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Colchester CT Obituaries and Death Notices
Monday, February 27, 2017Gary Steller died peacefully on February 15 at the VNA Respite House in Colchester. He was 70 years old. He died after a two and a half year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disease. He is survived by his sister Susan Steller of Prescott Arizona and his nephews Paul Teodo and Peter Teodo.Gary’s greatest passion was teaching and he had a profound influence on the lives of the hundreds of students who passed through his classrooms at Burlington College and the Community College of Vermont where he taught for more than 30 years. Gary was kind, compassionate and a good listener. He will also be remembered for his wry sense of humor. Gary always said he had the “best friends”. He was well loved by the many people who were delighted to call him a good friend.Gary was a lover of some of the finest things in life: classical music, contra dancing, exercise, reading, opera, and dogs. Letter writing was another of his passions and he could be seen at many venues in Burlington sitting with pen in hand writing to his family and friends.Ga...
Monday, February 20, 2017Dezsoe Rottler
Dezsoe “Dezi” Rottler passed on into spirit on January 29, 2017 at the VNA Respite House in Colchester, Vermont. He struggled with the loss of his wife, Connie Rottler due to Alzheimer’s disease, who passed away in February, 2015. He lived with Parkinson’s disease for the last few years, which was a challenge he handled with stoic Hungarian pride. Weak from anemia for months, a colon cancer diagnosis in December brought him to hospice and the end of his suffering. His son Chris was at his bedside when he passed. Dezi was born on October 31, 1927 in Budapest, Hungary to parents Maria Szekeers and Louis Rottler. He was the third of four children, all of whom predeceased him.Dezi lived through the war in Hungary. On August 20, 1947, he escaped to Austria with his parents after his father was persecuted by the new government. All the while, his brother Karl was being held in Siberia, his sister was separated from the family, and his youngest brother had died of a childhood accident. In Austria, his family was registered as political refugees. They were brought to a refugee camp f...
Monday, February 06, 2017CT. Memorial gifts in Honor of Don may be made to the Beth Walsh Memorial Scholarship that he and Jeannine Walsh initiated in Beth’s memory to: St. Michael’s College, Box 256, One Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439. Gifts can also be made online at WWW.SMCVT.EDU/GIVEBACK. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Donald G. Walsh Sr. please visit our Sympathy Store.
Monday, December 05, 2016Trump riding atop their float. The celebration in Montville capped a weekend of regional seasonal events, including Frosty's Big Night Out Friday in Killingly, a Holiday Homecoming on Saturday in Colchester and a Christmas tree-lighting Sunday in Lebanon.
Monday, October 31, 2016Family Funeral Home, Ilion.Butler, Henry "Hank", 87, of New Hartford, died October 22, 2016. Arrangements by McGrath, Myslinski, Karboski & Nunn Funeral Directors, Utica.Duniec, Gloria, 86, of Colchester, Conn., died October 16, 2016. Arrangements by Vincent Funeral Home, Simbsury, Conn.Fraser, John Malcolm (Jack), 88, of Ocean View, Del., died October 19, 2016. Arrangements by Melson Funeral Services, Ocean View, Del.Inslee, Joyce A., 70, of Utica, formerly of Boonville and Remsen, died October 20, 2016. Arrangements by Trainor Funeral Home Inc., Boonville.Nolan, Gertrude Nowak, 90, of Clinton, died October 22, 2016. Arrangements by Wolanin Funeral Home Inc., New York Mills.Pascoe, Nancy Atkinson, 69, of Bullhead City, Ariz., died October 18, 2016.Tubbs, David Norton, 73, of Silver Lake, died October 13, 2016. Arrangements by Eaton-Watson Funeral Home, Perry.
Colchester News
Monday, February 27, 2017Gary Steller died peacefully on February 15 at the VNA Respite House in Colchester. He was 70 years old. He died after a two and a half year battle with progressive supranuclear palsy, a rare neurological disease. He is survived by his sister Susan Steller of Prescott Arizona and his nephews Paul Teodo and Peter Teodo.Gary’s greatest passion was teaching and he had a profound influence on the lives of the hundreds of students who passed through his classrooms at Burlington College and the Community College of Vermont where he taught for more than 30 years. Gary was kind, compassionate and a good listener. He will also be remembered for his wry sense of humor. Gary always said he had the “best friends”. He was well loved by the many people who were delighted to call him a good friend.Gary was a lover of some of the finest things in life: classical music, contra dancing, exercise, reading, opera, and dogs. Letter writing was another of his passions and he could be seen at many venues in Burlington sitting with pen in hand writing to his family and friends.Ga...
Monday, February 20, 2017Dezsoe Rottler
Dezsoe “Dezi” Rottler passed on into spirit on January 29, 2017 at the VNA Respite House in Colchester, Vermont. He struggled with the loss of his wife, Connie Rottler due to Alzheimer’s disease, who passed away in February, 2015. He lived with Parkinson’s disease for the last few years, which was a challenge he handled with stoic Hungarian pride. Weak from anemia for months, a colon cancer diagnosis in December brought him to hospice and the end of his suffering. His son Chris was at his bedside when he passed. Dezi was born on October 31, 1927 in Budapest, Hungary to parents Maria Szekeers and Louis Rottler. He was the third of four children, all of whom predeceased him.Dezi lived through the war in Hungary. On August 20, 1947, he escaped to Austria with his parents after his father was persecuted by the new government. All the while, his brother Karl was being held in Siberia, his sister was separated from the family, and his youngest brother had died of a childhood accident. In Austria, his family was registered as political refugees. They were brought to a refugee camp f...
Monday, February 06, 2017CT. Memorial gifts in Honor of Don may be made to the Beth Walsh Memorial Scholarship that he and Jeannine Walsh initiated in Beth’s memory to: St. Michael’s College, Box 256, One Winooski Park, Colchester, VT 05439. Gifts can also be made online at WWW.SMCVT.EDU/GIVEBACK. To send flowers or a memorial gift to the family of Donald G. Walsh Sr. please visit our Sympathy Store.
Monday, December 05, 2016Trump riding atop their float. The celebration in Montville capped a weekend of regional seasonal events, including Frosty's Big Night Out Friday in Killingly, a Holiday Homecoming on Saturday in Colchester and a Christmas tree-lighting Sunday in Lebanon.
Monday, October 31, 2016Family Funeral Home, Ilion.Butler, Henry "Hank", 87, of New Hartford, died October 22, 2016. Arrangements by McGrath, Myslinski, Karboski & Nunn Funeral Directors, Utica.Duniec, Gloria, 86, of Colchester, Conn., died October 16, 2016. Arrangements by Vincent Funeral Home, Simbsury, Conn.Fraser, John Malcolm (Jack), 88, of Ocean View, Del., died October 19, 2016. Arrangements by Melson Funeral Services, Ocean View, Del.Inslee, Joyce A., 70, of Utica, formerly of Boonville and Remsen, died October 20, 2016. Arrangements by Trainor Funeral Home Inc., Boonville.Nolan, Gertrude Nowak, 90, of Clinton, died October 22, 2016. Arrangements by Wolanin Funeral Home Inc., New York Mills.Pascoe, Nancy Atkinson, 69, of Bullhead City, Ariz., died October 18, 2016.Tubbs, David Norton, 73, of Silver Lake, died October 13, 2016. Arrangements by Eaton-Watson Funeral Home, Perry.
