John R. Tourjee

Salem - John R. Tourjee, of Salem, died on June 16, 2007 at the Lawrence & Memorial Hospital.

He was born in Norwich on March 29, 1941, the son of the late Roscoe and Margaret MacCracken Tourjee.

He was raised in Quaker Hill and married the former Kathleen Fanizzi on May 23, 1964 in Salem.

John was a machinist at Smurfit Stone Container in Uncasville and retired in 2003, after 33 years of service.

In addition to his loving wife Kathleen, he is survived by his children, Terri Paradis, of Salem, Karen Manarky and her husband, Kevin, of Hebron, Sharmon Tourjee and her husband, David, Anderson, also of Hebron, Cheyenne Tourjee and his wife, Jennifer, of Lebanon and April Tourjee, of Denver, Colo.; his siblings, Phyllis Clarke, of Niantic, Barbara Pond, of Montville, Shirley Brouwer, of Gales Ferry, Joan D'Elia, of Montville, Nancy St. Pierre, of Plainfield, and Sandra Maynard, of New London; his grandchildren, Alysia, Jessica, Katelyn and Amanda Paradis, Courtney and Madison Manarky, and Tyler, Timothy and Nicholas Anderson; and several special nieces and nephews.

He was also predeceased by his siblings, Everett, James, Harold and Marjorie Tourjee.

A celebration of his life for family and close friends will take place on Tuesday, June 19, from 3 to 6 p.m. at the Salem Volunteer Fire Dept.

Memorial donations in his memory may be made to the Leukemia Society, 300 Research Pkwy, Meriden, CT 06450.

Fulton-Theroux Funeral Home, Niantic, is handling arrangements.