Peter D. HUTCHINGS

HUTCHINGS, Peter D.
Peter D. Hutchings, 60, of South Windsor, died Sunday (January 15, 2012) at home after a lengthy illness with his family by his side. He was born in Glen Ridge, NJ on January 22, 1951, son of Constance (Perry) Hutchings of Granby and the late Joseph L. Hutchings, Jr., he grew up in Granby before moving to South Windsor 35 years ago. Peter was a U.S. Marine Corps Reservist during the Vietnam War and was the manager of A.C. Petersen Farms Restaurant in West Hartford for 40 years before retiring. He enjoyed computer games, collecting coins and baseball cards and doing puzzles. He also enjoyed spending time with his cats Bennett, Madden and Sherman and his good friend David Moran. Peter was an avid fan of the NY Yankees and the NY Giants and had been a volunteer at the Wood Memorial Library in South Windsor. His family sends a heartfelt thank you to The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center for the wonderful care that Peter received from them. In addition to his mother, he leaves his daughters, Jennifer Hutchings and her fiancé Chris de Warga of Durham and Melissa Hutchings of South Windsor and her girlfriend Cat Carter of Vernon; one sister, Nancy H. Luginbuhl and her husband Phillip, of Ellington; two brothers, Stanley D. Hutchings, and his wife Deborah, of Walpole, NH, and Joseph L. Hutchings, III of Bloomfield; and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his father, he was predeceased by his daughter, Kelly Suzanne Hutchings.
The funeral service will be held Friday at 11 a.m., at the Samsel & Carmon Funeral Home, 419 Buckland Road, South Windsor. Burial will follow at Mount St. Benedict Cemetery, Bloomfield. His family will receive friends Thursday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the funeral home. Memorial donations may be made to The ASPCA c/o Linda Tiramani, 520 8th Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10018. For online expressions of sympathy, please visit us at www.carmonfuneralhome.com.