All Obituaries

Jayhue Wiley Blevins, 62, of Winsted, CT, passed away on Sunday, March, 17, 2019. Jayhue  son of the late Estel Blevins and Agnes Haseltine Blevins, Father to Patrick E. Blevins and Michael L. Blevins, sibling to Robert Howard Blevins, Margaret Bernice Thomas Grandfather to Blake A. Blevins and Seth N. Blevins and soulmate to Cheryl Pecha. Jayhue was preceded in death by his brothers Randy Dale Blevins, Donald Bruce Blevins. Jayhue was born on July 12, 1956 in Marion, VA. Jayhue served...

Winsted:  Willard R. Shine, 63, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2019, at his home, after a long illness with frontotemporal dementia.  He was the husband of Ruth (Blasco) Shine and a devoted and loving father to three children.  Born in New Britain, May 3, 1955, he was the son of the late Robert and Sheila (Stocking) Shine and had lived in Winsted since 1984.  He attended Porter's School of Drafting in 1974. He then attended UCONN where he graduated in 1979 with a...

Colebrook:  Constance M. "Connie" Frazee, 94, passed away on Tuesday, March 12, 2019, at the Geer Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Canaan, surrounded by her family.  She was the wife of the late Frank M. Frazee.  Born in Latham, New York, June 5, 1924, daughter of the late Robert and Bertha (Ferris) MacArthur, she had lived in Colebrook for the past 15 years.  Prior to her retirement, she had been the co-owner of Crafts Plus in upstate New York.  Her...

Harold E. Kelley, 82, of Winsted, CT, passed away peacefully on Saturday, March, 2, 2019. Harold was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 60 years, Marion L. Kelley, and by his siblings, Richard, Eleanor (Dodge), William and Clifford.  Harold was born on February 28, 1937 in Winsted, CT, the son of the late Harold Kelley and Eleanor (Dodge) Kelley.   Harold served in the United States Army, active duty and reserves, from 1957 to 1963 at Fort Drum in New York, Fort Dix in...

West Hartland CT- Jeannette J. Smith 93 of Riverton Rd  took her last ride into the sunset peacefully on March 1, 2019 at the Geer Nursing Facility surrounded by her family. Born October 16, 1925 in Windsor CT, she was the daughter of the late Hans H Jessen and Ruby (Harris) Jessen. Jeannette met Lloyd at a church dance, they both loved to dance, while he was stationed at Bradley Field during WWII.  He was from Oklahoma and where all of his family still resides. She married Lloyd...

Winsted:  Ethel M. Albanesius, 91, passed away on Saturday, February 16, 2019, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington, following a brief illness.  She was the wife of the late Stanley Albanesius who died in 2008.  Born on January 23, 1928, in Westfield, NJ, she was the daughter of the late John and Ethel (Bowen) Egbert.  She had spent several years as an elementary school teacher before settling in Winsted, in 1976.  Her survivors include a son, Glenn...

Torrington: Ella Louise (Nickie) Sherman, 97 passed away peacefully, on February 13, 2019. She was born at home in New Hartford, Ct. on November 12, 1921. She was predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Oscar Lee (Art) Sherman; her parents, George F.H. Gudzinski and Minna Emilia Yahne, son Arthur Lee Sherman, sister Lillian Amelia Sherman and grandson Dylan Andrew Sherman. She leaves behind her sons Warren and wife Jeanie (Weston) Sherman of Pennsylvania, Bruce and Brenda (McCaw) Sherman of...

Winsted:  Jacqueline "Jackie" Barnum, 89, wife of the late Frank C. Barnum passed away on Monday, February 4, 2019, following a brief illness.  Born September 1, 1929, in Jamaica, NY, she was the daughter of the late Xavier and Catherine (McCarthy) Lemelin.  Jackie  had lived most of her life in Winsted, had attended local schools and worked at various factories, during her working career, retiring from Mark Industries.  Jackie never drove, but enjoyed her...

Hazel J. Nanni (Jones), 83, of Winsted CT. passed away peacefully at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital on February 4, 2019.  Hazel was born on April 11, 1935 in Wethersfield CT.  She was the daughter of the late Clayton H. Jones and Hazel Jones (Blodgett). At an early age Hazel moved with her parents to Winsted where she graduated from The Gilbert School in 1953. After high school she worked for The Hartford Insurance Company as an administrative assistant.  Soon after, she met...

Winsted:  Ralph Lawton Hitchcock, 79, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, January 29, 2019, while at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital in Torrington.  He was born on December 29, 1939, in Winsted, the son of Allison and Louise Hitchcock.  He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Elsa Mae Hitchcock, who died November 18 of last year after a bad fall.  He was still actively employed at age 79 as a product development engineer at Aavid, TheThermal Division of Boyd...