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Gloria Ann Summers

1932 - 2016

Gloria Ann Summers obituary, 1932-2016, Putnam, CT

BORN

1932

DIED

2016

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Smith and Walker Funeral Home - Putnam

148 Grove Street

Putnam, Connecticut

Gloria Summers Obituary

GLORIA ANN SUMMERS 1932 - 2016
Putnam - Gloria Ann Summers, 83, of Putnam, CT, died Tuesday at the Matulaitis Nursing Home in Putnam. She was the beloved wife of Raymond Summers, he died in 1994. She was born in Boston, MA, August 15, 1932, daughter of Solomon and Ameenie (Ghanem) Saif. Gloria worked at Danielson Curtain for 27 years. She enjoyed cooking for her family, bingo, dinners out at the Empire Buffet. Her greatest love was her grandchildren and her great grandchildren. She was an avid listener and always enjoyed WINY Radio's Trivia and was a regular caller to GARY O's Morning Show.
She leaves her children, Geraldine Caouette and her husband Lee of Pomfret Center, Susan Shaevitz and her husband Bob of Putnam, five grandchildren and three great grandchildren, several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her beloved son Thomas Summers in 1972, her granddaughter Tammy in 1982, and her siblings, Mary, Alice, Marie and Robert.
A Calling Hour will be Saturday, July 30, 2016 from 10:00 to 10:45 at the Smith and Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove Street, Putnam, followed by a Graveside Service at 11:00 AM in Putnam Heights Cemetery, Liberty Highway, Putnam. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in her memory to the Putnam Masonic Lodge #46, PO Box 46, South Woodstock, CT, 06267. Share a memory with her family at www.smithandwalkerfh.com

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Published by Norwich Bulletin on Jul. 28, 2016.

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Cindy (Norris) Furey

July 28, 2016

To the Summers family. I use to drive the transit bus that transported Gloria to Danielson curtain. She was one of my favorite passengers. She had a contagious laugh. I can almost hear it now. Wonderful, wonderful lady. May she walk with the angels.

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