David B. Ballman

Waterford - David B. Ballman, 58, of 974 Vauxhall St. Ext., Quaker Hill, died on Monday evening, Sept. 27, 2010.

David was born in New London on April 29, 1952, the son of Anna L. and John W. Ballman Sr. He graduated from Waterford High School in 1970, and was employed as a pipefitter and boiler operator at Electric Boat in Groton for 40 years.

David was an avid chess player and was a member of the U.S. Chess Federation. He enjoyed hunting and fishing and was a stamp collector. Interested in the art of Bonsai, he had his own bonsai farm.

He is survived by his brothers, John W. Ballman and his wife, Bessie, of San Bernadino, Calif., Richard E. Ballman and his wife, Carol, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Robert H. Ballman and his wife, Jean, of Plainfield; and his sisters, Helen Campbell of Rome, N.Y., and Anna Pollard and her husband, Terry, of Willow Springs, N.C.

He was predeceased by a sister, Jane Glassford.

Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Friday at Christ Lutheran Church, 24 Society Road, Niantic. Reverend Paul Scheyder will officiate. Burial will follow in Cedar Grove Cemetery, New London. Calling hours will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday at Byles Memorial Home, 99 Huntington St., New London.

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