Avis de décès de George-R. Urquhart

MIDDLETOWN - George R. Urquhart of 111 DeKoven Dr. Middletown, beloved husband of 67 years to Helen Giamatti Urquhart, passed away Saturday, June 2, 2007, in Middlesex Hospital. He was the loving father of George A. Urquhart of Avon and his wife, Lorraine, Ronald T. Urquhart of Cheshire and his wife Agnes, Carol Cicchetti of Virginia and her husband, George, Margaret Urquhart of Florida and her husband, Dennis Collins, Joan Goodman of Virginia and her husband, John Potter, Barbara Farquharson of S. Meriden and her husband, Daniel, and Donna Archambault of Cromwell; he was the cherished grandfather of 18; and cherished great-grandfather of six; he is also survived by one brother, Harold Urquhart of Wallingford. Mr. Urquhart was born in New Haven, May 13, 1917, son of the late George P. and Margaret Donovan Urquhart. He was, after 25 years of service, a retired firefighter, having served with the New Haven Fire Dept. He was a former resident of Clifford St. in Hamden, where he and his family resided for many years. He moved to Middletown several years ago. He was an employee of the former Union Trust Co. of New Haven, an avid bowler up to age 90, a member of the Hamden Lodge of Elks and the Hamden Barber Shop Quartet. He loved to sing, whistle and spend summers in New Hampshire surrounded by Green Peace and his family. A Mass of Christian burial will be celebrated in St. Francis of Assisi Church, Middletown, Wednesday, at 11 a.m. Friends may call at Sisk Brothers Funeral Home, 3105 WHitney Ave. Hamden, Tuesday (TODAY) from 5 to 7 p.m. Interment services will be held privately in New Hampshire. Memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Palliative Care of Middlesex Hospital, 28 Crescent St., Middletown, CT 06457.