Douglas Randal Fenity

Douglas Randal Fenity
Douglas Randal Fenity, 94, of Tolland, beloved husband of the late Nancy Joan (Pollard) Fenity, died peacefully on Monday, November 24, 2025, at home with hospice support.
Doug was born in Los Angeles, CA, son of the late Douglas R. Fenity Sr., and Zelda (Thompson) Fenity. He grew up in Topeka, Kansas, and was a graduate of the University of Kansas and Kansas State University College of Veterinary Medicine. He served our country as a U.S. Army Aviator at the end of the Korean Conflict and afterward in the Air Force National Guard.
Doug and Nancy Joan met in Topeka when they were just teenagers. They attended Washburn Rural High School together and later married in 1955.
Following graduation from K-State's veterinary program, Doug and Nancy Joan relocated first to the Chicago suburbs and then to Bolton, CT, where Doug joined the practice of Bolton Veterinary Hospital.
In 1969, Doug and Nancy Joan and their two children moved to Tolland, CT, to establish Tolland Veterinary Hospital. During the decades that followed, Doug worked long hours to build the practice. He truly enjoyed spending time with his clients and felt extremely fortunate to have many wonderful staff members.
In his free time, Doug loved to run and cycle. He relished carpentry and outdoor projects, baseball games and long road trips. He had a wry sense of humor that was always just below the surface of his polite, Midwestern persona.
A tragic accident took the life of Doug and Nancy Joan's young son John in 1979. Their lives were shattered, but their deep commitment to each other together with support from friends, family and community saw them through.
Following the sale of Tolland Veterinary Hospital, Doug continued to work on weekends providing vaccination clinics at pet stores. When his beloved Nancy Joan became ill with Parkinson's Disease, Doug ceased his veterinary work to care for her until she passed in 2011.
Doug exemplified the qualities of the Silent Generation: He was hard-working and disciplined, cautious, pragmatic, loyal, patriotic, determined, and did all he could to create a world of stability for his family.
Doug leaves his daughter, Abigail Fenity Jeffries and her husband John of Tolland; his two grandsons, Hugh Jeffries and Lionel Jeffries both of Tolland; his two sisters, Connie Zukowski and her husband Larry of Gibsonia, PA, and Betty Fenity and her son Doug Eisemann, of Bellefonte, PA; and his nephew David Fenity of Pittsfield, VT, and niece Kristine McGill of Culver City, CA, and their families. Doug treasured his enduring friendship with the Fleischman family and regarded them as part of his own. He also leaves his "Swedish daughter" Elisabet Aiezza, who joined the Fenity family as a high school exchange student and became a lifelong friend. Doug was predeceased by his wife Nancy Joan (Pollard) Fenity, his son John Douglas Fenity, and his brother, Gary Thompson Fenity.
Special thanks go out to Visiting Nurse & Healthcare Services of Connecticut, and All Ways There Home Care for their compassion and professionalism.
Doug's family will receive friends for calling hours on Friday, December 19th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m., at the Ladd-Turkington & Carmon Funeral Home, 551 Talcottville Rd. (Rt. 83), Vernon, CT 06066.
A memorial service will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, December 20th at Bolton Congregational Church, 228 Bolton Center Rd., Bolton, CT 06043.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to American Indian College Fund, 8333 Greenwood Blvd. Denver, CO 80221 info@collegefund.org.
For online condolences, please visit www.carmonfuneralhome.com