Visiting hours will be held from 5 to 8 p.m on Wednesday, December 4th at the Potter Funeral Home at 456 Jackson Street (Rt. 195), Willimantic, CT.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. on Thursday, December 5th at the First Church of Christ, Congregational, Mansfield Center, CT, followed by burial in the Mansfield Center Cemetery . In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations in her memory be made to Camp Rising Sun (Program of the American Cancer Society) c/o Charles Ailinger,72 Doubleday Road, Columbia, CT 06237.

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James W. Allard, 62, of Storrs, CT passed away unexpectedly Tuesday, August 15, 2006. He was born in Burlington, VT to Lucien and Emma (Joyal) Allard on November 28, 1943. Jim is survived by his loving wife Laurie after an incredible 14 years together. He adored his daughter Renee Allard of Boston, MA and cherished his 4 stepchildren as his own - Phillip Christopher of Storrs, CT; Megan Christopher of Santa Barbara, CA; Nicole (Christopher) and her husband Scott Mraz of Santa Barbara, and Bryce Christopher of Boston, MA. He leaves his siblings Charles (Bud) and wife Mary Allard of Essex Junction, VT; Patricia and husband Richard Kingman of St. Albans, VT; Bruce and wife Donna Allard of Saratoga, NY; and twin brother Paul and wife Jean Allard of Essex Junction, VT. Nieces and nephews include David and wife Lisa Allard of Queensbury, NY; Joanne and husband Raymond Stygles of Essex Junction, VT; Karen and husband Dwight Rolston of Colchester, VT; Julie Allard of Saratoga, NY; and Kathleen and husband Alex Bazineau of Sault Ste. Marie, MI; and 15 great-nieces and nephews. He also leaves many good friends, colleagues, and hundreds of students whose lives he touched at E. O. Smith High School.
Jim served as a member of the Air Force from 1962-1966 as an Air Police in the canine division. After finishing his tour of duty, Jim went on to earn a Bachelors degree in Business Education from Castleton State College, a Masters degree in Business and Vocational Education at the University of Connecticut, and a fifth year degree in Professional Education from the University of Connecticut.
Teaching was Jim’s passion. Anyone who knew Jim, knew he loved spending his days in the classroom teaching his “kids.” He taught law and business at E. O. Smith High School in Storrs, CT for 35 years. Jim’s students, both past and present, saw Jim as much more than just a teacher; he was a confidante, a mentor and most importantly, a friend. He inspired many of his students to go on and pursue careers in law and business. This passion and love for teaching translated into many awards and recognitions such as the Mark R. Shedd Award for Excellence in Educating Young People About the Law from the Connecticut Consortium for Law and Citizenship Education, Recognition of excellence in teaching high school students from the UC Alumni Association and 2005 Regional School District #19 Teacher of the Year from the Connecticut State Board of Education. In his own words, “a teacher is like an entertainer” and “must instill interest in their audience in order to maintain their attention.”
Jim was an innovator in the classroom, always inventing new and exciting ways to teach his students. One of his proudest accomplishments during his tenure at E.O. Smith, was the development and implementation of the first Mock Trial Club at E.O. Smith. 27 years later, students still compete in this prestigious competition.
When he wasn’t teaching in the classroom, Jim was enjoying many of his other hobbies, such as playing golf, writing his novel, entertaining his family and friends with songs from Johnny Mathis, Neil Diamond and Elvis Presley, skiing with his students in the winter, and cheering on his beloved UCONN Huskies.
Jim always surrounded himself with friends and family who loved him dearly and he will be missed by many. Today we celebrate a life well lived. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to a scholarship fund which will be established. Funds should be sent in memory of James Allard, to E.O. Smith School Bank, 1235 Storrs Rd., Storrs, CT. 06268.

(He is buried in the Old Storrs Cemetery)

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Eleanor Mello Anctil, 70, of Hackettstown, New Jersey, died Thursday, January 19, 2006 at St. Clare Medical Center in Dover, NJ.
Mrs. Anctil was born in Portsmouth, Rhode Island and was a resident of Mansfield-Storrs, Connecticut for over 45 years. She was married to the late Pierre Henry Anctil of Fall River, Massachusetts. Surviving her are two devoted daughters, Veronica Silvia Morton of Furlong, Pennsylvania and Rebecca Anctil Payonk and loving grandson, Adam Payonk of Hackettstown, NJ., her extended family, Wolfgang Bogacz, Gregory Payonk, Wesley Morton and Wendy Morton Marinan, sisters, aunts and many sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law residing in Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Mrs. Anctil loved children and was a nanny for years as a stay-at-home Mom. She joined the Mansfield School System as Custodian and retired after more than 25 years of service. She moved to Hackettstown, NJ in 2003 to be closer to her daughters and grandson.

Her family will receive friends at the Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson St., Rte. 195, Willimantic on Sunday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. Funeral services will be at the funeral home on Monday at 11:00 a.m. Burial will follow in the Storrs Cemetery. Charitable donations may be made to St. Jude Roman Catholic Church, 17 Mt. Olive Rd., Budd Lake, NJ 07828. Please visit www.potterfh.com for directions and online memorial guestbook.

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P. Henry Anctil, 79, of Hackettstown, NJ, formerly of Storrs, CT, husband of Eleanor (Mello) Anctil, died Monday September 6, 2004 in Morristown, NJ. He was born September 12, 1924 in Fall River, MA, the son of Wilfred and Bertha (St. Pierre) Anctil. Prior to his retirement in 1989 he was employed for many years in the Plant Engineering Department of Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford. Mr. Anctil was a member of the French Canadian Genealogical Society. In addition to his wife he is survived by three sons, Gerald G. Anctil, Albert A. Anctil and David Anctil, all of the Fall River area, 2 daughters, Veronica Morton and fiance Wolfgang Bogacz of Furlong, PA, Rebecca and Dr. Gregory S. Payonk of Flanders, NJ and a loving grandson Adam G. Payonk.

Funeral services will be on September 8th at 2PM at Potter Funeral Home, Willimantic, CT followed by burial in Storrs Cemetery with family and friends. Please visit www.potterfh.com for an online memorial guest book.

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Ann Frank Beck, 102, died Saturday, (August 10, 2002) at the Brightview nursing home, Avon. She was born in Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany in 1900 and lived in Berlin before moving to Czechoslovakia in 1933. She immigrated into the United States in 1938. She was married to Maximilian Beck
(1887-1950), a professor of philosophy and author of books in his field. She is survived by her son, Curt; grandson, Ronald; granddaughter, Meredith; great grandsons, Nathan and Elliot. She was predeceased by a brother, Curt;
and sisters, Lise Frank and Kate Grunberg. Ann studied medicine at German universities. She received a Ph.D. in the history of science at the University of Illinois in 1948 and was awarded a Phi Beta Kappa membership.
She taught history at colleges in Michigan, South Dakota, and Arkansas, and at the University of Connecticut before joining the University of Hartford where she became a professor of history from 1960 to her retirement in 1972.
After her retirement, she continued to teach at the University of Hartford well into her eighties. Ann Beck was interested in how the British and German colonial powers introduced the practice of Western medicine to East
Africa and how such policies fared after independence. Her most important publications were "A History of British Medical Administration of East Africa 1900-1950", Harvard University Press (1970); "Medicine, Tradition, and Development in Kenya and Tanzania 1920-1970", Crossroads Press (1981).
She also contributed articles to the "History of Medicine", "African Affairs" and other journals. Her research took her in her seventies and eighties on more than a dozen trips to East Africa. From 1961 to 1993 she lived in South Windsor where she was active in the League of Women Voters,
the Democratic Town Committee and the South Windsor Public Library. She was a member of the American Historical Society, the African Studies Association and the American Association for the History of Medicine.

 Funeral Services will be held on Thursday, 2 p.m. at the Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson
St., Willimantic. Burial will follow in Storrs Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in her name to the Mortensen Library Fund of the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford, CT 06117.
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BEAUMONT, George Anson Oliver(B. & Skinner),res. State, bet Randolph and Washington (died, Columbia, Conn., Dec. 18, 1845)

(Listed in the city of Chicago, Illinois 1843 Directory - Transcribed by a Friend of Free Genealogy KT)

Albert Culp Bollen of Storrs completed his life's work on January 21, 2003. Al was born on June 22, 1909, in Marsden, Oklahoma, to Henry J. and Clara (Culp) Bollen, two years after Oklahoma became a state. He moved with his family at an early age to New Mexico where he attended the local schools. He was a childhood friend of the Fred Harvey family, food industry pioneers. While still a child, Al helped to launch their innovative rail side food service business by ringing the dinner bell to announce to arriving passengers that the enterprising Harveys were standing ready to satisfy their appetites.
In 1932, he married May Durham in Albuquerque, New Mexico. They had three children, Albert Jr., Eugene, and Mary Anne. In 1969, May died in Storrs after a prolonged illness. On April 1, 1971, Al married Mary Margaret Meloche Rumney, in Storrs.
Al found his calling in the food service industry. He received his training at Cornell University in the School of Hotel Management and joined the Fred Harvey Organization at their headquarters in Chicago. After serving the Harvey Organization for more than a decade, he headed to New York City to found a consulting firm with two partners. During this time he established a relationship with the University of Connecticut. In 1950, Al was recruited by the University to become Director of Food Services. His knowledge and expertise in the industry proved invaluable in establishing the food service system at the rapidly expanding University with its various satellite campuses. He continued to oversee and direct operations until retiring in 1976.
Al was an active member of the community as a charter member of the Mansfield Lions Club. In 1999, he received the Knight of the Blind Award in recognition of his many years of membership and service to the Club. He was also a member of the Storrs Congregational Church, the United World Federalists, the Mansfield Historical Society, and one of the first men to belong to the Women's Club of Storrs.
Al is survived by his wife of thirty-two years, Mary Margaret; daughter Mary Anne and her partner Celia Parker of Jersey City, NJ; son Albert, Jr., grandchildren Kathy and Lynn, and great granddaughter Aaron of Old Saybrook, CT; daughter-in-law Bonnie, grandson Craig, and great grandchildren Maizey Elise, Reiley Michele, and Mattie Hope of Prescott, AZ; several nieces and nephews; stepson George R. Rumney, II and his wife Jocelyne Racicot of Bowie, MD; stepdaughter Susan Rumney Barney and her children Austin Dunham, III and Amanda Brandegee of Bloomfield, CT; and stepdaughter Mary Ann Rumney Besier and her husband Rudolph of Old Lyme, CT. In addition to his first wife May, Al was predeceased by his son Eugene, and five brothers and sisters, George (Buddy), Bill, JC, Nell, and Bertha.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Mansfield Lions Club, in support of macular degeneration research. Donations should be forwarded to Donald M. Nolan, Secretary, Mansfield Lions Club, Post Office Box 543, Mansfield Center, CT 06250. A Graveside Service will be held Saturday, March 1, 2003, at 10:00 a.m. in the Storrs Cemetery, North Eagleville Road, Storrs, CT. A Memorial Service will follow at 11:00 a.m. at the Storrs Congregational Church, with a reception after the service in the Parish House. There are no calling hours. The Potter Funeral Home, 456 Jackson Street (Route 195), Willimantic, CT is assisting with the arrangements.

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September 23, 1875

In Ellington, Conn., Sept. 10, Louis F., aged 93 years, widow of the late Rev. Chauncey Booth, and aunt of Mrs. H. G. Pendleton.

The Henry Republican - September 23, 1875
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Ernest A. Brown , 91, of Columbia, husband of the late Hannah (Edwards) Brown, died Wednesday, March 23, 2005 at the Mansfield Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation. He was born April 30, 1913 in Epping, NH, the son of Oliver and Meldella (George) Brown. Mr. Brown had been employed by Hartford Dispatch for many years prior to his retirement. He was involved in various theater groups in the area for over 50 years. He is survived by a daughter Linda Brown of Phoenix, AZ., a son Leroy Brown of Coventry, a sister Lillian Mellon of Wauregan, 2 granddaughters, Tami and Tracy , 2 great grandsons, Adam and Myles and a dear friend Marie Lambert of Columbia.

His family will receive friends at the Potter Funeral Home 456 Jackson St. (Rte. 195) Willimantic on Monday from 1:00 to 2:00pm with the funeral service beginning at 2:00pm. Burial will follow in the Grant Hill Cemetery, Coventry. For online memorial guestbook, please visit at www.potterfh.com.

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