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Kathleen Margaret King
May 25, 2018
Kathleen M King of North Franklin, CT passed away on May 25, 2018 at the age of 67. Born Kathleen Margaret Coover May 6, 1951, in the town of Cape May Courthouse, N.J., to Lester and Helen Coover of Villas, NJ. Over the course of 40-plus years of working in early childhood education, ?Miss Kathy? helped shape the lives of...
Thomas Joseph Keegan Jr.
May 25, 2018
Thomas Joseph Keegan Jr., 84, of Columbia, CT passed away Friday, May 25, 2018 with the love of his life, his wife, Norma (Lis) Keegan by his side. He was born March 5, 1934 in Stafford Springs to the late Thomas ?Doc? and Frances (Woodworth) Keegan. Thomas was a lifetime member of the Columbia Volunteer Fire Department and also a...
Eugene Irvin Olewine
May 24, 2018
Eugene Irvin Olewine age 75 of Lebanon, CT , passed away peacefully on May 24, 2018 at Windham Hospital, Willimantic, CT with caring family members at his side. He was born Apr 18, 1943 in Lincoln, NE, the son of Clifford Walter Reddick and Mabel Elnora Freeze. At a very young age, he was adopted by Miss Esther Larue Olewine...
Steven Walter Pudlo
May 18, 2018
Steven Walter Pudlo, 61 of Jewett City, passed away May 18, 2018. The son of Theresa Pudlo and the late Walter Pudlo, Steven also left behind his siblings, Michael (Mary Lou), David (Laurie), Aleta Tintle, Lynette (Thomas) Gryk and their families. Steven was a thoughtful and generous man, who would give away the shirt off his back.?He was?good natured and...
Russell Joseph Seymour
May 12, 2018
Russell J. Seymour, of Columbia, CT, husband of Connie (DiTullio) Seymour, passed away peacefully at home in his sleep, Saturday morning, May 12, 2018. Russell was born in Hempstead, Long Island, NY to the late Joseph and Mary (Cumming) Seymour. He served in the Army in Korea ('52 - '53) as a driver in the motorpool. For 19 years he...
Frederick Charles Amon
May 12, 2018
It is with a heavy heart that the family of Frederick Charles?Amon, 81, announce his peaceful passing on May 12, 2018, in Lebanon with his loving wife, Ellie and beloved daughter, Holly, at his side. He was born on July 10, 1936 in Willimantic to Edward?and Freida (Krause) Amon of Lebanon. He lived in Lebanon for most of his life....
Helen (Marco) Sadow
May 10, 2018
Helen (Marco) Sadow, 97, of Storrs, CT., fell asleep with the Lord on May 10, 2018. She passed peacefully in her sleep at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation after a brief illness. Helen was born in Willington, CT on December 2, 1920 to William and Anna (Washenko) Marco. She attended Hartford School of Nursing and received her degree...
Ina Ruth Sarin Beck
May 9, 2018
?She Loved it Here? Ina Ruth Sarin Beck passed away on May 9, 2018. Born in New York, NY, she attended Queens College as a psychology major. One of her first teaching jobs was working with blind students. She married her first husband, Leon Sarin, in 1954 and moved to Storrs in 1958, where she raised her three daughters Judy,...
Sylvia M. Aho
May 8, 2018
Sylvia Marie (Palomaki) Aho died at age 97 on Tuesday May 8, 2018 in Willimantic, CT. She was born on January 30, 1921 to the late, Mary (Sjoman) Palomaki and John Palomaki in Ramsay, Michigan. Her father was a hard rock miner from Finland and her mother was the daughter of Finnish immigrants. She grew up in a mining town...
Olive M. Bosworth
May 7, 2018
Olive M. Anderson Bosworth of Lebanon, CT (formerly of Woodbridge, CT) passed peacefully on May 7, 2018. She was born October 16, 1922 to the late Frank and Mary (Knight) Anderson in Providence, RI. Olive is predeceased by her husband of 48 years, Alfred H. Bosworth Jr whom she married on December 22, 1944; 2 sons, Lawrence Edward and Douglas...
Gabrielle E. Winston
May 7, 2018
Gabrielle (Danis) Winston, 99, of Ashford, passed away peacefully on May 7, 2018. When she was a child, her family moved from her birthplace in Biddeford, Maine to Waterbury, CT, where she resided for most of her life. She married her husband Everett in 1943, travelling with him throughout the United States during his service to our country during World...
Ashley Norma Ann (Pelletier) Key
May 6, 2018
Ashley (Pelletier) Key, 35, of Lebanon passed out of our arms in her battle against cancer on May 6, 2018 at Backus Hospital in Norwich, beloved wife, mother and daughter to Brian Key and their son, Justin Key, 5, also of Lebanon. She was born at Windham Memorial Community Hospital in Willimantic to Ronald & Sandra (Guerraz) Pelletier of Lebanon,...
Virginia "Ginnie" (Farrell) Hain
May 5, 2018
Virginia I. "Ginnie" Hain, resident of Englewood, Florida passed away peacefully May 5, 2018 in Windham, CT. She was born August 10, 1926 in West Chester, PA?and eventually moved to Norwalk, CT where she met her husband, Otto Hain. They were married?on?September 9, 1950, and??went on to have?three children.?Ginnie?had a natural talent for art, a tireless work ethic and a...
Arnold Steven Kaplan
May 5, 2018
Arnold Steven Kaplan, 75, of Bozrah, CT passed away with his family by his side on Friday, May 5,?2018. He was born February 8,?1943 in Willimantic, CT to Leon and Esther (Berkman) Kaplan. Arney, as his friends called him, was raised and educated in Norwich, CT. He taught for 37 years at Fields Memorial School in Bozrah, and was loved...
Mary Ellen Dillon
May 4, 2018
Mary Ellen Dillon, 56, of Willimantic, beloved wife of Matt Dillon, died peacefully Friday, May 4, 2018 at her home surrounded by those she loved. She was born in Middletown, NY to Francis and Mary Ellen (Strout) Cronin. Mary grew up in New York but traveled out west to Colorado where she met Matt, the love of her life. They...
Gloria P. (Person) Holbrook
May 1, 2018
Gloria Person Holbrook, 86, of Columbia, passed away peacefully at home on May 1, 2018 in the hands of her loved ones. She was born in Jay, Vermont on July 23, 1931. Prior to her retirement, Gloria was a well know realtor in Columbia as well as the co-owner of Turf Realty with her sister, Joyce Fox. Before becoming an...
Robert Jeffers
Apr 30, 2018
Robert Jeffers, 75, of Willimantic, husband of Diane (Pantlen) Jeffers, passed away peacefully on April 30, 2018, surrounded by his wife Diane and daughter Suzanne. He was born in Philadelphia, to George and Martha (Herwig) Jeffers. After completing his Ph. D. at the University of Pennsylvania, he started his 40 year career, as a professor of Mechanical Engineering at the...
Bertha G. (Gricius) Acebo
Apr 30, 2018
Bertha G. Acebo (born Biruta Ona Griciute), died at 95 on Monday, April 30, 2018 in Plainfield, CT. She was born on February 19, 1923 in Dorchester, Boston, MA to Petronele Petrute and Michael Gricius. Her parents immigrated to the U.S. in 1906 and 1908 from Lithuania, a country she loved but was able to visit only once. She was...
Ned William Squier
Apr 28, 2018
Ned William Squier Jr, 59, of North Windham passed away Saturday April 28, 2018. He was born on August 3, 1958, in Willimantic, son of Ned William Squier Sr and Laura (Knapp) Squier. He married his wife, Bonnie (Bourey) Squier in Storrs, November 12, 1983. Ned was a mill operator at Roger?s Corp in South Windham for 30 years and...
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