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Rose H. Aubin
Aug 1, 2002
Rose H. Aubin, 102, formerly of Hope St. Willimantic, died Thursday Aug. 1, 2002 at St. Joseph Living Center. She was born June 28, 1900 in Willimantic the daughter of Joseph A. and Roseanna (Marcil) Aubin. She had been employed by several clothing stores in Willimantic including Cohen & Rothblatt and W.T. Grant. Rose was a lifelong communicant of St....
Harriet Tennant
Jul 29, 2002
Harriet (Chasse) Tennant 89, of 466 Ash St. Willimantic, widow of Jared Tennant Jr., died Monday morning July 29, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. She was born July 21, 1913 in Willimantic the daughter of. Mrs. Tennant had been employed by the Electro-Motive Manufacturing Co. in Willimantic for many years prior to her retirement. She will be remembered for her...
Anne M Sikorsky
Jul 27, 2002
Anne M. Sikorsky, 84, of Mansfield, died Saturday July 27, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. She was born March 9, 1918 in Willimantic the daughter of Edward and Helen (Belitzky) Sikorsky. She had been employed for 30 years at the Electro-Motive Manufacturing Co. prior to retiring from Brand-Rex. Anne was a lifelong member of the Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in...
David L. Mccarthy
Jul 22, 2002
David L. McCarthy, 57, of Willimantic, died Monday July 22, 2002 at home. He was born July 7, 1945 in Willimantic . He had been employed in the area as a realtor for several years, most recently by Hammett Real Estate and previously at Reincke Real Estate. David enjoyed spending time and dining at Mama's Pizza in Willimantic. He was...
Gerard A. D'Auteuil
Jul 20, 2002
Gerard A. D'Auteuil, 89, of Macht Rd., Columbia, husband of Arlene (Bentley)) D'Auteuil, died Saturday July 20, 2002 at the Roncalli Health Center in Willimantic. He was born Sept. 18, 1912 in Willimantic the son of Charles and Emma (Turcotte) D'Auteuil. He was a communicant of St. Columba Church in Columbia, a life member of the Willimantic Elks Lodge and...
William H Spence
Jul 19, 2002
William H. Spence, 75, of Windham, husband of the late Margaret (Baskowski) Spence, died Friday July 19, 2002 in Windham. He was born November 13, 1926 in Peabody, MA, the son of William and Beatrice (Beldan) Spence. He was A U.S. Navy and Marine Corps veteran of World War II. Mr. Spence was the owner and operator of Spence Auto...
Alma Liepins
Jul 18, 2002
Alma Liepins, 95, of Willimantic, widow of Augusts Liepins, died Thursday July 18, 2002 in Willimantic. She was born May 3, 1907 in Latvia, the daughter of Adams and Julija Eglite. She was a member of the Latvian Lutheran Church of Willimantic and prior to her retirement was employed at the American Thread Company. She is the last of her...
John F Laterra
Jul 14, 2002
John F. LaTerra, 85, of Echo Dr., Willimantic, husband of Maria (VanWemmel) LaTerra, died Sunday July 14, 2002 at home. He was born July 11, 1917 in Thompsonville, the son of the late George and Pauline (Scillian) LaTerra. He was retired from UConn and had been previously employed at Pratt & Whitney in E. Hartford. Mr. LaTerra was a U.S....
Woodrow Buddy Mott
Jul 12, 2002
Woodrow "Buddy" Mott, 79, of Pleasant Valley Rd., Mansfield, husband of Jeanne (Macway) Mott, died Friday July 12, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born Aug. 22, 1922 in Mansfield the son of the late Arthur and Flora (Johnson) Mott. He was a World War 2 Navy veteran and had retired in 1983 as a truck driver, from Federal...
Mary E. Tremblay
Jul 10, 2002
Mary E. Tremblay, 100, of Stafford Rd., Mansfield, widow of Edward Tremblay, died Wednesday morning July 10, 2002 at her home. She was born Feb. 17, 1902 in the Province of Quebec, Canada and has resided in the area since the early 1920?s. She was a communicant of St. Mary's Church, Willimantic. She is survived by her daughter Lorraine Tremblay...
Martha L. Lester
Jul 8, 2002
Martha L. Lester, 87, of Columbia, widow of James M. Lester, died Monday July 8, 2002 in Willimantic. She was born December 3, 1914 in Willimantic, the daughter of Willard and Mildred (Bentley) Tew and was a lifelong area resident. She retired from the former Mansfield State Training School as a nurse's aide. She is survived by 2 sons and...
Hazel Horvath
Jul 8, 2002
Hazel Horvath of Somers, formerly of Willimantic, passed away on Monday July 8, 2002. She was the widow of John Horvath Jr. She leaves her son and daughter-in-law, John and Mary Horvath of Somers, her beloved grandchildren, Kimberly of Gig Harbor, WA., Christine of Stafford Springs and Karen of Coventry and her five great grandchildren, Kristen, Matthew, Madison, Travis and...
Violet J. Chick
Jul 6, 2002
Violet J. Chick, 95, of Willimantic, widow of Harold Chick Sr., died Saturday July 6, 2002 in Willimantic. She was born January 12, 1907 in Port Chester, NY, the daughter of Clement and Mary (Lynch) Bellairs and had lived in the Windham area most of her life. She is survived by 2 sons and a daughter-in-law, Peter C. Chick Sr....
Eleanor Hermanson
Jul 6, 2002
Eleanor (Peters) Ridgeway Hermanson died peacefully on Saturday, 6 July 2002 at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London, CT. Her roots were in Yutan, Nebraska where her family moved from Riverside, CA when she was a year old. She received her B. A. from the University of Nebraska and later her M. A. in child psychology from Columbia University....
William D. Arnold Sr
Jul 6, 2002
William D. Arnold Sr., 63, of Chaplin, husband of Barbara (Clark) Arnold, died Saturday July 6, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born Aug. 27, 1938 in Springfield, MA. and has been employed at ECSU for over 15 years in the Security Department. In addition to his wife he is survived by a son Robert Arnold of N.Y., 2...
William Rodriguez
Jul 4, 2002
William Rodriguez, 61, of Valley St. Ext., Willimantic, died Thursday July 4, 2002 at the Windham Hospital. He was born Dec. 15, 1940 in Puerto Rico the son of Matilda Garcia of Puerto Rico and the late William Rodriguez. He had been employed for many years by the Franklin Mushroom Farm and Koffkoff Egg Farms. In addition to his mother...
Irene E Bergquist
Jul 4, 2002
Irene Emmons Bergquist, 78, of Leesburg, Fla., formerly of Willington and Ashford, died Thursday July 4, 2002 in Leesburg. She was born Oct. 19, 1923 in Stafford the daughter of Ariel and Irene (Wallen) Green. She has resided in Florida for the past 10 years. She is survived by 4 sons and a daughter in law; Gene Emmons of Willington,...
Alice Abel
Jul 2, 2002
Alice J. "Nana" Abel, 87, of Lebanon, widow of Eugene J. Abel, died peacefully on Tuesday July 2, 2002 at the Windham Hospital, with her children and grandchildren at her side. Alice was born in Willimantic on June 5, 1915, the eldest of eight children of the late Wilbur and Corrine Kilburn, of Hayden St. She attended St. Mary's School...
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