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Calling hours will be held on Monday from 4 to 6 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to acharity of the donor's choice.MARKOVICH, LUDMILA (Lepehin)of Canton passed away Sunday (October 7, 2001) after ashort illness. Born on Sept.16, 1917 in Tashkent, Russia, she was the daughter of NikolaLepehin a Colonel in the Russian Imperial Army and Ekaterina Basman-Obrutskaya. She waspredeceased by her husband Jovan Markovich in Jan. 1942. After living in France, Yugoslavia,Italy and Belgium she came to the U.S. in 1956 where she was a commercial textile designer inNew York City. Retiring in 1978 she lived in Schuylerville, NY, and then moved to Cantonseveral years ago. Ludmila was a talented artist who in addition to her textile designs took greatdelight in theatrical set design and oil painting. Ludmila leaves her son, Chedomir Markovich ofBurlington; and two granddaughters, Paris Markovich of Charleston, SC and KimberlynMarkovich of Burlington. Burial was at Burlington Center Cemetery.MARTIN, DONALD 0. "Don" 78, of Litchfield, SC, died Thursday (December 20, 2001). BornJune 12, 1923, in Stafford Springs, he was the son of the late Leon Ernest and Mary FarrMartin. Mr. Martin was a first lieutenant of the U.S. Army stationed in the U.S. and Germany inWorld War II. He attended LaSallette Seminary in Hartford, was a graduate of Central StateCollege, New Britain, and attended graduate school at the University of Connecticut in Storrs.Mr. Martin was principal of Burlington Center School and Lake Garda Elementary School inBurlington for 35 years. He has been a resident of Pawleys Island, SC for 17years. Mr. Martinattended St. Michael Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Mary Jane Martin of PawleysIsland, SC; four daughters, Donna M. Martin of Virginia, Deborah A. Delatore of NewHampshire, Cheri I. Quickmire of New Haven, and Jeanne L. Quickmire of New Haven; sevengrandchildren, Melissa and Jason Passabet, Andrew and Dustin Delatore, Jonah and anQuickmire Pettigrew and Madeleine Poisson. He was preceded in death by his first wife, EdithMartin. Memorial services will be at a later date at St. Patricks cemetery, Farmington. Memorialsmay be made to Amyloid Reearch Fund-Amyloid Treatment Program, Boston University Schoolof Medicine, 715 Albany on, MA02118MARTIN, JOHN G. 80, died at his home in Naples FL on 5-29-1986. He was the greatgrandsonof Andrew Heublein, who formed the spirits company in Hartford. A 1927 graduate ofEngland's Cambridge University, he began his career at Heubleins as a salesman in 1928 andwas named vice president in 1932 and president in 1937. Born in Coventry, England, he lived inBurlington and was the owner of Johnnycake Ranch. He moved to Naples in 1960. He issurvived by his wife Jane(Weeks)Martin; and a sister, Helen M.Martin of The Spring Kenilworth,Warwickshire, England.MASKAITIS, EDNA (Scheidel) 70, widow of Henry Charles Maskaitis, of 244 New BritainAve. Unionville, died 1-29-1986. Born in Burlington 5-6-1915, she lived in Burlington andCollinsville most of her life. She is survived by two sons, John of Unionville and Jerry of Avon;a daughter, Beverly Farwell of Waterbury; a brother, Robert L.Scheidel of Burlington; threesister, Gladys Backes of Burlington, Carol Howland of Canton and Dorothy Fern of Avon.Another sister, Eva Scheidel, and two brothers, Albert W. and Richard F. died earlier. Burial inCenter Cemetery, Burlington, CT.MASON, Marion (Withan), 92, of Curtiss Road, Terryville, widow of of William Mason, diedSunday, Aug. 29-1993 at Masonic Home and Hospital, Wallingford. Born in Burlington on May5, 1901, she was a daughter of the late Ernest Neville and Rosella (Brockett) Witham. She livedin Terryville for most of her life. Prior to retirement, she was a secretary to former GovernorBowles, a secretary for the Bureau of Immigration and Transportation of Hartford, secretary othe State Department of Agriculture, secretary to the Town of Plymouth Small ClaimsDepartment, and was also a secretary for the Terryville Congregational Church. She was agraduate of the Morse School of Business, an honor member of the Terryville CongregationalChurch, a past officer of the American Legion Auxiliary Plymouth Post No. 20, a member of theHolt Community Club, and also a member of various rug hooking organizations. She leaves foursons, Arnold Mason of Yalesville, Wesley Mason of West Stockhom, N.Y. Richard Mason of78