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Louise A. Wilkes

6/4/1940 - 8/14/2025

BORN

6/4/1940

DIED

8/14/2025

FUNERAL HOME

Byles-Groton Memorial Home - Groton

310 Thames St.

Groton, Connecticut

UPCOMING SERVICE

Graveside Service

Sep. 5, 2025

11:00 a.m.

Starr Burying Ground

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Louise Wilkes Obituary

Groton - Louise A. Wilkes, 85, of Groton, died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2025, at the Lawrence + Memorial Hospital in New London. Louise was born June 4, 1940, in Boston, Mass., to Stephen Manziak and Sophie Kolodziej Manziak. She married Henry T. Wilkes; he preceded her in death.

Louise had a special talent for creating and producing dolls. Her dolls were in great demand at craft fairs throughout the area.

A Graveside Service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, Sept. 5, at the Starr Burying Ground, Lestertown Road in Groton.

Please visit www.byles.com to sign the online register.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Day on Aug. 31, 2025.

Memorial Events
for Louise Wilkes

Sep

5

Graveside service

11:00 a.m.

Starr Burying Ground

Lestertown Road, Groton,, CT 060340

Funeral services provided by:

Byles-Groton Memorial Home - Groton

310 Thames St., Groton, CT 06340

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