Herman Joseph Paradise

Herman Joseph Paradise, of Manchester the beloved husband of Evelyn (Gaudette) Paradise passed away on Friday, June 13, 2008.

Herman was born in East Hartford on March 9, 1921 and at the age of seventeen joined the Civil Conservation Corp. He entered the U.S. Marine Corps on January 27, 1942. He was shipped to the South Pacific to be stationed at Guadalcanal. He took part in the invasions of New Guinea, New Britain, Cape Glonster and Pelleliu. Herman later became commandant of the Frank J. Mansfield detachment of the Marine Corps League. Until his retirement in 1984 he had worked at Dean Machine for thirty-five years. He loved to hunt, fish and in his later years began to paint.

A devoted family man with a special love for his grandchildren, besides his wife of sixty-one years, Evelyn, he leaves his daughter, Shirley Wilken of Ridgefield; and his grandchildren, Keri Wilken of Denver, Colo. and Glenn Wilken of Philadelphia, Pa. He also leaves his brother and sister-in-law, Raymond and Joyce Paradise of Newington; and his sister, Adriene Armstrong of East Hartford; and thirteen nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 17 at St. Bridget Church, Manchester followed by burial with full military honors in East Cemetery, Manchester.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in his memory to the DeQuattro Community Cancer Center, 73-A Haynes St., Manchester, CT 06040.

The John F. Tierney Funeral Home Manchester has care of arrangements.