Ethel Nowacki

4/27/1926 - 7/22/2025

Hartford - Ethel (Vounatso) Nowacki, 99, wife of the late Henry "Hank" Nowacki, passed away Tuesday, July 22, 2025, at Avery Heights. She was born in Hartford, April 27, 1926, to the late Stratis and Evanthia "Mary" (Tyropolis) Vounatso.

Ethel was a member of St. George's Greek Orthodox Church in Hartford, and was a resident of Hartford all her life. She worked at the Travelers Insurance Company. Ethel was a member of the Senior Center at St. George's Greek Orthodox Church and the South End Senior Center. After moving to Avery Heights, she participated in all of the activities with bingo and word games being her favorites.

Ethel is survived by her loving daughter, Leslie N. Traver and her husband Adams of Gales Ferry. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Henry C. Nowacki; brothers, John Vounatso and Dr. William Vaun; sisters: Marcey Antonaksis, Katherine Maliszewski, Irene Turek and Angeline Cofer; along with several sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law and niece. She is also survived by sister-in-law, Sally Vaun, and several nieces and nephews.

The family would like to thank the entire Avery Heights community for their care and compassion.

Funeral service for Ethel will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, July 28, at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, 433 Fairfield Avenue, Hartford. Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Hartford. Relatives and friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Monday at St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Ethel's memory may be made to St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral. The Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke., Wethersfield, has charge of arrangements. To share a memory of Ethel, please visit www.dillonbaxter.com.