September 7, 1933 – October 31, 2019 New York – Maria, known to her family and friends as Mara, was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on September 7, 1933. She was the firstborn of twin girls, born to artist Regina Matuzonyte Ingeleviciene and Dr. Vladas Ingelevicius, a Colonel physician in the Lithuanian Army. During the Second… Continue Reading
1933 – 2018 Wellesley Hills, MA – George W. Price, 85, formerly of Boston and Wellesley Hills, died Monday, October 8, 2018, at Maristhill Skilled Nursing Facility in Waltham, MA. He was the loving husband of Laima (Miknius) Price. Born in Cambridge, MA, the son of the late William and Harriette (Merritt) Price. George attended… Continue Reading
1921 – 2018 Putnam – Sr. Ona “Sr Loreta” Jonuschaite, 96, died Friday, April 20, 2018 peacefully at Matulaitis Nursing Home. She was a religious with the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Born in Lithuania, she was the daughter of the late Pranas and Marcele (Zelute) Jonusas. She was a… Continue Reading
1924 – 2016 Putnam – Marija (Krecmeras) Noreika, 92, of Thurber Rd., died Thursday, December 22, 2016 in Matulaitis Nursing Home. Born in Jonava, Lithuania, she was the daughter of the late Juozas and Elena (Simokaityte) Krecmeras. Marija is survived by a daughter Ilona Dwoskin of CO; a brother Vytautas Krecmeras of Lithuania; two grandchildren… Continue Reading
September 25, 1935 – July 27, 2016 Liudvyka Marija Grigas, known to most as Louise, was born in Lithuania on September 25, 1935, just before the onset of World War II. As a young child she enjoyed the privileges of an upper middle class upbringing. Both of her parents were in government service. Her father,… Continue Reading
Putnam – Aldona Rygelis, born Tercijonas, age 83, formerly of Maple Lane in Thompson, died February 26th, 2014 in Matulaitis Nursing Home, Putnam, Connecticut. Aldona was born in Kaunas, Lithuania on June 9, 1930. She was the eldest of three children born to Ona Putvyte Tercijonas, educator of early childhood education, daughter of Vlada Putvis,… Continue Reading
1929 – 2013 Putnam – Sister Miriam – Anele Pazerunaite, was born on January 26, 1929 in Pruseliu village, in Sakiai region, Lithuania, the youngest of nine children. During the Soviet invasion of Lithuania in 1944, she fled her native country and finished high school in Germany. Sr. Miriam immigrated to the United States in… Continue Reading
1912 – 2013 Putnam – Sister Tarcizija-Elena Navickaite, 101, of Thurber Rd, died Monday, August 26, 2013 in Matulaitis Nursing Home. She was born in Šašaičių village in Lithuania. She attended area village schools and being drawn to religious life, entered the Sisters of Immaculate Conception of the Poor in Marijampole in 1932, far from her… Continue Reading
Elena (Smilgevicius) Miknius 1918 – 2010 Putnam, CT – Elena (Smilgevicius) Miknius, 91, of Thurber Rd., died January 1, 2010 in Matulaitis Nursing Home. She was the loving wife of the late Stasys Miknius. Born in Uzventis, Lithuania, she was the daughter of the late Jonas and Stefania (Bucevicius) Smilgevicius. In Lithuania, Mrs. Miknius graduated… Continue Reading
Dr. Walter V. Vaitkus 1920 – 2009 Florida – Dr. Walter Vaitkus died on December 12, 2009 in his home in Juno Beach, Florida, having reached 89 years of age. Walter was born on April 5, 1920 in Donora, Pennsylvania. At the age of 2, his mother took him and his siblings to Lithuania where… Continue Reading
