This first museum was opened in 1877 in rooms the society acquired in the Wilkes-Barre Odd Fellows Hall. It was there that the societyâs collection was finally opened to the public. The society later added a meeting room and library.
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These are just a few of the many people from Northwest Connecticut who died in 2020 from complications of COVID-19.
Andre Ferguson, the executive chef at the Courtyard by Marriott Waterbury Downtown, died at age 49 from COVID-19. Photo contributed by Marriott
Andre Ferguson, executive chef at the Courtyard by Marriott in Waterbury, died April 3 from COVID-19 at age 49.
Ferguson worked at the hotel when it was a Holiday Inn during the 1980s and ’90s. After spending time in Arkansas, Ferguson returned to Waterbury to be closer to family and took a job at the Marriott as a line cook, the only open position at the time.
Charles B. Loos of Keene died on Nov. 20, 2020, while a resident of Prospect Woodward Healthcare Center, an extension of Hillside Village on Wyman Road in Keene.
He was born on Aug. 13, 1930, at Elliot Community Hospital in Keene, the son of Leon W. Loos and Beulah E. (Davey) Loos. He leaves his wife, Carolyn (Walton) Loos , with whom he enjoyed over 66 years of marriage; and his children: Jeffrey C. Loos of Keene; Nancy P. (Loos) Lane and her husband, William J. Lane, of Colorado; James A. Loos and his wife, Lisa (Wojchick) Loos, of Andover, Mass.; and Steven W. Loos and his companion, Jennifer OâReilly, of Dover; and also his grandchildren: Emily C. Lane and William B. Lane, both of Colorado; Alicia (Loos) Paul and her husband, Derek Paul, of Rowley, Mass.; Teresa M. Loos and her companion, Adam Long, of Henniker; Olivia T. Loos and her companion, Steven Hamilton, of Newmarket; Adam S. Loos of Seabrook; and Anna C. Loos of Barrington; as well as several nieces and nephews. Bo