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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...
Richard George Steg
Apr 27, 2018
Richard Steg, 80, of Storrs/Mansfield, died Friday, April 27, 2018 with both of his sons by his side. He was born in New York City on June 23, 1937 to Jacob Steg and Elizabeth Domonkos. After serving in the Marines, Richard earned his PhD in Physics from the University of Connecticut. He married Mae Berube of Chaplin Connecticut in 1965....
Joseph Eugene Millette Jr. (Gene)
Apr 26, 2018
Joseph Eugene Millette Jr. (Gene) of Willimantic, Connecticut, passed away on Thursday, April 26, 2018, after 90 years of devotion to his family, serving others, and taking the time to kid around. He was surrounded by his family and friends. Born to Isabelle Pepin and Joseph Eugene Millette Sr. on April 2, 1928, Gene lived in Willimantic his entire life....
William Thomas Whitehouse
Apr 26, 2018
William Thomas Whitehouse (Billy), of Ashford, CT, passed away Thursday April 26, 2018. He was born April 7, 1955 to the late Gordon and Priscilla (Buck) Whitehouse. Billy worked at UCONN, where he was a landscaper from the 1980s until his retirement. Billy was an avid sports fan, a lifetime follower of the Boston Red Sox and the New York...
Mary C. Sullivan
Apr 25, 2018
Mary C. (Cuoghi) Sullivan, 99, of Windham, wife of the late Clifford Sullivan, passed on April 25, 2018 at St. Joseph Living Center. She was born in Kensington, CT, the daughter of the late Filiberto and Regina (Zaghi) Cuoghi. Mary lived in Windham for most of her life, working for the Southern New England Telephone Company and eventually retiring in...
Eva E. (Tracy) Goeken
Apr 22, 2018
Eva Elaine Tracy Goeken, 93, passed away on April 22, 2018, at St. Joseph's Living Center in Windham, CT. She was born on February 16, 1925 in Springfield, MA to the late Peter and Eva Nilan Tracy. Eva grew up in Willimantic, CT. She graduated from Windham High School and worked as a secretary in the Procurement Department at the...
William Jordan Nash
Apr 21, 2018
William Jordan Nash, 73, of Ashford, passed away on April 21, 2018 at his home. Bill was born on November 27, 1944 in Middletown, CT to the late James and Dorothy (Peterson) Nash. He is survived by his wife, Janice, two sons, Dr. William M. Nash of California and Jeffrey A. Nash of Mansfield. He also leaves his daughter-in-law, Irene,...
Silvia W. Greene
Apr 21, 2018
Silvia Greene, 97, of Eastford, CT, passed away peacefully on Saturday April 21, 2018. Silvia was born on October 5, 1920 in Rangeley, Maine to James Wilcox and Katherine (Russ) Wilcox. Silvia spent most of her adult life in Connecticut, where she raised three sons. She went from being their Cub Scout leader straight to UConn, where she worked in...
Dawn Marie Lacis
Apr 17, 2018
Dawn Lacis, 37, of Willimantic, wife of William Lacis, died Tuesday, April 17, 2018 at Sloane Kettering Cancer Center in New York. She was born in Willimantic, the daughter of Gunars Lacis and Tammy Theriaque. Dawn enjoyed spending time with her friends. In addition to her husband, she is survived by a son, Jaidyn Lacis; a brother, Randy Lacis, and...
Gloria J. (Brousseau) Sloan
Apr 17, 2018
Gloria J. (Brousseau) Sloan, 70, of Mansfield, wife of William Sloan Jr., died Tuesday April 17, 2018 at the Hospital of Central Connecticut. She was born in Willimantic, the daughter of the late Fred and Thelma (Lehman) Brousseau. Gloria enjoyed shopping, playing cards with family and friends and taking family trips to Florida. Gloria also loved her cats and dogs...
Juana Colon Cruz
Apr 17, 2018
Juana Colon Cruz, 74, of Willimantic, wife of Wilfredo Antonetty, died at home April 17, 2018 surrounded by her family. She was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico to the late Juan Colon and Antonia Cruz. She was a very strong woman. Juani loved and cared for her family deeply. She fought cancer for eighteen and a half years. She was...
Richard Dennis Coons
Apr 14, 2018
Richard Dennis Coons, Age 82, of Lebanon Connecticut passed away on Saturday evening, April 14, 2018. He was born in Jamaica, NY to the late Frank and Aurora Marie (Avery) Coons. Richard earned a full college scholarship for running track and field and graduated with a Bachelor?s Degree from St Johns University, New York. He served in the US Army...
Edgar H. Mcculloch
Apr 14, 2018
Edgar H. McCulloch, Jr of Ashford, CT, passed away on April 14, 2018 from complications of Parkinson?s Disease. He was born on February 4, 1930 in St. Louis to Edgar and Georgia McCulloch. He was educated at John Burroughs School, Cornell University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, finishing with a Masters in Mechanical Engineering, and served in the U.S. Army as...
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