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Katherine M. (Mccann) Richards
Apr 3, 2018
Katherine M Richards, of Storrs, wife of the late Lawrence A. Richards, died April 3, 2018 at Windham Community Hospital. She was born in Boston, MA, daughter to the late AnnaRita (Sheehan) and Wallace McCann in 1927. Katherine lived most of her life and raised her family in New Britain, moving to Storrs in retirement to be closer to her...
Mary Corinne (Locke) Gray
Apr 3, 2018
Mary Corinne Gray, 90, of North Windham, died Tuesday April 3, 2018 St. Joseph Living Center. Corinne was born in Erie, Kansas. She was the Valedictorian of her high school, while working at her father?s Locke Abstract Co., and attended the University of Kansas as a Watkins Scholar; after earning her Bachelors degree, she was on a path to become...
Clyde Washburne
Apr 2, 2018
Coach Clyde Washburne, 87, of Hebron passed away at his home surrounded by his wife and children on Monday, April 2, 2018. Clyde was born July 26, 1930 in the Bronx to Edna Mae Canvin and Arthur Lewis Washburne. He is survived by his loving wife, Cynthia; his three children, Leslie Wight, Hilary Dorris and Jim Washburne; six grandchildren, Nicole,...
John Denis Enderle
Apr 2, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Dr. John D. Enderle, 65, of Ashford, CT mourn the loss of a loving husband, father, brother, friend and mentor on April 2nd, 2018 after a long and courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. John was born on March 25th, 1953 in Jamaica, NY. He will be dearly missed by his wife,...
Mary J. Gouldsbrough
Apr 1, 2018
It is with great sadness that the family of Mary Jean (nee Bivins) Gouldsbrough, of Storrs, announces her passing after a brief illness, on Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018, at the age of 82 years. Mary Jean will be lovingly remembered by her sister, Patricia Bivins of Noonan, Georgia; her children, Lynn Hunley, and her husband, Bob of Mansfield, Connecticut,...
Edith E. Milhomme
Apr 1, 2018
Edith Milhomme, 100, of Willimantic, passed peacefully in her home Sunday, April 1, 2018 surrounded by her family. Edith was born in New Hampshire to Flosie and John Rutherford. One of ten children, they were raised in New Hamphire were she meet her beloved husband Roland Milhomme whom she married in 1937. They moved to CT in 1938 where She...
Wanda "Ida" M. (Homiski) Newsome
Mar 30, 2018
Wanda ?Ida? M. (Homiski) Newsome, 89, of Storrs, CT passed away peacefully on Friday, March 30, 2018. She was born in Bozrah, CT to the late Peter and Anna (Brodjek) Homiski on?December 14, 1928. Wanda married William Newsome on May 4, 1950 and celebrated 65 years of marriage before his death in 2015. She is also predeceased by her son,...
Ronald D. Nieves
Mar 29, 2018
Ronald D. Nieves, of Windham, loving son, husband, and father, passed away peacefully Thursday, March 29th at the age of 47 after a most courageous two and a half year battle with cancer. Born on December 5, 1970, he is the son of the late Juanita "Lola" Davila; fathers, Ramon "Chito" Ortiz and Juan Enrique Nieves-Ayala. He owned his own...
Joan (Washburn) Cole
Mar 28, 2018
Joan Washburn Cole, 84, of Mansfield, CT, passed away on March 28, 2018. Joan was born in Springfield, MA on November 5, 1933 to Luther Washburn and Olive McKerrigan. Joan was a lithographer whose prints had been exhibited throughout the Northeast. She graduated from the Massachusetts College of Art and studied printmaking at the University of Massachusetts, University of Connecticut,...
Dana Anne Loye
Mar 28, 2018
Dana Anne Loye, 53, of Willimantic, CT, died peacefully in her sleep on the morning of March 28, 2018. She was born in Tarrytown, NY, to Paula Williams and Alex Loye. While Dana struggled with multiple health problems, she will be remembered for her enormous heart and extraordinary sense of humor. She leaves behind her beloved and loving daughter, Nikki....
Gary D. Adams
Mar 25, 2018
Gary Adams, 71, of Lebanon passed away peacefully at home Sunday, March 25, 2018. Gary was born April 24, 1946 to Lloyd and Delphine (Ladd) Adams and grew up in Lebanon, graduating from Windham Tech in 1964. Gary worked construction for many years, specializing as a blaster, earning the nickname, ?Boom Boom?. He was a loving man with an unmatched...
Anna Rosemary (Parker) Kerr
Mar 23, 2018
Anna Rosemary Parker Kerr, 85, of Ashford, CT, died Friday, March 23, 2018 at Windham Memorial Hospital following a long illness. Born April 12, 1932 in Gladesville Preston County, West Virginia she was the only child of the late George and Violet Leota (Summers) Parker. She met her husband, Kirklyn M. Kerr of Greenbank, West Virginia when they were both...
Leonard A. Whitman
Mar 22, 2018
Leonard A. Whitman, 92, of Chaplin, died peacefully in the comfort of his own home on Thursday, March 22, 2018. Len was born in Cranston, RI, son of the late Frederick and Elizabeth (Bender) Whitman. He spent the years of his youth in the Cranston area and left on June 2, 1943 to join the US Army Air Force to...
Marion G. (Guy) Cahill
Mar 21, 2018
Marion (Guy) Zurmuhlen Cahill, 95, beloved wife of the late John W. Cahill, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2018 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born on August 9, 1922 in Warren, MA, the daughter of the late William and Jessie Guy. Marion was a veteran of the World War II women?s branch of the United...
William R. Hockla
Mar 21, 2018
William R. Hockla, 87, of Ashford, husband of his loving wife Kathleen (Csaszar) Hockla and Corgi, Maxwell, passed away March 21, 2018. He was the only child of late Stephen and Irene Hockla. William was born in Stafford Springs, CT and raised in Willington, CT. He was a veteran of the Korean War and was a retired engineer from United...
Roger G. St. Jean
Mar 20, 2018
Roger Gerard St. Jean, 59, of Andover, beloved husband for 27 years of Georgette St. Jean, passed away on Tuesday, March 20, 2018, in his home after a brave battle with cancer. Born in Hartford CT, on August 26, 1958, son of the late Roland and Cecile (Masse) St. Jean. Roger was an active member of St. Mary?s Church in...
Hilda H. (Harrison) Ellis
Mar 19, 2018
Hilda Harrison Ellis, 94, of South Windsor, formerly a resident of Columbia for 50 years, died Sunday, March 18, 2018 in Manchester. She was born March 1, 1924 in Providence, RI, the daughter of William and Edna Ward Harrison. Prior to her retirement she was employed as an Administrative Assistant at Lyman Memorial High School in Lebanon, CT for 33...
Jeffrey Lynn Donahue
Mar 15, 2018
Jeffrey Lynn Donahue 67, of Manchester, Connecticut passed away in his home on Thursday March 15, 2018. Born on March 25, 1950 in Willimantic, Connecticut he is survived by his two children, his daughter, Kelly Lynn Donahue-Piro and her husband Andrew Piro, his son, Timothy Patrick Donahue; his mother, Constance Donahue; brothers, Kevin Donahue and his younger brother Jamie and...
Jean A. Pennington
Mar 15, 2018
Jean A. (Moreau) Pennington, 79, of Hampton, died on March 15, 2018 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. She was born on September 19, 1938, in Norwich, CT, the daughter of the late Armand and Antoinette (Desaulniers) Moreau. Jean married Harold E. Martin Sr. on June 25, 1958 in Baltimore, MD. Together, they had five children: Donna McCormick, Nancy...
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