Obituaries of burlington people - Town of Burlington

(Mayer) Gavette with whom she made her home in Burlington; her father, William C.Gavetteand his wife, Sandra, of Torrington; a brother, Derek W.Gavette of Burlington; a half brother,Coe F.Gavette of Torrington; her maternal grandmother, Mrs. Rose Chrzan of Woodstock; andher paternal grandmother, Mrs. Catherine Gavette of Avon. Burial in Greenwood Cemetery,Avon, CT.GEZELMAN, ANTOINETTE (Bushnell), 68, wife of Col. Ralph L.Gezelman of Wood sideCourt, Lake Garda, Burlington, died 12-25-1965. Born in Southington, 4-30 1867, she lived inHartford, moving to Burlington in 1941. A member of the Burlington Congregational Church, shealso leaves 2 sons, Ralph L. Jr. of Wapping & Roger B. of Milltown, NJ, a daughter, Mrs.Barbara G. French of Henniker, NH.a brother, Earl Bushnell of Wallingford; 4 sisters, Mrs.Drurie Bristol of Cheshire, Miss Lillian Bushnell of Los Angeles, CA, Mrs. Charles P. Rodenbachof Bantam, & Mrs. Earl R.Cummings of NYC & 8 grandchildren. Burial in Center Cemetery,Burlington, CT.GEZELMAN, RALPH LEE, 84, Army Col. widower of Antoinette (Bushnell), of WoodsideCourt, former Town Treasurer, died in Sarasota, FL, 2-8-1983. Born in Amboy, MI on 8-13-1898, a son of the late Arthur and Margaret (Bumpus) Gezelman, he lived in Burlington 45years. He served in the Army during WW I, WW II and the Korean conflict during which he wasawarded many medals including the Purple Heart with clusters, Bronze Star, French Croix deGuerre and Legion of Merit. He is survived by two sons, Ralph E. of South Windsor and RogerB. of Seabright, NJ.; a daughter, Barbara A. French of Henniker, NH; a brother, Oris of Hillsdale,MI; eight grandchildren. Burial in Center Cemetery, Burlington, CT.GILCHRIST, DAVID W. 59, of Harwinton Road died 6-29-1958. A WW I veteran. Born inNYC 9-12-1898, a son of Robert and Mary (West) Gilchrist. He leaves his wife, Katherine(Meehan); four daughters, Mrs. Walter Wakefield of Rockville, Mrs. Elmer Carroll of Lexington,MA and Dante Rotondo of Canton and Mrs. George Dubiel of Burlington; a son, David W. Jr. ofGranby; a brother and two sisters, all out of state, and 16 grandchildren. Burial in CenterCemetery, Burlington, CT.GILCHRIST, Katherine C.(Meehan) 95, wife of the late David W. Gilchrist, Sr. died 4-10-1997. She was born 10-20-1901 in Fishkill Landing, NY, daughter of the late Thomas andRose(Riley)Meehan, and had lived in Burlington for more than 50 years prior to moving toFarmington. She was a graduate of CT State University. Mrs. Gilchrist was a teacher in theBurlington School system for 30 years prior to her retirement in 1966. She was a member of St.Patrick's Church in Collinsville, the Retired Teacher's Association of CT, Burlington HistoricalSociety, Burlington Library Association, Burlington Senior Citizens and was very active on theBurlington Democratic Town Committee. She is survived by 4 daughters and two sons-in-law,Mary and W.Thompson Wakefield of Vernon, Audrey Carroll of Berkeley Springs, WV, Joyceand Dante Rotondo of Canton, and Barbara McKeon of New Britain; a son, David Gilchrist, Jr.and his wife, Mim, of Canton; a sister, Elsie Gaffney of Port Ewen, NY. Burial in CenterCemetery, Burlington, CT.GILL, DAVID, 80; The house owned by Clarence Case, which was occupied byC.H.Johnson, situated about two miles east of Burlington, was destroyed by fire about midnightlast Sunday. David Gill, age 80 years, perished in the flames. The inmates were Mr. Johnson,Mrs. Johnson, two children and David Gill, father of Mrs. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson and thechildren were with some difficulty removed from the house, while Mr. Johnson went to the upperfloor to rescue Mr. Gill. He aroused the aged man and started him down stairs, while he enteredanother room, for some purpose. On reaching the ground Mr. Johnson discovered that old Mr.Gill was missing. It was too late to search for him by this time the flames had enveloped thehouse. Mr. Gill must have become dazed and losing his way wandered into a side-room. Thecharred remains were discovered the next morning in the ruins of the dwelling.(NEWSPAPER CLIPPING, 1897)GILLETTE, Arnold "Iggy" C., 84, of 840 Matthews St., widower of Marjorie (Parsons)Rindfleisch Gillette died Sunday, May 1, 1994 at Bristol Hospital. Born in Burlington, Feb. 6,44