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A year ago, Dion Muñoz, 31, watched in dismay as the bonds between residents and their families began to fray in the wake of coronavirus restrictions.
Residents at Morningside Ministries on Babcock Road could no longer visit in person with friends and family. No hugs, no sharing a cup of coffee.
Muñoz watched as family members stood outside the building and spoke to their loved ones on cell phones, looking at each other through closed windows. The isolation was difficult but necessary to lessen the risk of the virus spreading to the 122 people living at the facility.
WOODBURY, CT - Gertrude Hardisty, of Woodbury, died Wednesday, January 13 surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Chester C. Hardisty.
Gert was born in Waterbury, CT November 15, 1929, daughter of the late Henry and Katherine (Conley) Cassidy. She was a graduate of Staasburg High School in Staatsburg, NY.
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She grew up in a tight-knit family whose lives were deeply affected by the depression, the tragic deaths of their father and two spouses just as brothers were called overseas to serve in World War II, leaving mother and daughters to share financial and child rearing chores.
Luckily, Gert liked to work and she was a quick study. As one of the thirty some employees at The Old Hundred, a wonderful ice-cream making plant started by neighbor Sam Green, she met Chet Hardisty, whom she married in 1953. They made their home in Woodbury and Gert started working at The Curtis House, alongside her husband and mother-in-law who owned the historic inn. She would work there o
Gertrude Hardisty
WOODBURY – Gertrude Hardisty, of Woodbury, died Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, surrounded by her family. She was the widow of Chester C. Hardisty.
Gert was born in Waterbury, Conn., Nov. 15, 1929, daughter of the late Henry and Katherine (Conley) Cassidy. She was a graduate of Staatsburg High School in Staatsburg, N.Y. She grew up in a tight-knit family whose lives were deeply affected by the depression, the tragic deaths of their father and two spouses just as brothers were called overseas to serve in World War II, leaving mother and daughters to share financial and child rearing chores. Luckily, Gert liked to work and she was a quick study. As one of the 30-some employees at The Old Hundred, a wonderful ice-cream making plant started by neighbor Sam Green, she met Chet Hardisty, whom she married in 1953. They made their home in Woodbury and Gert started working at The Curtis House, alongside her husband and mother-in-law who owned the historic inn. She would work