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THOMASTON – Eileen (Perreault) Ferency, 84, died on Oct. 3, 2019, following a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Born in Waterbury, Eileen graduated from Thomaston High School in 1953 and was married in 1954.
She is survived by her children, Cathy, Donald (Carolyn), David (Nancy, deceased), and Daniel (Patricia); her brother Roger and wife Peg; 10 nieces and nephews; and 22 great-nieces and -nephews.
Following the untimely death of her husband Donald in 1967, Eileen went to work for the Litchfield school system while raising her children. In 1976 she received a diploma as a graduate of the Practical Nurse Education Program with the state of Connecticut before settling into a lengthy career working in retail furniture and office supplies.
Portia Ann (Schiller) Perl, 91, died peacefully on December 24, 2020 surrounded by her loving family.
She was born June 3, 1929 in Mansfield, Ohio to the late Dr. Stanley Schiller and Marie (Bergman) Schiller. The pig-tailed tomboy of Parkwood Boulevard thoroughly enjoyed growing up in Mansfield. She would frequently ride her bicycle all over town, swim in the summer and ice skate in the winter at North Lake Park, play any sport with a ball and enjoyed being with her neighborhood friends from dawn to dusk. She gained a love for outdoor adventures and traveling at a young age. One of her fondest memories was going with her father to the 1939 Worlds Fair in New York. She also loved learning how to cook from her mother, Marie.