Waldon "Wally" Melo
Oct 29, 2002
Waldon "Wally" Melo, 84, of Columbia and Estero, Florida, husband of Mary (Baldwin) Melo, died Tuesday October 29, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born October 3, 1918 in Willimantic, the son of Frank and Nicolina Melo, was a 1938 graduate of Windham High School and had lived in the Windham area all his life. He was a World...
Raymond Chaput Sr
Oct 28, 2002
Raymond Chaput Sr., 91, of Willimantic, husband of Doris (McClure) Chaput, died Monday October 28, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born March 1, 1911 in Willimantic, the son of Godfroi and Angelina (Gerard) Chaput, was a lifelong resident of Willimantic and a graduate of Windham Technical School. He was a communicant of St. Mary Church, past president and...
Odessa Elaine Spurlock
Oct 27, 2002
Odessa (Fuller) Spurlock, 81, of Jackson St. Willimantic, wife of Kelly Spurlock, died Sunday Oct. 27, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. She was born July 21, 1921 in Brownsville, TN. the daughter of James Fuller and Annie Bates. She was a graduate of Roosevelt High School in Gary, IN. After attending W. Virginia State College for two years, she left...
Robert Roath Patridge
Oct 26, 2002
Robert R. Patridge, 74, of Meetinghouse Hill Rd., Franklin, died Saturday Oct. 26, 2002 at St. Joseph Living Center in Windham after a long illness. He was born Aug. 30, 1928 in Norwich the son of Charles and Hazel (Mourey) Patridge. He had served in the Ct. Army National Guard and had retired from the State of Ct. Dept. of...
Maurice Moulton King
Oct 25, 2002
Maurice Moulton King, 98, of Windham Center, passed away Friday Oct. 25, 2002 at the Douglas Manor in Windham. He was born May 17, 1904 in Willimantic the son of Walter R. and Grace P. King. He was predeceased by his wife of 68 years, Ruth M. King. He was fortunate to have had two careers. His first was with...
Loretta M. St. Germain
Oct 22, 2002
Loretta M. St.Germain, 84, of Willimantic, widow of Henry St.Germain, died Tuesday October 22, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. She was born July 10, 1918 in Willimantic, daughter of the late Joseph and Flora (Pothier) Vertefeuille, was a lifelong resident of Willimantic and a communicant of St. Mary Church in Willimantic. Prior to her retirement she was employed for 38...
Rachel T. Bertora
Oct 20, 2002
Rachel T. Bertora, 65, of Pleasant St. Willimantic, wife of Henry Bertora, died at home, after a two month battle with leukemia , on Sunday evening Oct. 20, 2002 with her family at her side. She was born Sept. 10, 1937 in Willimantic the daughter of Arthur and Robea (Rondeau) Poudrier. As a graduate of Windham High School's Class of...
Gladys G Durkee
Oct 19, 2002
Gladys G. Durkee, 88, of High St., Willimantic, widow of Russell Durkee, died Saturday morning Oct. 19, 2002 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born July 20, 1914 in Manchester, N.H. and had been employed by the American Thread Co. for many years prior to her retirement. She was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and...
Archibald Bessette
Oct 18, 2002
Archibald Bessette, 89, of Mansfield Center, formerly of Dayville, husband of Winifred (Hooper) Bessette, died Friday October 18, 2002 in Norwich. He was born August 19, 1913 in Waybridge, VT, the son of the late Herbert and Mary (Vinton) Bessette. In addition to his wife of 66 years he is survived by 2 daughters, Kathy Bessette of Mansfield Center and...
Lillian S. Lester
Oct 14, 2002
Lillian (Sullivan)Lester, 91, of Lewiston Avenue, Willimantic, widow of Harold P. Lester, died Monday Oct. 14, 2002 at Haven Health Care of Windham. She was born June 11, 1911 in Willimantic the daughter of the late Michael and Lillian (Logan) Sullivan. As a 1933 graduate of Hartford?s St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing, she was employed at the Windham Hospital...
Carl Broll Smith Sr
Oct 14, 2002
Carl B. Smith Sr., 84 , of Willimantic, died Monday Oct. 14, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born Sept. 5, 1918 in Willimantic the son of William and Hazel (Howlett) Smith. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War 2, receiving the Good Conduct Medal and the Bronze Star Medal. Carl had been employed by the American...
William Leyko
Oct 12, 2002
William Leyko, 83, of Willimantic, husband of the late Mary (McVeigh) Leyko, died Saturday October 12, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born June 1, 1919 in Springfield, MA, the son of the late Matthew and Katherine (Klauss) Leyko. He was a retired Navy veteran of 25 years, serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam, achieving the rank...
George "Marty" Martyniak
Oct 11, 2002
George "Marty" Martyniak, 43, of Woodstock, husband of Laurie (Szall) Martyniak, died Friday October 11, 2002 at Hartford Hospital. He was born January 26, 1959 in Willimantic, the son of the late Hnat and Waclawa (Rybak) Martyniak. He grew up in Willimantic and was a graduate of Windham High School, Class of 1977 and became a licensed electrician after graduating...
Kurt R Johnson
Oct 10, 2002
Kurt R. Johnson, 50, of Columbia, died Thursday October 10, 2002 at home. He was born February 15, 1952 in Waterbury, the son of Richard Johnson of Columbia and the late Anna (Boyle) Johnson and had lived in Columbia the past 15 years. He was a graduate of Norwalk State Technical College receiving a degree in Electronic Engineering Technology and...
Anna E. Handfield
Oct 9, 2002
On Tuesday, October 9, 2002 we lost a matriarch of our family, Anna E. Handfield. Anna was the wife of the late Hector Handfield and the daughter of the late Edward Fay andEllen (Brand) Fay. Anna lived her life in Willimantic and owned a home on Coventry Lake for many years. She was employed by Electro-Motive and EbSmith's Gift Shop,...
Justine H. Fellows
Oct 7, 2002
Justine H. Fellows, 85, of Storrs, wife of Irving Fellows Sr., died Monday October 7, 2002 in Storrs. She was born August 21, 1917 in Windham, the daughter of Carroll and Vera (Freeman) Hawkins and had lived in Storrs all her life. She was employed for many years by the Mansfield Public School System. Mrs. Fellows was a member of...
Arthur F Davoll Sr
Oct 6, 2002
Arthur F. Davoll Sr., 86, of Lebanon, died peacefully at the Douglas Manor in Windham on Sunday morning Oct. 6, 2002. He was a Lebanon resident for most of his life, where he owned and operated the Clock Shop. During the World War 2 period, he worked for the U.S. Government at Quonset Point, R.I. He had also been employed...
Ernest J Karosi
Oct 6, 2002
Ernest J. Karosi, 78, of Vero Beach, Florida, passed away October 6, 2002 after an extended illness. Mr. Karosi was born May 18, 1924 in New York City. He was aU.S.Navy veteranof World War II and a graduate of the University of Connecticut, Class of 1954. Mr. Karosi moved to Vero Beach from Ashford in 1994 after retiring from a...
