| Name |
Brookover, Juanita Mae |
| Birth |
19 Apr 1931 |
| Gender |
Female |
| _MILT |
Between 1950 and 1953 |
New York City  |
| She met Stan while stationed in New York City serving in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. During that time, she worked as a telephone operator. Later, they moved to Willimantic, Mae worked for the American Thread Company and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. |
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Juanita “Mae” Brookover Rybarz
Photo added by JC
Juanita “Mae” Brookover Rybarz VVETERAN
BIRTH 19 Apr 1931
DEATH 13 Oct 2016 (aged 85)
Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL Saint Joseph Cemetery
Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
MEMORIAL ID177988974 ·
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 0
Added by JC
On October 13, 2016, Juanita "Mae" Rybarz of Willimantic, passed away peacefully at Windham Community Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She was 85.
Born on April 19, 1931, Mae was one of five children of Fred Brookover and Clara Thomas Brookover of New Martinsville, West Virginia. She was predeceased by her brothers Edward and Fred and is survived by a brother, Bill and his wife Sandy, and a sister, Elsie and her husband Ed, sisters in-law, Rosalie and Patty, along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mae was married to Stanley Rybarz of Willimantic, CT on January 21, 1956, and now joins the love of her life who predeceased her in death by five years. She met Stan while stationed in New York City serving in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. During that time, she worked as a telephone operator. Later, they moved to Willimantic, Mae worked for the American Thread Company and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. She ultimately retired from the University of Connecticut after a career as a data entry operator. She was always a loyal, and often vocal, supporter of the Huskies women and men's basketball teams.
She is survived by a daughter and a son, Celeste Brochu and her husband, Joseph, of Lisbon, Connecticut and Stanley Rybarz II and his wife, Kim, of Jupiter, Florida. She had three grandchildren, Nicholas Brochu and Ryan and Adam Rybarz. Mae was a devoted wife and mother who always put her children ahead of herself. She was extremely generous and willing to help with anything that her family or friends needed. Mae was especially supportive and proud of her grandchildren and loved to watch them play sports or any other endeavor they chose to participate in. She was known to be very independent and would often tell her family the phrase "there's no such word as can't". She applied this motto to the utmost, everyday of her life.
The family would like to thank all of her friends and neighbors for the exceptional friendship and support that they gave throughout her life, especially in the years since her husband passed away. It will always be fondly remembered and appreciated. The care that she received at Windham Hospital in her last days was exemplary and dignifying.
Calling hours are Friday, November 4, 2016, from 4-7 p.m. at Bacon Funeral Home, 71 Prospect Street, Willimantic Connecticut. There will be a funeral mass on Saturday, November 5, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Saint Joseph's Church in Willimantic with interment at Saint Joseph Cemetery immediately following.
Published in Norwich Bulletin on Nov. 1, 2016
Family Members
Parents Fred Brookover 1897-1976
Clara Thomas Brookover 1908-1983
Spouse Stanley J Rybarz 1933-2011 (m. 1956)
Siblings Edward E. "Ed" Brookover I 1929-2009
Fred Brookover Jr 1933-2010
Flowers
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| Death |
13 Oct 2016 |
Willimantic, Windham, Connecticut, USA |
- age 85. Juanita "Mae" Rybarz of Willimantic, passed away peacefully at Windham Community Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She was 85.
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| Obituary |
1 Nov 2016 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA |
| Published in Norwich Bulletin on Nov. 1, 2016 |
- 20250331GHLn-
Juanita “Mae” Brookover Rybarz
Photo added by JC
Juanita “Mae” Brookover Rybarz VVETERAN
BIRTH 19 Apr 1931
DEATH 13 Oct 2016 (aged 85)
Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
BURIAL Saint Joseph Cemetery
Willimantic, Windham County, Connecticut, USA
MEMORIAL ID177988974 ·
PHOTOS 2
FLOWERS 0
Added by JC
On October 13, 2016, Juanita "Mae" Rybarz of Willimantic, passed away peacefully at Windham Community Memorial Hospital surrounded by her family. She was 85.
Born on April 19, 1931, Mae was one of five children of Fred Brookover and Clara Thomas Brookover of New Martinsville, West Virginia. She was predeceased by her brothers Edward and Fred and is survived by a brother, Bill and his wife Sandy, and a sister, Elsie and her husband Ed, sisters in-law, Rosalie and Patty, along with numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
Mae was married to Stanley Rybarz of Willimantic, CT on January 21, 1956, and now joins the love of her life who predeceased her in death by five years. She met Stan while stationed in New York City serving in the United States Army during the Korean conflict. During that time, she worked as a telephone operator. Later, they moved to Willimantic, Mae worked for the American Thread Company and Pratt & Whitney Aircraft. She ultimately retired from the University of Connecticut after a career as a data entry operator. She was always a loyal, and often vocal, supporter of the Huskies women and men's basketball teams.
She is survived by a daughter and a son, Celeste Brochu and her husband, Joseph, of Lisbon, Connecticut and Stanley Rybarz II and his wife, Kim, of Jupiter, Florida. She had three grandchildren, Nicholas Brochu and Ryan and Adam Rybarz. Mae was a devoted wife and mother who always put her children ahead of herself. She was extremely generous and willing to help with anything that her family or friends needed. Mae was especially supportive and proud of her grandchildren and loved to watch them play sports or any other endeavor they chose to participate in. She was known to be very independent and would often tell her family the phrase "there's no such word as can't". She applied this motto to the utmost, everyday of her life.
The family would like to thank all of her friends and neighbors for the exceptional friendship and support that they gave throughout her life, especially in the years since her husband passed away. It will always be fondly remembered and appreciated. The care that she received at Windham Hospital in her last days was exemplary and dignifying.
Calling hours are Friday, November 4, 2016, from 4-7 p.m. at Bacon Funeral Home, 71 Prospect Street, Willimantic Connecticut. There will be a funeral mass on Saturday, November 5, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at Saint Joseph's Church in Willimantic with interment at Saint Joseph Cemetery immediately following.
Published in Norwich Bulletin on Nov. 1, 2016
Family Members
Parents Fred Brookover 1897-1976
Clara Thomas Brookover 1908-1983
Spouse Stanley J Rybarz 1933-2011 (m. 1956)
Siblings Edward E. "Ed" Brookover I 1929-2009
Fred Brookover Jr 1933-2010
Flowers
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| Person ID |
I103561 |
WetzelAncestry |
1931 - 2016 (85 years)
