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...
Robert J Burnore
Oct 2, 2002
Robert J. Burnore, 70, of Southridge Dr., Willimantic, husband of Mary "Betty" (Facto) Burnore, died Wednesday Oct. 2, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born Dec. 13, 1931 in Willimantic the son of the late John and Dorothy (Marcoux) Burnore. He was a U.S. Army National Guard veteran and a member of the American Legion and the VFW. For...
Vincent A Sledjeski Jr
Oct 2, 2002
Vincent A. Sledjeski Jr., 60, of North Windham, formerly of Lebanon, husband of Geraldine (Tobin) Velk Sledjeski, died Wednesday October 2, 2002 in Windham. He was born August 5, 1942 in Willimantic the son of the late Vincent and Anna (Benoit) Sledjeski Sr. He was employed as a machinist at several area tool & die companies. Mr. Sledjeski was a...
Pauline Gertrude Lafreniere
Oct 1, 2002
Pauline LaFreniere, of Chaplin, wife of James LaFreniere, died Tuesday Oct. 1, 2002 after a long struggle with cancer. She was employed by Big Y Stores in Mansfield, where she enjoyed her customers and co-workers immensely. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her two children; Michael of Chaplin and Cheryl Larrow and her husband Thomas of Riverview,...
Barbara M Moore
Sep 30, 2002
Barbara M. Moore, 81, loving wife of Raymond A. Moore of 32 Lodi Drive, Storrs, died peacefully Monday with her family at her side. Barbara leaves her adoring, caring and loving husband of sixty years, Ray. Barbara was born on February 9, 1921 in Bridgeport and married on Valentine's Day 1942. Ray and Barbara spent most of their married life...
Theodore B. Pierce Jr
Sep 28, 2002
Theodore B. Pierce Jr., 51, of Mansfield, husband of Diane (Bernard) Pierce, died Saturday, September 28, 2002 at Hartford Hospital. He was born June 19, 1951 in Manchester, the son of Theodore and Kathleen (McNamara) Pierce Sr. of Coventry and had lived in Mansfield for the past 25 years. He was employed for many years at the former Brand Rex...
Ebba Hansen
Sep 28, 2002
Ebba Hansen, 84, of Storrs, passed away on September 28th 2002 at the Windham Hospital with her three children at her bedside. Ebba was the widow of Henry Hansen, former Director of the Agricultural Extension Service. She is survived by her daughter, Barbara Domski of Omaha, NE, and sons, Robert Hansen of Mechanicsburg, PA, and Richard Hansen of Danville, CA....
Albert J. Salinsky
Sep 26, 2002
Albert J. Salinsky, 83, of Willimantic, husband of Rose (Gelak) Salinsky, died Thursday September 26, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born February 3, 1919 in Willimantic, the son of Mary and Bartlomiej Salinsky. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, receiving 3 Purple Hearts and the Bronze Star. Prior to his retirement he was employed...
Ronald John Kuchinsky
Sep 23, 2002
Ronald John Kuchinsky, 55, of Manchester, died Monday September 23, 2002 at Manchester Memorial Hospital. He was born September 5, 1947 in Stafford, the son of Irma (Alapi) Kuchinsky of Ashford and the late John Kuchinsky. He grew up in Ashford and had lived in Manchester for the past 20 years. Ronald was a graduate of E. O. Smith High...
Hilda Wrzesien
Sep 22, 2002
Hilda Wrzesien, 84, of Willimantic, died Sunday Sept. 22, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. She was born May 17, 1918 in Willimantic the daughter of Jacob and Antonia (Morytko) Wrzesien. Prior to her retirement, she had been employed by SNET for 38 years. Hilda was a communicant of St. Joseph Church and was a member of the Polish Women?s Alliance....
