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VILLAGER NEWSPAPERS ☎ TOWN-TO-TOWN CLASSIFIEDS ☎<br />
OBITUARIES<br />
Friday, December 30, 2011<br />
B3<br />
Jeanne L. Ravenelle, 79<br />
N. GROSVENORDALE – Jeanne<br />
(Bellerose) Ravenelle, 79, of Red Bridge Road,<br />
died Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 in St. Vincent<br />
Hospital, Worcester, Mass.<br />
She was the loving wife of the late Louis A.<br />
Ravenelle.<br />
Born in Putnam, she was the daughter of<br />
the late Charles and Mignonne (Metras)<br />
Bellerose.<br />
Jeanne attended Putnam Catholic<br />
Academy.<br />
She worked as a bobbin winder for Belding<br />
Hemminway for 35 years.<br />
She enjoyed camping at the Hideaway Cove<br />
Campground in Killingly. She also enjoyed<br />
reading, word puzzles, and writing poetry.<br />
She especially loved her dog “Lil’ Bum.”<br />
Jeanne is survived by her son, Michael<br />
Ravenelle and his wife Kasey of Princeton,<br />
Texas; her daughters, Donna Bonds and her<br />
husband Rusty of Alto, N.M., Kathy<br />
Ravenelle of Putnam, Ann Dillard and her<br />
husband Juan of Seagraves, Texas; her<br />
brothers, Normand Bellerose and his wife<br />
Gloria of Pioria, Ariz., Paul Bellerose and his<br />
wife Juanita of Milton, Fla., Richard<br />
“Dickie” Bellerose and his wife Linda of<br />
Yelm, Wash., and Bernard Bellerose and his<br />
wife Cindy of Thompson; her sister, Rita<br />
Mailloux of N. Grosvenordale; her sister inlaw,<br />
Charlotte Ravenelle of N. Grosvenordale;<br />
seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.<br />
A Mass of Christian Burial was held<br />
Monday, Dec. 26 in St. Joseph Church, 18<br />
Main St., N. Grosvenordale.<br />
Memorial donations may be made to the<br />
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation,<br />
Metro Center, 350 Church St., Hartford, CT<br />
06103.<br />
The Valade Funeral Home, 23 Main St., N.<br />
Grosvenordale, directed the arrangements.<br />
For memorial guestbook visit<br />
www.GilmanAndValade.com.<br />
Sr. Mildred Durocher, DHS, 96<br />
PUTNAM — Sr. Mildred<br />
Durocher, DHS, 96, a member<br />
of the Daughters of<br />
the Holy Spirit, died on<br />
Friday, Dec. 23, 2011 in<br />
Holy Spirit Health Care<br />
Center where she had<br />
been in residence since<br />
2002.<br />
Born Mildred Marie Durocher on Nov. 21,<br />
1915 in Providence, R.I., she was the daughter<br />
of the late Moise and Eva (Roy) Durocher.<br />
After nurses’ training at Hartford Hospital<br />
in Hartford, she entered religious life in 1935<br />
and made her religious profession on August<br />
23, 1938 at the Motherhouse in St. Brieuc,<br />
France. She was then known as Sr. Agathe de<br />
Jesus.<br />
Sr. Mildred became a visiting nurse in Fall<br />
River, Mass. and later served in a nursing<br />
capacity in Providence, R.I., and at St. Clare<br />
Home in Newport, R.I. She also taught in elementary<br />
schools in Leominster, Mass.;<br />
Fairfield, and Swanton, Vt. In 1975, she<br />
served as dietician at Holy Spirit Convent,<br />
Bridgeport, until her retirement in 1985.<br />
Survivors include a sister-in-law, Rita<br />
Durocher of Chagrin Falls, Ohio; and several<br />
nieces and nephews; grandnieces and grandnephews.<br />
A Mass of Christian burial was held on<br />
Tuesday, Dec. 27, at the Provincial House<br />
chapel followed by burial in St. Mary<br />
Cemetery, Putnam.<br />
Donations may be made to the Daughters<br />
of the Holy Spirit Retirement Fund, 72<br />
Church St., Putnam, CT 06260.<br />
Gilman Funeral Home, 104 Church St.,<br />
directed the arrangements.<br />
CHURCH DIRECTORY<br />
EASTFORD<br />
Congregational Church of Eastford<br />
8 Church Road, P.O. Box 177<br />
(860) 974-01294<br />
Pastor Mike Moran<br />
office@cceastford.com<br />
Sunday Morning Services: 8:30 a.m., 11:00 am (child<br />
care for 5 and under)<br />
Sunday School: 9:30 A.M.<br />
Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM<br />
Wednesday Prayer Meeting 6:00 AM<br />
Wednesday <strong>Evening</strong> Service: 6:30 PM<br />
Thursday Women's Bible Studies:<br />
Friday Children's Pioneer Clubs 6:30 PM<br />
Saturday Men's Fraternity: 7-8:30 AM<br />
Eastford Baptist Church<br />
<strong>13</strong>3 Union Road<br />
974-1414<br />
Pastor Tim Vamosi<br />
Sunday School: 9 a.m. All ages.<br />
Service: 10:30 a.m.<br />
Wednesday: Mid-week prayer services, 7 p.m.,<br />
prayer meeting for adults, Kindred Spirits — ladies<br />
only, Olympians, Grades one to six, Word of Life<br />
Teen Club, junior and senior high school, child care<br />
provided.<br />
POMFRET<br />
Most Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church<br />
568 Pomfret St. • 928-5830<br />
Mass schedule Mon. through Thurs. 7 a.m.,<br />
Saturday rosary 8 a.m., vigil 4 p.m., and<br />
Sunday, 8 a.m., and 10 a.m.<br />
Rev. David Choquette.<br />
Christ Church of Pomfret<br />
527 Pomfret St. • 928-7026<br />
Services: 8 and 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. (Rectory<br />
School Chapel)<br />
Mid-week service: 7 a.m. Wednesday<br />
Rector David M. Carter<br />
Abington Congregational Church<br />
Route 97 • 974-1476<br />
Service: 10 a.m. Sunday<br />
Rev. Dr. Bruce Hedman<br />
First Congregational Church of Pomfret<br />
<strong>13</strong> Church Road, Pomfret Center<br />
(860) 928-7381<br />
fccpomfret@sbcglobal.net<br />
Rev. Thomas Crumb.<br />
Adult Sunday School class begins at 9:15 a.m.<br />
Sunday Worship 10:30 a.m.<br />
Children's Sunday School 10:30 a.m.<br />
Potluck, Praise & Worship 1st Sunday of every<br />
month at 6 p.m.<br />
PUTNAM<br />
The Congregational Church of Putnam<br />
175 Main Street, Putnam (860) 928-4405<br />
Web site: www.putnamcong.com<br />
Rev. Thomas H. Meyer, Pastor<br />
Sunday worship: 10:00 a.m.<br />
Sunday School: 10:30 a.m. (starts Sept. 14, registration<br />
at 10 a.m.)<br />
The public is welcome to join the church every<br />
Sunday as they celebrate God's presence through:<br />
worship together, voice and handbell choirs, mission<br />
outreach, Bible study and book discussion<br />
group.<br />
East Putnam Community Church<br />
250 East Putnam Road • 928-2193<br />
Services: 10:30 a.m. Sunday<br />
Sunday School: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Tri-State Christian Academy — K-8<br />
First Congregational Church<br />
71 Liberty Highway<br />
928-7381<br />
Pastor John Eckman<br />
Services: 9:30 a.m. Sunday<br />
Living Faith United Methodist Church<br />
53 Grove St.<br />
928-9705<br />
Pastor: Barbara Kszystyniak.<br />
Sunday school ages 3-adult 9:30 am<br />
Church begins at 10:45 (10:00 in summer)<br />
St. Mary, Church of the Visitation<br />
218 Providence St.<br />
928-6535<br />
Rev. Roland Cloutier<br />
Masses: Saturday 4 p.m., Sunday 8:30 and 10:30 a.m.<br />
St. Philip’s Episcopal Church<br />
63 Grove St., Putnam; Holy Eucharist or Morning<br />
Prayer at 9:30 a.m., with a supply Priest. Coffee<br />
hour follows the service.<br />
Putnam Baptist Church<br />
170 Church St.<br />
928-3678<br />
Rev. Gil Bourquin<br />
Services: 11 a.m. Sunday; Russian language service,<br />
5 p.m. Sunday; Youth group, 6 p.m. Friday; Bible<br />
study, 7 p.m. Thursday; Guitar lessons, 2 p.m.<br />
Saturday; ESL, by appointment.<br />
Hope Community Church<br />
25 Kennedy Drive<br />
928-2794<br />
Pastor: Gregg McKechnie<br />
Service: Sunday, 10 a.m.<br />
Other: Wednesday Family Night, 7 p.m.; Friday<br />
Youth Night: prayer 6 p.m., Youth Service 7 p.m.<br />
Congregation B’nai Shalom<br />
125 Church Street, Putnam<br />
Services: Fridays at 7 p.m.; Saturdays: 9 a.m.<br />
Hebrew school meets Sunday mornings<br />
Hebrew School Director:<br />
Sharon Colemman, 401-647-5323<br />
President: Dr. Gail Dickinson-: (860) 963-7443<br />
Jehovah Witnesses<br />
81 Thurber Road<br />
928-4442<br />
THOMPSON<br />
Creation Church<br />
47 West Thompson Road,<br />
Thompson, CT<br />
860-923-0455<br />
Training Depot, Children’s Ministry, nursery-6th<br />
grade 10 a.m., Sundays<br />
St. Joseph Church<br />
18 Main St., North Grosvenordale<br />
(860) 923-2361<br />
www.stjoseph-sacredheart.net<br />
Pastor: Very Rev. Charles R. LeBlanc<br />
Weekday Masses: Monday, 5 p.m.<br />
Tuesday, 7:15 a.m., Wednesday, 7:15 a.m.<br />
Weekend schedule, Saturday, 4 p.m., Sunday, 8 a.m.,<br />
11 a.m.<br />
St. Stephen Church<br />
Junction of Routes <strong>13</strong>1 and 197<br />
<strong>13</strong>0 Old Turnpike Road, P.O. Box 222<br />
Quinebaug, CT 06262, 860-935-5205<br />
Masses: Saturday, 4 p.m.; Sunday, 9 a.m.; Thursday<br />
and Friday, 8 a.m. Holy Day as announced.<br />
Pastor: Very Rev. Charles R. Leblanc; Religious<br />
Education Coordinator: Mrs. Louise LeFort.<br />
Religious Education, grades 1 through 7, Sunday, 10<br />
to 11:30 a.m.; grade 9 (confirmation), 10 to 11:30 a.m.<br />
Tri-State Baptist Church<br />
P.O. Box 404<br />
Thompson, CT 06277 (Meeting at the VFW Hall on<br />
Route <strong>13</strong>1, south of intersection with Route 197)<br />
933-8947<br />
rberard@tristatebaptist.org<br />
www.tristatebaptist.org<br />
Pastor R. Berard<br />
Sunday School for all ages: 10 a.m.<br />
Sunday Morning Service: 11 a.m.<br />
Sunday <strong>Evening</strong> Service: 6 p.m.<br />
Wednesday <strong>Evening</strong> Service: 7 p.m.<br />
Bible Fellowship Church<br />
400 Quinebaug Rd<br />
P.O. Box 619<br />
Quinebaug, CT 06262<br />
923-9512 or (800) 621-6807<br />
thompsonbfc@aol.com<br />
www.bfc.org<br />
Pastor Dennis Spinney<br />
Sunday services: 9 a.m., Bible School for all ages; 10<br />
a.m., Worship Service<br />
Tuesdays: 4:30 p.m., Teen Bible Study; 6:30 p.m.,<br />
Children’s Bible Club/Adult Bible Study and Prayer<br />
Fridays: 6:30 p.m., Teen Youth Group<br />
Acts II Ministries<br />
P.O. Box 224<br />
<strong>13</strong>66 Riverside Drive<br />
Thompson, CT 06277<br />
935-5107 (toll free, 888-433-9901)<br />
www.actsII.org<br />
Service: 10 a.m. Sunday<br />
HighPointe Church<br />
1028 Thompson Road<br />
Thompson, CT 06277<br />
935-0357 www.gotohpc.org<br />
www.goto24seven.com<br />
Sunday Services, 9 a.m., 11 a.m., 6 p.m. Celebrate<br />
Recovery, every Wednesday at 7 p.m., café opens at<br />
6:30 p.m.<br />
Emmanuel Lutheran Church<br />
83 Main St.<br />
North Grosvenordale<br />
PO Box 221<br />
(860) 928-7038<br />
Pastor Charles F. Seivard<br />
Sunday Services: 9:30 a.m.<br />
Quinebaug 7th Day Adventist Church<br />
768 Quinebaug Road<br />
Route <strong>13</strong>1<br />
953-5412<br />
Services: Saturday worship, 9:30 a.m.; Saturday<br />
Sabbath School, 11 a.m.; weekly prayer meetings,<br />
Wednesdays, 7 p.m.<br />
North Grosvenordale United Methodist Church<br />
954 Riverside Drive<br />
860-923-2738 or 860-923-9<strong>13</strong>3<br />
Pastor: Barbara Kszystyniak.<br />
Services: Sunday services at Putnam United<br />
Methodist Church;<br />
Thompson Congregational Church<br />
347 Thompson Road<br />
860-923-2431<br />
Rev. Dr. Jennifer Cook<br />
Services: 10 a.m., Sunday; Children’s Sunday<br />
School, 10 a.m., Sunday<br />
WOODSTOCK<br />
Church of the Good Shepherd<br />
12 Bradford Corner Road<br />
974-2047<br />
Service: 10:30 a.m. Sunday<br />
Pastor: Brian C. Baeder<br />
East Woodstock Congregational<br />
220 Woodstock Road<br />
928-7449<br />
Service: 10 a.m. Sunday (Children’s Sunday school,<br />
same time)<br />
Pastor: Rev. Susan Foster<br />
Evangelical Covenant Church<br />
24 Child Hill Road, Woodstock<br />
928-0486<br />
www.WoodstockCovenant.intuitwebsites.com<br />
Leon Engman, senior pastor<br />
Beginning September 25th: Sunday School 9:00am<br />
Worship Service 10:30am<br />
Beginning October 5th: AWANA 6:30pm<br />
Faith Bible Evangelical Free<br />
587 Route 171<br />
974-2528<br />
Will resume its regular scheduling beginning<br />
Sunday, September 11, 2011<br />
Sunday school for both adults and children will<br />
begin at 9:15 a.m. Worship service will follow at 10:30<br />
a.m. Visitors are always welcome.<br />
Pastor Mitch Santell<br />
First Congregational Church, United Church of<br />
Christ, an Open & Affirming Church, 543 Route<br />
169, 860-928-7405, www.hillchurch.org. Sunday<br />
Service: 10 a.m. Children attend first 15 minutes<br />
then go to Rotational Workshop classes. Pastor: The<br />
Rev. Michael Ader.<br />
North Woodstock Congregational<br />
1227 Route 169<br />
(860) 963-2170<br />
Sunday Worship: 10 a.m., Communion, first Sunday<br />
of the month<br />
Tuesday Bible Study, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.<br />
South Woodstock Baptist Church<br />
23 Roseland Park Road<br />
www.southwoodstockbaptist.org<br />
(860) 928-9341<br />
Sunday School, for all ages, 9 a.m.,<br />
Worship Service, 10:30 a.m.<br />
Pastor: Bob Beckwith<br />
Northeast House Church<br />
Location: From house to house<br />
Time: 1 p.m.<br />
Contact: Matthew Durning, 928-7658<br />
The church has the Lord’s Supper as a full meal<br />
every Sunday, followed by an open interactive participatory<br />
meeting (closely following Acts 20:7 and<br />
1Cor.14 26-39)<br />
For more information, check out www.housechurch.info<br />
and www.ntrf.org<br />
REGION<br />
St Columba Anglican Church<br />
Nichols College Chapel<br />
Center Rd.<br />
Dudley, MA<br />
860 243-3606<br />
Canon John Wesley Westcott III<br />
10:00 a.m. Sunday Worship<br />
HOT SPOT<br />
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• Open Mic, 8 p.m., English Social<br />
Club, 29 Camp St, Worcester, Mass.<br />
• Open Mic w/Brett Brumby, 6:30<br />
p.m., Point Breeze, Webster, Mass.<br />
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4<br />
• Wicked Wednesday Open Mic,<br />
7:30 p.m., The Lashaway Inn, 308 E<br />
Main Street (Rt 9 West Bound), East<br />
Brookfield, Mass.<br />
• Bill McCarthy’s Open Mic, 8 p.m.,<br />
The Hotel Belfont, 11 South Main<br />
Street, Millbury, Mass.<br />
THURSDAY JAN. 5<br />
• Bill McCarthy, 7 p.m., Route 56<br />
Roadside Bar & Grill N. Oxford,<br />
Mass.<br />
• Brett Brumby, 7 p.m., Point<br />
Breeze, Webster, Mass.<br />
If you’re a live act that would like<br />
to be featured, know of someone else<br />
who is, or simply want to let us know<br />
about an upcoming gig, email me at<br />
the address below. Events must be<br />
within 10 miles of the readership<br />
area and submitted to me by 7 p.m.<br />
Thursday of each week to be printed<br />
the following week’s papers. Keep the<br />
music live and not so quiet here in<br />
Northeastern CT & Central MA! E-<br />
mail Mark: gettingintune@markrenburke.com.<br />
WITCHES WOOD TAX DISTRICT<br />
NOTICE TO PAY TAXES<br />
The second installment of taxes listed on<br />
the Town of Woodstock Grand List of October<br />
1, 2010 due and payable to the Witches<br />
Woods Tax District on January 1, 2012<br />
through February 1, 2012.<br />
Interest will be charged on February 2,<br />
2012 on all delinquent payments at the rate<br />
on 1 1 ⁄2 % per month or a minimum charge of<br />
$2.00 per tax bill, in accordance with Section<br />
12-146 of the Connecticut General Statutes.<br />
Failure to receive a tax bill does not invalidate<br />
the tax nor the interest. (Section 12-<strong>13</strong>0<br />
C.G.S.) If you do not receive a tax bill, please<br />
contact the treasurer immediately.<br />
Payments must be sent to:<br />
WITCHES WOODS TAX DISTRICT<br />
25 CROOKED TRAIL, WOODSTOCK, CT<br />
06281-2601<br />
Mail must be postmarked no later than<br />
February 1, 2012.<br />
Rande R. Chmura<br />
Treasurer<br />
December 30, 2011<br />
January 6, 2012<br />
January 27, 2012<br />
LEGALS<br />
TOWN OF THOMPSON<br />
At the December <strong>13</strong>, 2011 meeting of the<br />
Thompson Inland Wetlands Commission the<br />
following actions were taken: Approved:<br />
Permit 11-10-01, The Trinity Foundation, Inc.,<br />
Marianapolis Preparatory School, Chase<br />
Road (Assessor’s reference 105/30/1) - construct<br />
54’ X 120’ maintenance building to the<br />
rear of St. John’s Hall within a regulated area;<br />
Approved Permit 11-09-02, Strategic<br />
Commercial Realty, Inc. New Road<br />
(Assessor’s reference 154/3/2B through 2I) –<br />
remove and regrade gravel in regulated<br />
areas.<br />
Francesca Morano, Chair<br />
December 30, 2011<br />
NOTICE TO CREDITORS<br />
ESTATE OF MARTA SAULENAS (11-577)<br />
The Hon. Leah P. Schad, Judge of the Court<br />
of Probate, Northeast Probate District, by<br />
decree dated December 19, 2011, ordered<br />
that all claims must be presented to the fiduciary<br />
at the address below. Failure to promptly<br />
present any such claim may result in the<br />
loss of rights to recover on such claim.<br />
Janis E. Beltis, Clerk<br />
The fiduciary is:<br />
Algimantas J. Saulenas<br />
101 Elm Drive<br />
North Kingston, RI 02852<br />
December 30, 2011