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Jonathan Block Cohen
Aug 16, 2021
Jonathan Cohen Obituary For a brief moment on Monday, August 16th, 2021 the world stopped smiling, as one of the greatest men we have known, Jonathan B. Cohen of Ellington, CT took his last breath at the St. Marys Home in West Hartford, CT . Jonathan, 75 was the beloved husband to his wife Linda (Gazdzicki) of 47 happy years....
Annie Leimoni Nauna Ina Climan
Aug 4, 2021
Annie Climan Obituary On August 4, cherished wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Annie Leimomi Nauna Ina Ii Climan, 82, passed away as gently and peacefully as she had lived, surrounded by family who loved her as deeply as she loved them. Annie was born on September 15, 1938 in Honolulu, Hawaii to Charles Ii and Mae Low Ii. She met...
Sally Adele Ivaldi
Jun 15, 2021
Sally Ivaldi Obituary Sally A. Ivaldi, 73, of Glastonbury, CT passed away peacefully at St. Francis Hospital on June 15, 2021 after a brief battle with cancer. She was born on December 16, 1947 in Danbury, CT to Harriet (Singer) and Leo Susnitzky. Sally grew up in Brewster, NY and graduated from Brewster High School in 1965. She then went...
Robert David Mendelsohn
May 12, 2021
Robert David Mendelsohn, 76, of Manchester, CT, passed away peacefully on May 12, 2021, surrounded by his loving family. Born April 29, 1945 in Chicago, IL, Bob was the only child of the late Melvin and Rosemary (delGeorge) Mendelsohn. His earliest childhood years were spent in Chicago, until his father took a job at Lockheed-Martin in Baltimore to work on...
Leonard Bruce Mandell
Apr 5, 2021
Leonard Mandell Obituary Leonard B. "Lenny" Mandell, 70, died April 5, 2021, at Boca Raton Regional Hospital, following a brief illness. Lenny was born in Willimantic to Nathan and Eleanor Mandell. Lenny graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and earned his law degree from Boston College Law School in 1976. He served as a staff attorney at the...
Betty Garrity
Mar 11, 2021
Betty Garrity Obituary It is with great sadness that the family of Betty R. Garrity announces her passing on Wednesday March 11, 2021 at the age of 97. Betty was the beloved wife for 55 years of the late Herbert W. Garrity. Born in Hartford on July 12, 1923, she was the daughter of Edward and Ida Rome whose family...
Mark Crosby Lavitt
Mar 1, 2021
Mark Crosby Lavitt, 79, of Coventry, CT, passed away peacefully on March 1, 2021, in Manchester, CT. Mark was born in Hartford, CT to Solomon and Alyce Lavitt on February 7, 1942. He graduated from Conard High School in West Hartford and then attended The University of Connecticut. Mark is survived by his sister, Maryanne Ludgin of Coventry. His is...
Eileen Janice Solomon
Feb 20, 2021
Eileen Janice Solomon, 75, of Manchester, CT, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2021. She was born on March 11, 1945 in Hartford, Connecticut to Betty and Herbert Garrity. Eileens family moved to Manchester where she spent her childhood. She was a very talented artist, played the accordion, danced on Connecticut Bandstand, was an avid reader, found joy in caring...
Ellen Carol Kloehn
Feb 1, 2021
Ellen Kloehn Obituary Ellen Carol (Eliasoff) Kloehn, 74, of Manchester, CT, died suddenly on February 1st 2021. This is a significant and unexpected loss for her family and for everyone that she knew. Born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Rockaway Beach, New York she went on to graduate from Bryn Mawr College and received her MSW from the...
Marie K. Caron
Jan 28, 2021
Marie K. Caron, 86, of Manchester, CT, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 28, 2021. Marie was born on April 27, 1934 in Marrakesh, French Morocco, daughter of the late Shalom and Zohra (Weismen) BenKalifa. Having been raised in Morocco, the daughter of a Rabbi, she moved to Connecticut in 1963 and made life here with her late husband Leroy....
Charles Lawrence Schiller
Jan 23, 2021
Charles Lawrence (Larry) Schiller, 94, of Willimantic, CT passed from mortal sight on January 23, 2021. Born May 24, 1926, he was the youngest child of Jacob and Yetta Schiller. His formative years were spent on the familys farm in Franklin, where Larry had regular chores helping his father and three older siblings. His early education was in the one-room...
Edward Albert Borgida
Jan 22, 2021
Edward A. Borgida of Manchester, CT, age 77, passed away peacefully on Friday morning January 22, 2021, following a sudden and devastating bout with COVID-19. Born in Manchester, CT on March 14, 1943, he was the youngest child of the late Eugene and Blanche (Fischer) Borgida. Edward grew up in Manchester, attending local schools and was a graduate of Manchester...
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