Sr. Alice Chicoine 

PUTNAM — Sr. Alice Chicoine, 93, a member of the Daughters of the Holy Spirit, died Dec. 17, 2014, in the Holy Spirit Health Care Center where she had been in residence since November of 2014

Born Alice Simone Chicoine on July 3, 1921, in Evansville, Vt., the daughter of the late William and Annette (Lucier) Chicoine, Sr. Alice entered religious life in 1938 and made her religious profession on July 1, 1943, in the Holy Spirit Provincial House in Putnam, CT. She was then known as Sr. Joseph de St. Andre.

Sr. Alice served in various ministries throughout her religious life. She attended and took courses at Diocesan Sisters’ College, and Annhurst College in S. Woodstock as well as St. Joseph College in W. Hartford. Later, she attended St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing in Hartford and earned a LPN from that institution. Problems with her health forced her to curtail her performance as a nurse. She obtained a TESL from St. Michael College in Winooski, Vt and taught English as a second language at Annhurst College in 1967. She did pastoral work in Hartford, Sweet Springs, West Va. and New Britain, CT. and migrant worker ministry in 1989 and in 1992 she served as Pastoral Assistant in Gadsden and Anniston, Ala. In 2002 she served as Pastoral Assistant in Cambridge, Vt. and retired to the Provincial House in Putnam in 2000.

She leaves two brothers, Bill of Murrels Inlet, S.C., and Edmond of N. Guilford; and two sisters, Theresa Carrier of Glover, Vt., and Claire Wolod of McConnellsburg, Penn.; nieces and nephews; and grandnieces and grandnephews.

The Mass of Christian Burial was Dec. 20 in the Holy Spirit Provincial House chapel, with burial in St. Mary Cemetery in Putnam. Donations: Daughters of the Holy Spirit Retirement Fund, 72 Church St., Putnam, CT 06260. Gilman Funeral Home, 104 Church St., Putnam.

 

John de Bruyn Kops III

THOMPSON — John Otto de Bruyn Kops III of Thompson died Dec. 14, 2014, at Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn. John was born May 20, 1931, in Boston, the son of John Jr. and Dorothy de Bruyn Kops.

He graduated from Harvard in the Class of 1953 and worked in the manufacturing field, advancing in management through PPG, Heublein, Combustion Engineering and American Optical, until retiring in 1985 to take up farming. This was his avocation. Sheep, cattle, horses, dogs, cats, Christmas Trees and hay, he enjoyed caring for them all.

John leaves wife Cynthia; his three children, Peter and his wife Katrina, Anne and her husband Peter, Stephen and his wife Julie; five grandchildren: Christina, Alisa, Tristan, James and Paul; his former wife Mary de Bruyn Kops. He was predeceased by his sister Dotty Jean.

Burial was private. Donations: The Thompson Fire Engine Company, 70 Chase Road, Thompson, CT 06277;  or The Thompson Village Improvement Society, P.O. Box 2, Thompson, CT 06277. Smith & Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove St., Putnam.

 

Joseph F. Mondor,

WWII vet

BROOKLYN — Joseph F. Mondor, 87, of Hamilton Ave., died Dec. 21, 2014, in Day Kimball Hospital.  He is the husband of Theresa (Blanchette) Mondor.  Born in 1927 in Putnam, he was the son of the late Joseph Mondor and Laura (Cournoyer) Mondor Whipple.

Mr. Mondor was a proud veteran of WWII serving with the 990th Air Material Squadron of the 559th Air Service Group on Okinawa and Mariana Islands.

On Aug. 6, 1949, he was united in marriage to Theresa Blanchette in St. James Church in Danielson. 

Mr. Mondor worked for Pratt and Whitney Aircraft as a machine investigator.

He was a member of the American Legion Post 123 in Rocky Hill. Joseph was an avid Red Sox fan and enjoyed working in his yard, woodworking, and traveling especially throughout Europe, the Canadian Rockies, and Ogunquit, Maine.

He leaves his wife of 65 years Theresa; a son Robert Mondor (Blair) of Danielson.

The funeral was private. Gilman Funeral Home, 104 Church St., Putnam.

 

Joel Lyons,

Vietnam war vet

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Joel R. Lyons, 68, died Nov. 17, 2014, after a brief illness at the Medical University of South Carolina Hospital.

Joel was born in Putnam, son of Catherine R. (Gilbert) Lyons of Belchertown and the  late Robert T. Lyons, who died in 1985.

He was a Vietnam U.S. Army veteran, serving during the TET offensives. He was a broadcast specialist and basic military journalist. Joel received the Bronze Star for his actions during the TET offensives. 

He enjoyed a special bond with his daughter Zoe. He enjoyed butterflies and butterfly gardening. Movies were also a great passion and had amassed a large collection. He was especially fond of art, and studied art at the Corcoran School of Art and design in his favorite city Washington, D.C. 

He leaves two daughters, Sunday Marro of Yorktown, Va., and Zoe Lyons of Charleston; his son Ross K Hartman of Belchertown, Mass.; three grandchildren and one great-grandchild. A celebration of life was Dec. 20 at Shaw-Majercik Funeral Home, Webster. 

 

Richard A. Walker

WEBSTER — Richard A. Walker, 63, died Dec. 17, 2014, at Brookside in Webster. He was born in Clinton, Mass., son of the late Forrest and Eleanor (Liard) Walker Sr. and lived in Webster for the past 25 years prior to that living in Arizona. He was formerly employed at Lelanite Corp. He leaves his daughter Jennifer; a brother Anthony L. Walker of Clinton; three sisters; Alice Galleano of Benson, Ariz., Alta Derosier and Robin Dursma, both of N. Grosvenordale. He was predeceased by two brothers, Gary Walker and Forrest Walker Jr.; two sisters Sharon Allard and Janice Sasse. Shaw- Majercik Funeral Home, Webster.

 

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