Mrs. Bertha A. Legendre Beloved Mother Northfield Bertha A. (Desrochers) Legendre 96, of Fenn Rd., died Monday March 9, 2009 at her home. She was the widow of Alphonse J. Legendre. Bertha was born March 2, 1913 in ManchesterNew Hampshire, daughter of the late Ernest and Clara (Pomerleau) Desrochers. She helped on her family farm and started the first school...
Thomaston- Mrs. Irene (Sandford) Tanner, 89, died Saturday, March 7 at the Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington. She was the widow of Lewis H. Tanner. Mrs. Tanner was born September 22, 1919 in Sheffield, England daughter of the late Ernest and Bertha (Palmer) Sandford. An active member of the First Congregational Church of Thomaston she had been a member of...
Northfield- Mrs. Rosann M. Rutkowski, 65, died Thursday morning, February 19 at the Hartford Hospital. She was the wife of Stanley W. Rutkowski, Sr. Mrs. Rutkowski was born July 5, 1943 in Waterbury daughter of the late Clarence and Nellie (Weidorn) Knox. Raised in Thomaston she attended local schools and moved to Northfield after her marriage to Stanley. She loved...
Mrs. Mary Ann R. (Kilman) Brown Thomaston - Mary Ann Brown, 74, of Center Street, died January 31, 2009 at home with her family at her side, after a brief battle with cancer. She was the widower of Robert J. Brown. Mrs. Brown was born March 24, 1934, in Thomaston, daughter of the late Martha (Krasnowski). She was raised in...
Mr. John McAdam, 83, died Saturday, January 31, 2009, of injuries resulting from a car accident. He was the husband of Barbara (Fox) McAdam. Buddy was born in Torrington on January 12, 1926, son of the late Elizabeth (Kovacs) and Edgar McAdam. While a senior in high school, he was drafted into the United States Navy and served as a...
Thomaston- Mr. James L. "Captain" Campbell, Sr., died Thursday, January 22 at his home. He was the husband of Linda (Bowden) Campbell. Mr. Campbell was born September 7, 1934 in Midland, PA son of the late Jack and Florence (Warwick) Campbell. He was a former resident of West Virginia were he had worked as a coal miner until he entered...
Thomaston- Mr. H. Norman Westby, 88, died Tuesday, January 20 at Cook-Willow Convalescent Home in Plymouth. He was the husband of Dorothea (Wood) Westby. Mr. Westby was born August 6, 1920 in Havre, Montana, one of six children, son of the late Nels and Eva (Orn) Westby. He was a graduate of Jamestown High School and spent two years at...
Thomaston- Mrs. Thelma (Garuti) Tingley, 90, died Tuesday, January 6 at Wolcott Hall Specialty care in Torrington. She was the widow of Kenneth L. Tingley, Sr. Mrs. Tingley was born April 28, 1918 in Plymouth, MA. daughter of the late Henry and Erma (Zuccelli) Garuti. She was a graduate of the Remington School of Business with a degree in Secretarial...
Thomaston- Mrs. Mary L. (Evors) Simpson, 95, died Thursday, January1, 2009. She was the widow of Joseph N. Simpson. Mrs. Simpson was born September 3, 1913 daughter of the late Charles D. and Mamie J. (Murphy) Evors, in Florida. She came to Thomaston in 1944 and was employed at Seth Thomas Clock then went to work at Tyler Automatics and...
Alice Rose Duffy, 89, of Green Manor, died Sunday, December 28, 2008 at Cook Willow in Plymouth. Alice was born September 10, 1919, in New Britain, daughter to the late Thomas J. and Rose M. (LaChance) Duffy. She is survived by four brothers Philip F. Duffy of Litchfield, Lester C. Duffy of Thomaston, Francis W. Duffy of Bristol, Peter J....
Mr. William J. Sanford THOMASTON - William J. Sanford, 78, of Railroad St., died December 28, 2008 at his home. He was the widow to Mary Kay Sanford. Mr. Sanford was born October 2, 1930 in the home on Railroad Street, son of the late Ruth (Bierce) and William Harvey Sanford. William worked for many years as a Supervisor at...
Thomaston- Ms. Carol A. Pinard, 62, died Tuesday, December 23 at Cook Willow Convalescent Home in Plymouth. Ms Pinard was born October 11, 1946 in Waterbury daughter of the late Alton and Adele (Prukusky) Pinard. Raised in Watertown she attended local schools and was a graduate of Watertown High School. She had worked as a patient aide at the Southbury...
Mrs. Helen (Turek) Mezocowski Northfield Helen Mezocowski, 92, formerly of Campville Rd., died on December 21, at the Torrington Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was the widow to Edward Mezocowski. Mrs. Mezocowski was born March 17, 1916, in Terryville to the late Michael and Mary (Ichneski) Turek. Helen spent most of her life as a housewife and many years ago...
Thomaston- Mr. William N. Lorusso, 53, of Branch Rd., died Saturday, December 20, at St. Marys Hospital after a courageous battle with many illnesses. He was the husband to Mary Anne (Rafaniello). Mr. Lorusso was born March 3, 1955, in Waterbury to Mrs. Solange (Perreault) and the late Mr. Nicholas Lorusso. William was a HolyCrossHigh School graduate, he attended Kaynor...
Thomaston- Mr. Leonard A. Denzio, 87, died Wednesday, December 17 at Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury. He was the husband of the late Angeline (DiVergilio) Denzio. Mr. Denzio was born July 25, 1921 in Waterbury son of the late Domenic and Theresa (Mancini) Denzio. Raised in Waterbury he attended local schools and had served honorably in the United States...
Thomaston- Mr. Edward H. Hotchkiss, 84, of High Street, died Thursday morning, February 14 at Cook Willow Convalescent Home in Plymouth. He was the husband of the late Joyce (Hubbell) Hotchkiss. Mr. Hotchkiss was born October 17, 1923 in Hartford son of the late Edward G. and Grace (Root) Hotchkiss. Edward attended UCONN and went on to the Armed Forces...
Thomaston- Mr. Robert J. Torrence, 87, died peacefully Friday, November 28 on the birthday of his beloved late wife Ellen (Maloney) Torrence at Cook Willow Convalescent Home in Plymouth were he was recuperating from pneumonia. He was surrounded by his devoted daughter, Sarah "Sally" Torrence and his nieces, Maggie Torrence Rose and Julie Torrence Gold. Mr. Torrence was born in...
Mrs. Dorothy Pearl (Craig) Costick Thomaston Dorothy P. Costick, 86, formerly of Green Manor, died Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the Marathon Health Care Center of Waterbury. She was the widow of Thomas G. Costick. Mrs. Costick was born December 23, 1921 daughter of the late Murdice and Gladys (Daggett) Craig. She left Maine at the age of 19 to...
William Michael Polowy, 71, Of Moose Horn Road died Thursday, November 20, 2008after a long bout with lung cancer. He was the loved husband of Agatha 'Val' Valigursky Polowy. William Polowy was born March 7, 1937 in Thomaston, the son of Stanley and Sophie (Sloboda ) Polowy. Bill loved his town of Thomaston, was an alumnus of its schools and...
Thomaston- Mr. Franklin E. Brody, 63, a thirty year resident of Thomaston, died Monday, November 17 at St. Marys Hospital surrounded by his family. He was the husband of Mary Ellen (Rush) Brody, a devoted wife and dignified caregiver. Mr. Brody was born in Brooklyn, NY, the son of Ann Rothenberg and the late Herbert Brody. He was predeceased by...