91, of McDermott Ave. Willimantic, widow of Stefan Sumsky, died Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003 at the Windham Hospital. She was born Oct. 3, 1911 in Czechoslovakia, the daughter of Gregory and Anna Cap. She came to the United States in 1958 from Belgium and was employed as the housekeeper at St. Joseph Church Rectory in Willimantic for 25...
Louise B. Simmons
Sep 16, 2003
NATIVE AMERICAN ALGONQUIN-ABENAKI Louise (Boisvert) Simmons "Spirit Hawk", 88, of Willimantic, widow of Leo "Larry" Simmons, died Tuesday Sept. 16, 2003 at St. Joseph Living Center, Windham. She was born Aug. 25,1915 in Taftville, the daughter of Donat and Angeline (Bibeau) Boisvert. She had been employed by the American Thread Co. and Electro-Motive Manufacturing Co. Louise was a communicant of...
Harold E. Hemingway
Sep 14, 2003
Harold E. Hemingway, 81, of North Windham, husband of Cecile (Patnaude) Doubleday Hemingway, died Sunday September 14, 2003 at home. He was born March 16, 1922 in East Alburg, VT, the son of Edward and Ella (Hilliker) Hemingway and had lived in Connecticut since 1955. Prior to his retirement he was employed for over 30 years at the University of...
Mariette C. Selavka
Sep 14, 2003
Mariette C. Selavka, 80, of Pleasure Hill Road, Franklin, died Sunday Sept. 14, 2003 at her home. She was born May 17, 1923 in Willimantic the daughter of Julius D. and Alemda (Perkins) Conant. She was a graduate of the Willimantic State Teacher's College and received her Master's Degree from the University of Connecticut. Mrs. Selavka taught at Natchaug School...
Sydney Jeanne Waldron
Sep 12, 2003
Sydney J. Waldron, 54, of Willimantic, wife of Michael Waldron, died Friday September 12, 2003 at Hartford Hospital. She was born June 25, 1949 in Yankton, SD, the daughter of Robert Talbott of Milwaukee and the late Laurie (Milliken) Talbott, grew up in Indiana and had lived in Willimantic for the past 10 years. She traveled all over the world...
Howard E. Root
Sep 11, 2003
Howard E. Root, 93, of Brooklyn, formerly of Canton, husband of Maida (Hopkins) Root, died Thursday September 11, 2003 in Brooklyn. He was born January 6, 1910 in West Hartford and graduated from the William H. Hall High School in West Hartford in 1928. He married his wife of over 70 years, Maida Hopkins on January 11, 1933 and lived...
