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Lucretia Huxley.
Photo: Contributed Photo /Lucretia Huxley.
Lucretia Huxley.
Lucretia Huxley.
TORRINGTON — A Torrington High School graduate and longtime city resident died with the coronavirus at age 86, according to her obituary.
Lucretia Lamphier Huxley was born on a farm in New Hartford on Jan. 7, 1934, the child of Charles and Nina Twining Harrison, family members said in her obituary. She graduated from Bakerville School and Torrington High School before settling in the city with Walter Huxley, her “loving husband and soulmate,” and raising a family.
She died May 2.
In her professional life, Huxley worked at the “A&P, Blake Motor Lines, Dileo’s Restaurant, as a cook at Southwest School, and as a special needs aide for Dufour Bus Company,” family members said. In her personal time, she “enjoyed cooking, baking, and canning fruits and vegetables, and was proud of blue ribbons awarded to her from the Bethlehem Fair.”
“She loved rides with Dad through the country to nowhere, vacations with her kids, and Kelly bus trips. A selfless soul, she was very giving, and always thought of others before herself.”
“Whenever asked how she was doing, her answer was always ‘I’m okay’. She made nightly phone calls to her children, and if she got the answering machine, the message that was always left was ‘just Mom,’” family members said. “Much more than ‘just mom’, she was stubborn, kind, loving, and caring, and a wonderful mom, grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grandmother. There was never a phone, a piece of bread, or a piece of chocolate cake that she didn’t like. Vegetables did not have the same appeal. She will be greatly missed by all those who knew and loved her.”
Huxley is survived by her sister, children, grandchildren and great-grandchild, family members said.
Huxley’s family offered their thanks to the emergency room staff at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital and Hartford Hospital “for their professionalism and caring during these very trying times.”
In lieu of flowers, the family asks well-wishers to “please leave a fond remembrance of our Mom, and tell us how you knew her, and what you remember most about her,” which can be done on the website of the Phalen Funeral Home.
“Memorial contributions can be made to the Hartford Health Care Covid 19 Fund, Autism Speaks, or to a charity of your choice, or do a random act of kindness to anyone in her name,” family members said.
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