Eleanor Hansen

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Obituary:
Hartford Courant, The (CT) - January 23, 2010
Deceased Name: ZAVISZA, Eleanor (Hansen)
ZAVISZA, Eleanor (Hansen)
Eleanor (Hansen) Zavisza, 81, of West Suffield, wife of the late Thomas Zavisza, died peacefully on Thursday, (January 21, 2010) at Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. She was born on July 8, 1928, in Springfield, MA, daughter of the late G. Milton and Ruth (Holcomb) Hansen. Eleanor grew up in Granville, MA, on the family farm, Sunnyside Orchards. She was a graduate of Westfield High School with the Class of 1946 and went on to attend hairdressing school. Eleanor married Thomas Zavisza on July 2, 1950, and together they settled in West Suffield, where they raised their family and lived for close to 50 years. Eleanor was a sports fanatic and enjoyed following the Boston Red Sox and Celtics, New York Giants and the UCONN Huskies. She loved gardening, reading, cooking and canning vegetables. She also raised African Violets and was a member of the Powder Mill Violet Society. Eleanor was a member of the West Suffield Grange, Calvary Episcopal Church. A kind, caring, loving mother, sister, grandmother and friend she will be greatly missed. She leaves two sons, Thomas G. and his wife Laureen Zavisza of Suffield and Stephen J. Zavisza of Easthampton, MA; two daughters, Diane R. Mosher and her fiance Kevin Forgue of Feeding Hills and Patricia L. and her husband John E. Horr Jr. of North Granby, CT; a sister, Norma and her husband Ronald Nobbs of Wilbraham, MA; brother, Milton Hansen and his wife June of Ft. Myers, FL; two grandchildren, Justin and Rachel Horr and a stepgrandson, Jake Fedo and his wife Cheri and their daughter, Gianna of Seal Beach, CA.
A Funeral Service will be held on Tuesday, 11 a.m. in the chapel of the Nicholson & Carmon Funeral Home, 443 East St. (Rt. 159), Suffield. Burial will be in Silver Street Cemetery, Granville, MA. Her family will receive friends on Monday from 5-8 p.m. at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Suffield Ambulance Association, P.O. Box 642, Suffield, CT 06078. Please visit us at www.&br;carmonfuneralhome.com for online condolences.

Eleanor married Thomas Zavisza. Thomas was born about 1922 in Suffield, Hartford Co, Connecticut, USA; died on 29 Sep 1998. [Group Sheet]

1. Patricia Zavisza was born about 1962 in ; died in in .