All Obituaries

Winsted:  Roger Lee Atkins passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on April 17, 2021. He was born June 29, 1942, to Roland H. and Minnie (Perry) Atkins of Winsted.  He is survived by his loving wife, Victoria (Thiery) Atkins; his daughter Amanda Lee Atkins of Decatur, GA; and his son Adam Preston Atkins and wife Jennifer, and grandchildren Nicholas, Elizabeth and Christopher of Harwinton, CT. He is also survived by his brother Donald L. Atkins of Winsted.  He was...

Winchester Center:  Joan Arlene Campi, 83, passed away on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, following a lengthy illness.  She was the wife of Domenic Paul Campi.  Born in Bristol, CT, March 13, 1938, she was the daughter of the late Royal and Arlene (Parsons) Woolley.  She was a direct descendant of John Alden. She had attended local schools and was a graduate of the Bristol High School.  Prior to her retirement, she had worked...

Winsted:  Jennie Lucia Batista, 58, passed away on Sunday, April 4, 2021, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, following a battle with lengthy illness.  Born in Winsted, January 28, 1964, she was the daughter of Ruth Ann (Cadrian) Roden of Winsted and the late Charles J. Donaldson.  She had attended local schools and was a graduate of The Gilbert School.  After school, she did her training to work with Foothills Visiting Nurse and Homecare, Inc. a field she...

Winsted:  Sharon Lee Ransom passed away on Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at the age of 75.  Sharon was born on September 15, 1945 in Winsted, CT, to Dwight and Leona Ransom.  She grew up in Riverton, CT and attended Northwestern Regional School #7.  Sharon started working as a secretary then took years off to raise her family.  She later went back to work at Ann's Nursery in Norfolk, CT and Community Residences, Inc. in Winsted, CT caring for special needs children...

Winsted, David James Pequignot, 84, passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2021 at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, following a lengthy illness.  Born in Winsted, August 16, 1936, he was the son of the late Edwin F. and Beatrice Ramsbel (Curtin) Pequignot.  He had attended local schools, graduating from The Gilbert School, class of 1954.  After graduation, he enlisted in the USMC where he served until his release in 1955.  After returning home he worked for the...

Winsted:  Lillian Turgeon Sampson, 78, passed away on Sunday, January 17, 2021, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, following a metastatic pancreatic cancer diagnosis in September of last year.  She was the wife of Arthur R. Sampson, who died 13 ½ months earlier.  Born in Winsted,  September 23, 1942, Lil was the daughter of the late Hector Joseph and Marie Valentine (Gouthier) Turgeon. She resided in Winsted her entire life and graduated from The...

Josephine “Josie” D (Amico) Nataro, 101 of Chestnut Street, died Friday, (January 8, 2021) peacefully at her home that she lived in her whole life in Winsted, CT. Born in Winsted, September 2, 1919, daughter of the late Dominic and Lillian (DiMartino) Amico. She was the loving wife of the late Joseph J Nataro for 48 years. Josie retired from the A & P grocery store where she was a meat wrapper for more than 18 years. Her family will miss her sauce and their Sunday dinners as...

Winsted: Joseph F. Zecchin, passed away on Monday December 21, 2020 at his home. Joe was the son of Joseph P. and Pauline (Cogliati) Zeechin.  Born in Winsted CT, December 17, 1935, he attended local schools and served in the Army from July 1958 - July 1964.  Joe was stationed in Germany and northern Italy for over a year as part of his duty while in the service, and received an honorable discharged in July 1964. Joe lived in Lake Worth Florida for several years, many of them...

Winsted:  JoAnn Beverly Rines, 83, died on Sunday, December 6, 2020, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, following a short illness.  She was the wife of the late Carroll Rines who died in 2011.  Born in Casco, Maine, on April 2, 1937, she was the daughter of the late Rayford and Claire (Frank) Thurston.  She came to Winsted as a young teen. She was a graduate of The Gilbert School, class of 1955.  During her working career, she worked for various mfg....

Franklin (Si) Willis Hall died peacefully on November 19, 2020 at the age of 89. Franklin was born on February 17, 1931 in New Milford, PA to Willis and Louise (Gunn) Hall.  He was a graduate of The Gilbert School and married Marian Santoro on June 16, 1956. Frank is survived by his loving wife of 64 years Marian; his son Gregory (Kristin) Hall and their children Gregory (GJ) Hall and Geoffrey (Hannah) Hall, his daughter Diane (Ken) Quick their children Karaline (Chris) Venezia,...