Raymond Willard BLESSING
Obituary

BLESSING. Raymond W. Blessing, 73, of 9 Ellis Road, Enfield, husband of Marie Alice (Renaud) Blessing, died Monday (Nov. 20) at Hartford Hospital. He was born in Wethersfield, was a former resident of East Hartford, and moved to Enfield 35 years ago. He was employed as a general foreman for Pratt & Whitney Division of United Technologies Corp, for 35 years retiring in 1980, and was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II. Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, Raymond E. Blessing of Billerica, Mass., and Mark C. Blessing of Amsterdam, Netherlands; three daughters, Mrs. Richard (Dorian) Scabich of South Windsor, Miss Deborah Blessing of New York, N.Y., and Mrs. Lisa Proctor of Pittsfield, Mass.; a brother, Woodrow Blessing of Glastonbury; four sisters, Mrs. Dorothy Lasker, and Mrs. Marian Garavelli, both of Glastonbury, Mrs. Thelma Merritt, and Mrs. Connie Connelly, both of East Hartford; and six grandchildren, Jonathan, Carrie, and Jason Scabich, and Laura, Emily and James Blessing. Funeral service will be Saturday, 10 a.m., from the Leete-Stevens Enfield Chapels, 61 South Road, followed by a mass of Christian burial, 11 a.m., at Holy Family Church. Burial will be in Enfield following the church service. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. Memorial donations may be made for the benefit of the homeless to St. Vincent DePaul Society, co Holy Family Church, Simon Road, Enfield 06082.


Hartford Courant
Hartford, Connecticut
November 22, 1989

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