Leontine (Mongrain) Rouette
Jan 17, 2018
Leontine Rouette, 97, of Willimantic, wife of the late Paul Rouette, passed away?Wednesday January 17, 2018 at St. Joseph Living Center with her family by her side. She was born in Shawinigan Falls, Canada, the daughter of the late Wilson and Yvonne (Martin) Mongrain. Leontine?s family moved to Willimantic in the early 50's and was a member of St. Mary's...
Patrick Shawn Enright
Jan 15, 2018
Patrick Enright, 52, beloved husband of Kimberly (Marchand) Enright, passed away unexpectedly on January 15, 2018, at his residence in Ellington. Born in Woonsocket, RI. to Elaine (St. Pierre) Enright and the late Francis Enright. He graduated from E.O. Smith, and kept in contact with his high school friends, many times planning ?guys? trips and countless gatherings. He lived nearly...
William F. Goeken
Jan 15, 2018
William Franklin Goeken was born at home in Delavan, Illinois on July 13, 1922 to William John and Hazel Louise (Caswell) Goeken. William passed away at his home in Windham, CT, on January 15, 2018. William grew up on a farm in Central Illinois and left home to join the Army at the beginning of WWII. While serving in Texas...
Carole E. (Sadeski) Jones
Jan 12, 2018
Carole (Sadeski) Jones, 80, of Willimantic, died Friday January 12, 2018 at Hartford Hospital. She was born in Willimantic, the daughter of the late Carl and Anna (Duda) Sadeski. Carole was a lifelong resident of Willimantic and a graduate of Windham High in 1955. She retired from Papa Gino?s and for many years she was a member of the Willimantic...
Jeanette A. (Mazzola) Bridenstine
Jan 12, 2018
Jeanette Mazzola Bridenstine, of Manchester, wife of the late Leonard Bridenstine, passed away on January 12, 2018 at her home. She was the daughter of the late Mariano and Ida (Depathy) Mazzola. She grew up in Willimantic and attended local schools. After many years as a Navy wife, she lived most of her married life in Lebanon, CT. She was...
Kathryn E. (Bartley) Dyer
Jan 10, 2018
Kathryn Dyer, 99, of Windham, Connecticut, wife of the late Wilmot Dyer died peacefully in her sleep as her spirit entered into the arms of her Lord on January 10, 2018. She was born Kathryn Bartley in Westfield, Maine on June 25, 1918, to the late Henry Earl and Gladys (Chase) Bartley. Kathryn attended the Aroostook County normal school where...
Viola R. Buell
Jan 9, 2018
Viola R. (Buck) Buell, 66, Eastford, passed away on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 after 38 years on dialysis. Viola was an avid gardener and baker. She loved starting plants in her greenhouse and growing vegetables in the garden. She would bake cookies and deliver them all over Eastford, Woodstock and surrounding areas. Viola is survived by her husband of 46...
Marie Jeanne (Laflamme) Wylie
Jan 6, 2018
Our beloved ?Mem? Marie-Jeanne ?Jeannette? Wylie, 85 of Willimantic, went home to be with her Lord on January 6, 2018. Marie-Jeanne was born in St. Raphael, Quebec, Canada on April 20, 1932. She moved to the United States in 1950 at the age of 18. Unable to speak English, she learned the language and fell in love with her sweetheart...
Matthew Mullen
Jan 5, 2018
Matthew Mullen, 76, previously of Jewett City, CT, passed away the morning of Friday, January 5, 2018 after a long battle with COPD. The youngest of 5 children, Matthew was born at Lawrence & Memorial Hospital on October 20, 1941 to Francis and Viola (Brown) Mullen. Matthew graduated from Waterford High in 1960, and after high school, he enlisted in...
Olive I. Lehmus
Jan 5, 2018
Olive I. Lehmus, RN, 96 of Willimantic, CT loving wife of the late Michael W. Wilk and the late Dr. Harold J. Lehmus, died Friday, January 5, 2018 at the Windham Community Hospital. She was born in Hartford, CT on April 19, 1921, daughter of Robert and Grace James of Willimantic, CT and lived for 37 years in Manchester, CT....
Antonio H. Romano
Jan 2, 2018
Antonio Romano of Hampton died on January 2, 2018 at the age of 88. He was born in Penns Grove N.J. to Antonio and Maria (Del Borrello) Romano, who immigrated from Vasto, Italy. Tony loved Italy and traveled there whenever possible, visiting friends made over the years and seeing much of the country. Most times he was accompanied by his...
Fred Fitts
Dec 27, 2017
Fred Fitts, 85, of Chaplin, husband of the late Barbara (Bemont) Fitts, died December 27, 2017 at St. Joseph?s Living Center. He was born in Mansfield, CT, the son of the late Howard and Eleanor (Warrender) Fitts. Fred served in the United States Army during the Korean War as a paratrooper and worked at the Mansfield Training School for many...
Sandra (Bernard) Card
Dec 27, 2017
After a long and courageous struggle with Leukemia, Sandra ?Sandy? Joyce Card, age 73, of Mansfield, CT passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 27, 2017 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in New York City. Born on February 4, 1944, in Willimantic, CT to Ernest and Antoinette (Gaucher) Bernard, she was the youngest of three girls. Sandy attended and graduated from...
Terese "T.C." Carol Karmel
Dec 26, 2017
Terese Carol Aronoff Karmel of Storrs, CT passed away on December 26, 2017 of congestive heart failure. Terese was known as ?T.C.? to her friends and family throughout her life. T.C. was a prominent writer, journalist and educator in Connecticut for almost half a century. She was a reporter for the Hartford Courant, columnist and features editor for the Willimantic...
Annie L. (Carpenter) Kulynyck
Dec 26, 2017
Annie L. Kulynyck, 92, of Hebron, passed away on December 26, 2017 in the presence of loved ones. She was the daughter of the late Charles and Annie (Bellware) Carpenter. She was predeceased by her husband of 50 years, John Kulynyck. She leaves behind her daughter Norma Kulynyck, and her three grandchildren T.J. (Timothy), John, and Noelle. Annie was a...
James "Jimmy" F. Halloran
Dec 24, 2017
Jimmy Halloran, 76 of Hampton passed from this life on December 24, 2017 at home with his devoted wife, Mary Ellen, by his side. Born in Brooklyn, New York on February 5, 1941 to Rita (Whitney) and Francis Halloran, Jimmy went on to live his life in his own unique way. His recovery from heroin addiction 50 years ago and...
Deanna Jean (Gatchek) Kokoszka
Dec 24, 2017
Deanna Jean Kokoszka (n?e Gatchek), 53, of Lebanon, passed away Sunday, December 24, 2017. She was born on April 21, 1964 to Kenneth and Linda (Leger) Gatchek in New London. Deanna would spend much of her life in Cocoa, Florida. She is survived by her loving children Jessica and John Kokoszka, along with mother, Linda Gatchek, sisters, Lisa Gatchek, Mary...
Ethel (Musial) Cholawa
Dec 23, 2017
Ethel Cholawa (Musial), 102, of Willimantic, CT, wife of the late August Cholawa, died Saturday, December 23, 2017, at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. Along with her husband she was predeceased by her son, Bill Cholawa, brothers Charlie Musial and Stanley Rybarz, and sister Helen Rybarz. Ethel is survived by her daughter Gloria Couture and her husband David, four...
Luella (Larkins) Stahl
Dec 22, 2017
Luella Lorrain Stahl (Larkins), 89, of North Windham, CT, went to be with the Lord on the morning of December 22, 2017. ?Lu? Stahl, daughter of Charles and Hattie Larkins and sister of Earl Larkins and Arlene Schuey, was born in 1928 in Willimantic, CT. She is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Charles Stahl, as well as...
Joan Lundberg Abbott
Dec 21, 2017
Joan (Lundberg) Abbott passed peacefully in her sleep at Pierce Care Memorial Baptist Home on Thursday, December 21, 2017. In recent years, she had struggled with the aftermath of brain cancer and several strokes, but had made her peace with those limitations and found comfort in music and family as she always had. Born on July 29,1930 in Framingham, Massachusetts,...
