Recent Death Notices With Connections To Manchester

MANCHESTER, CT — Here are the most recent death notices with connections to Manchester.

Marjorie K. "Marge" Smith, 96, of Manchester, died Nov. 4. Raised on her family's farm in Somers, she was an office manager for Mapp Foods and for Baxter Medical Supplies. Her husband, Donald, died in 2025; they raised five children.

Charles "Charlie" Mason Kingsbury, 92, of Manchester, died Oct. 30. Raised in Holliston, Mass., he earned a mechanical engineering degree from Northeastern University and served two years in Germany after being drafted in 1958.

Lucie (Boutin) Fauteux, 71, of Manchester, died Oct. 28. Born in Lauzon, Quebec, she moved to Connecticut at 15 and attended Bulkeley High School. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Richard R. Fauteux.

William "Bill" E. Heimer, 77, of Manchester, died Oct. 27 at home. He served 25 years with the East Hartford Fire Department before retiring in 1997.

Darlene Marie Strimike, 77, of Manchester, died Oct. 27. A Hartford native, she loved family dinners out and the beaches of Rhode Island.

Barbara Ann (Bredeken) Buckalew, 93, of Manchester, died Oct. 25. Born in Chicago, she raised six children, living in Redding for many years after her family moved there in 1962.

Kenshawn Rondell Comeaux, 34, of Manchester, died Oct. 23 at Hartford Hospital after a brief illness. A lifelong Manchester resident, he worked as a custodian for Manchester Public Schools and most recently at a Hartford Road gas station.

Robert "Red" Joseph Carter Sr., 88, a lifelong Manchester resident, died Oct. 20 at home. He founded Carter Appliance Service in 1966, which his son Jimmy still runs, was known to many as the town historian and was a lifelong member of the Zipser Club. His wife, Nancy, died in 2012.