Obituaries of burlington people - Town of Burlington

for the past ten years has been with her daughter, Miss Harriet M.Mills in Columbus, OH. Asister, five children and eight grand-children survive her. Burial in Lamson Corner Cemetery,Burlington, CT.MINNICK, CHARLES, 39, owner of a car repair business in Burlington Center died 1956. Aresident of Burlington for 10 years. Born in Washington County, VA 4-28-1917 he was the sonof Conley E. and the late Maude (Woodward) Minnick. He served in the Air Force from 1940to 1945. Besides his father, he leaves his wife, Mrs. Doris (Twining) Minnick; a son, Charles,and a daughter, Carol Lee both of Burlington; three brothers and two sisters, all out of state.Burial in Abingdon, VA.MINNIER, GEORGE CARL, 69, Of Lovely Street, Avon, husband of Shirley (Stewart)Minnier, died Wednesday, (February 1, 2006) at John Dempsey Hospital, Farmington. He wasborn December 10, 1936, in Bloomsburg, PA, and grew up in Catawissa, PA, son of WilbertTrout and the late Christine {George) Minnier Trout. He lived in Avon for more than forty years.He was a veteran having served in the U.S. Marines where he played the clarinet in the MarineCorps Band. After his discharge, he served a two-year apprenticeship at Pratt & WhitneyAircraft in East Hartford as a Tool and Die Maker. He married his beloved Shirley on June 6,1959. Mr. Minnier was employed as a Sales Manager and Manager of Application Engineeringat Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool Division for many years prior to his retirement. He was amember of the New England MG "T" Register and the American Legion. He was amazinglymechanically inclined and was an avid antique car restorer and was currently working on a 1947MG TC. Besides his wife and step-father, he is survived by a son, Attorney Jeffrey W. Minnier ofBristol; daughter, Wendy A. Minnier of Avon; brother, David A. Trout and wife Carol of Fulton,MD; two sisters-in-Iaw, Estelle DeVries of Lititz, PA and June Stewart of Friday Harbor, WA;brother-in-law, Thomas Stewart of Columbia, SC; and many nieces and nephews. Friends maycall at the Vincent Funeral Home, 120 Albany Turnpike, Canton, Monday, February 6, from 6-8p.m. Funeral Service will be held Tuesday, February 7, 10 a.m. at Vincent Funeral Home,Canton, with Reverend James S. Wheeler officiating. Burial with full Military Honors will be inBurlington Center Cemetery, Speilman Highway, Burlington. In lieu of flowers, memorialdonations may be made to Cardiothoracic Intensive Care Unit, Hospital of St. Raphael, 1450Chapel Street, New Haven, CT 06511, c/o Sheila Coonan or American Heart Association, 2550US Highway 1, North Brunswick, NJ 08902-4301.MINOR, JUDITH G. Dr. 55, of Burlington, wife of Jan L. Minor, died Sunday, (December 2,2001) at Hartford Hospital. Born in Coffeyville, KS, January 23, 1946, daughter of Hugh andOllie (Hall) Jarvis, she resided there until moving to Independence, KS in 1956. She graduatedfrom Independence High School and Emporia State University (KSTC) and received her Ph.D.degree, in physiology and biophysics, from the University of Iowa College of Medicine in 1973.Dr. Minor then taught at the University of Missouri, in Kansas City until 1979, when she movedto Burlington. From 1983 to the present, she taught at Tunxis Community College, where shewas an Associate Professor. During her career she was a member of several professionalorganizations. As a mother and wife, she was active in many church and communityorganizations. In her 22 years as a member of the Congregational Church in Burlington, sheserved as needed as sexton, Sunday School Superintendent and chaired the Deaconate. Insupporting her children, she relished the many friends and acquaintances she made throughher children’s participation in Boy and Girl Scouts and band parents. In 1990, she was placed inthe Band Parents Hall of Fame at Lewis S. Mills High School for her work. Judy loved to fishand hunt. She loved to cook and delighted friends and family with many treats. She seriouslywelcomed the challenges of conducting meetings and organizations. She greatly enjoyed thesuccess of her students and loved the challenges and the chances she had to interact withthem. Her enthusiasm for life and its joys and knowledge of her physical being proved no matchfor the physical challenges to which she succumbed. Besides her husband, she is survived byher son, David Minor; her daughter, Dawn Perkins and her husband, Justin; and her much lovedgrandson, Jacob all of Burlington; her sister, Joan Gordon and her husband, Claire of Caney,83