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November 28, 2006
SWINDELL, WALTER J.
Walter J. Swindell, 86, of Wethersfield, beloved husband for 61 years of Virginia (DeLauro) Swindell, died Monday, (November 27, 2006) at Hartford Hospital. Born in Hartford he lived in Wethersfield for most of his life. He was a WW II veteran of the U.S. Army serving as a combat medic in three invasions with the 367th engineer combat battalion. Early in his career he was employed by Federal Mogul Auto Parts and retired in 1992 as a health inspector from the City of Hartford. He also was a self-employed real estate broker. He was a member of the Gray-Dickinson American Legion Post in Windsor, the Wethersfield VFW Post and the Wethersfield Taxpayers Assn. Besides his wife, he is survived by his son and daughter-in-law, Stephen M. and Theresa Swindell of Holyoke, MA; two grandchildren, Stephanie Brunelle and Jason M. Swindell; and three great-grandchildren, Nicholas, Abigail and Jake. The funeral is Thursday at 9:15 a.m. from the D'Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd. Wethersfield with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church, 56 Hartford Ave., Wethersfield. Burial will be in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill with full military honors. The family will receive relatives and friends on Wednesday from 5-7 p.m. at the funeral home.
