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,...
Stanley Robert Kokoska
Dec 21, 2017
Stanley Robert Kokoska, 86, of Willimantic, husband of Carolyn (McKeon) Kokoska, died Thursday, December 21, 2017 at Avon Health Center in Avon, CT. He was born in Meriden, CT, the son of Immigrant parents from Poland. The youngest son of 12 children, Stan was raised in foster homes in New Haven and West Haven. He attended West Haven High School,...
Rodney L. Lafontaine
Dec 21, 2017
Rodney Lafontaine 58, of Chaplin, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on December 21, 2017 after a courageous battle with ALS. He was born May 31,1959 in Willimantic, the son of the late Louis and Alice (Devillez) Lafontaine. Rodney graduated from Windham Tech in 1977 and was an electrician with Ray?s Electric for most of his career. Rod was an...
Byron Laird Thompson
Dec 20, 2017
Byron Laird Thompson, 74, of Mansfield, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 20, 2017, at Hartford Hospital. Byron was born on January 21, 1943, at Windham Hospital to the late G. Merritt and Elizabeth (Laird) Thompson. He was raised in Mansfield Depot and was a 1961 graduate of Windham High School. He enjoyed a variety of outdoor activities and often...
Margaret E. Martin
Dec 20, 2017
Margaret E. (Sullivan) Martin, 83, formally of Columbia and Glastonbury, CT passed away peacefully at her home in Lock Haven, PA on December 20, 2017. She was the beloved wife of Samuel Kenneth Martin for 62 years and raised 5 children together. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey she was the daughter of John R. and Hazel E. (Gesser) Sullivan. Peggy...
Mary Linda Vertefeuille
Dec 19, 2017
Mary Linda Vertefeuille of Windham passed away on Tuesday, December 19, 2017 after a brief illness. She passed away at home surrounded by the love of her husband Richard, family and friends. Linda and Richard were married in 1959 and have three children; their daughter, Julie Stygar and her husband Kirk, Steven Vertefeuille and his wife Laurie and their daughter...
Ruby Lee (Johnson) Mitchell
Dec 18, 2017
Ruby Lee (Johnson)Mitchell, 76, of Willimantic, wife of Marvin Mitchell, died peacefully on Monday December 18, 2017 at Hartford Hospital surrounded by her family. She was born February 22, 1941 in Hollandale, Mississippi, the daughter of the late Thomas and Susie (Stigler) Johnson. Ruby and her family relocated to Willimantic in 1972. She was a member of Calvary Baptist Church...
Joan A. (Adams) Rood
Dec 18, 2017
Joan (Adams) Rood, 75, of Willimantic, wife of Charles Rood, died Monday December 18, 2017 and Vanderman Place. She was born March 13, 1942, the daughter of the late Walter and Ida (Lewis) Adams. Joan is finally at peace and will be missed by all. In addition to her husband Charles, she is survived by a son Thomas Kowalski; sister...
Edward D. Munson
Dec 16, 2017
Edward D. Munson, 69, of Columbia, husband of Judith (Arner) Munson, died Saturday December 16, 2017 at Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born in Manchester, CT, the son of the late George and Ruth (Koerner) Munson. Edward served in the United States Army and was a butcher for 50 years. He was also an avid New York...
