FFH 13

WORKING AT
FAIRFIELD HILLS HOSPITAL
IN NEWTOWN, CONNECTICUT.

Part XIIIa

Jerry Haffke Remembers:
"Scrapbook"

So Many People, So Many Memories...

Jerry Haffke's Personal Scrapbook Continued

Plus Pictures
From Shirley Pavone

Jerry Haffke The Originator Of This Web Site In 1977 In The Background Is My Faithful 1973 Plymouth "Valiant". Picture taken at my condominium on Juniper Road in Bethel, Ct.	Donna-Jo Morgenroth Who Would Become My Wife In 1978 - Picture Taken In 1977. Donna Passed Away From Cancer On December 28, 2006, At Savannah Hospice, Savannah, Ga.
My son Kenny on board the PanAm 747 jumbo jet en-route to Frankfurt and from there to Berlin, Germany	My mother with my son Kenny in 1975. She is on visit here from Berlin. Picture is taken in Pete's back-yard on 22 Hickok Ave. in Bethel, Ct
Kenny and my mother on our balcony in Berlin, Germany 1976. I had asked my good old friend John Kilpatrick who lived in Florida at this time, to come along for the visit since he had always wanted to see Germany and he agreed which helped me a lot trying to keep Kenny occupied in this large city, amongst strangers he couldn't understand. My mother was already sick from bone-cancer and passed away in June, 1980.	Berlin, Germany visit 1976 from left to right in my mother's living room: My aunt Gerda who died last year at age 94, my mother who died 1980, Kenny and "uncle" John Kilpatrick, my best friend, who died in 1989
My son Kenny and John Kilpatrick in Berlin, 1976. This trip with a bored eight year old, would have been hell for me without good-natured "uncle" John. No kids to play with and no interests besides comic-books, John, joking and poking fun at various things in Berlin, was indeed my "savior" from a nervous- breakdown...	John and I in a blurry picture taken by my son Kenny.

John Kilpatrick's trailer outline on the left at a park in Lutz, Florida, which is a suburb of Tampa. I visited him there in February 1978. Last I know, he had open-heart surgery in Berlin, Ct. or in Wallingford. He called me when I lived with Donna, Kristen and Kenny in our new house in Waterbury, Ct. and told me that he was recuperating in a nursing- home in Wallingford, Ct. in probably 1985. I should have visited him there, but thought that he would be out of there soon and then I could visit him at his brother's home in Berlin, Ct. That was the last I heard from him until much later in Vermont... But that is another story for separate page.	My daughter Kristen and my son Kenny -ages ten years apart- Both born in June... Picture taken in Waterbury, Ct. 1981
Postcard from San Francisco which John sent me in 1978, less than a month before my daughter Kristen was born. He came to visit us at this address in Waterbury in July 1978 and stayed with us for about a week before returning by plane to Lutz. Kristen was less than two month old... There is significance to my pointing this out specifically...which will be clarified with another significant story! In February 1979 Donna and I bought our first new home together which was located at 93 Horseshoe Drive in Waterbury, Ct.	Here I am working part-time at a plastics shop owned by John McDonald who was also a housekeeping supervisor in Kent House. John was a great guy and a "go-getter" and he asked me one day, when he came to Cochran House, if I would like to work part time for him at his shop on South Main Street in Waterbury, which was almost in walking distance from our house on 93 Horseshoe Drive.
My old friend Steve Hirst from FHH with whom I spent countless hours discussing politics, philosophy, women, spirituality, "Weltanschauung" and so much more from 1979 to 1984 when he moved to Idaho to play in a bluegrass band. He is now married, teaches, and lives in the San Francisco area. Picture from 6-10-1996	Our house on the right, driveway and blue barn on the left. Vermont winter, Arlington 1996.
1995 Arlington, Vermont Here I am with my granddaughter, Krystle and my son Kenny in the back-yard of our house on East Arlington Road. I was working at the Vermont Veteran's Home at the time. Notice my long silver hair! Well, I cut it short again just after this picture was taken. Too much bother and too much "static" at work and at home... When my daughter Kristen went off to college in Savannah, Ga., we liked the climate there and moved to Savannah permanently in July 1998.	Vermont Veteran's Home in Bennington. I'm on the far right. Graduation from class, June 1988.

My wife Donna
in Savannah, 2001

Donna and I in Beauford, South Carolina in 1999

Savannah, Ga., 2001
This is me with my faithful comrade
and best friend "Barkley" whom we
called "Barky". We bought him in
Manchester, Vermont in 1991 as a puppy and he has been my "shadow" ever since. Barky was my companion through thick and thin...and he rode with me as my "co-pilot" when I drove our moving van over one-thousand miles to Savannah, mostly on I-95. He never "complained" through-out this long ride and just sat there, in the passenger seat, propped-up like a king watching me, the passing scenery and the heavy traffic.
He adjusted well to Savannah and the extensive heat and humidity and we walked every day in "Daffin Park".....
Barky became diabetic in 2002 and he took the twice daily insulin shots which I had to give him without complaint or resentment. He trusted me and I was his love, as he was my love for so many years. Barky passed away, literally in my loving arms at about 11 pm, April 1, 2003. I cried like I had never cried before for many days, whenever I thought of him, or something reminded me of him....
He is buried in my back-yard under the watchful wings of an angel statue...and I know for sure that we shall be together again "on the other side" and play together in the beautiful valley which has neither tears nor pain--but eternal love and joy...for ALL of God's children.

Barky's grave in my back-yard
in Savannah, 2004.

Sadie on left, Pete center and Benny on the right.
Better friends could not be found anywhere.

Lots of Love and Lots of Sunshine
even in April.

Watercolor from photo done by my daughter

Shirley A. Pavone and Rita Morton
at Shirley's Retirement Party in 2003
from Connecticut Valley Hospital
where she worked after the closing
of Fairfield Hills Hospital in 1995.
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Greenwich 1A; Shelton 1A; Cochran 2B &1A, Fairfield House, Litchfield house and Connecticut Valley Hospital after the closure in 1995.

Shirley A Pavone, PhD
Assistant Professor
Sacred Heart University

Dr. Aurora Alcantara left,
Shirley A. Pavone center,
Dr. Marietta Sonido right,
at Shirley's retirement party.

Pictures From Frederick "Rick" Hammond:

Rick Hammond 1987

Me & Mary Bonnie who also worked Kent House.
picture taken 1985

Rick Hammond 1987 on honeymoon.
Married Kathleen Scianna who also worked Kent House.

Rick Hammond 2010 @ dinner Goodspeed Opera House

me...rick hammond @ FHH GATHERING 1980

me....Rick Hammond @ home today 11/14/10

Rick Hammond on bottom right below Beryl Carr
FFH Reunion At Dr. Dididos' 1996

Rick Hammond 2010...working church fair.

Still working -- waiting to retire...

Laura Hunyadi-Baldwin R.N.

Go to Part XIIIb
So Many People, So Many Memories...
Fairfield Hills Hospital
In August 2008
A Dream Abandoned and Destroyed!
Pictures Were Taken And Sent To Me By James Divita.
For so many of us this will be a sad journey to what once was almost home...

Return to Part I
Working at Fairfield Hills(State) Hospital - How I came to Fairfield Hills Hospital - Summation of my
immigration story - Arlington, Virginia and Washington, DC - Meeting Pete in Danbury, Connecticut - Mrs. Morrell's
Guest House - Working at Danbury Hospital - Hearing about Fairfield Hills Hospital - Getting a job there - Mrs. Adams
and Mrs. Schwaller - Central Linen Room - A Listing of Former Employees at FHH--People I Knew and Loved -

Part X
Picture Page courtesy of Beryl Carr
with pictures of Beryl Carr, Cliff Kearnan, Paula from the pharmacy, Florence Brown, Ms. Raeford R.N.,
Dover Seawright, Dr. Didios, Dr. Seanado, Tommy Ferrell, Andres Vaga, Flo Erickson, Carol Lockwood,
Lynn Wilson, Mary D'Agusta and many more employees.

Part XI
Various Pictures and Historical Articles from a Pamphlet
Issued to FHH Employees in 1983

Part XII
This Page Is Dedicated To The Loving Memory
Of Our Friend And Co-Worker At Fairfield Hills Hospital,
Evelyn M. Brown
With A Collection Of Pictures Sent To Me
By Her Loving Granddaughter Penny Lee. Group Photo From The Early-To Mid- 1970's
Probably Taken In Cochran House Basement O.T. Room.
Far Left Standing Is William "Billy" Lawlor, Center-Table Is Charlie Gallagher,
Second From Right, Standing, Is Kay Hodgman....
All The Others I Know And Worked With, But I Don't Remember Their Names.
Also Pictures of Dino Lopez, Georgia Lasorco, Kay Barkasy-Colgan and Frances DeManuel.

Part XIII
I Thought This Memorial-Page Would Be A Proper Place
To Put A Few Of My Own Pictures, Since
I Met My Wife, Donna, As A Co-Worker
At Our Beloved Fairfield Hills Hospital as well as my first wife Thelma
...Also Pictures
of Steve Hirst, Pete Wagner, John Kilpatrick, Bill Lawlor,
Jerry Haffke.

Part XIIIa
Pictures of Shirley Pavone, Rita Morton, Drs. Sonido
and Aurora Alcantara with Shirley Pavone.

Part XIIIb
So Many People, So Many Memories...
Fairfield Hills Hospital
In August 2008
A Dream Abandoned and Destroyed!
Pictures Were Taken And Sent To Me By James Divita.
For so many of us this will be a sad journey to what once was almost home...