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The Step Saver/ The Observer
Friday, October 4, 2013
National Guard unit led by
local man returns home
HARTFORD, Conn.
(AP)-An aviation unit of
the Connecticut Army
National Guard returned
recently, after a yearlong
deployment to
Afghanistan.
Some 60 soldiers from
the 2nd Battalion, 104th
Aviation Regiment of
Windsor Locks arrived on a
recent Saturday afternoon
at the Army Aviation
Support Facility in Windsor
Locks.
The unit uses Chinook
helicopters to move supplies
and personnel for the military.
It deployed previously
to Afghanistan in 2003 and
to Iraq in 2009.
The unit is led by
Capt. Evan Lock of
Southington.
The Connecticut
National Guard now has
more than 70 soldiers and
airmen deployed in support
of operations in
Afghanistan.
An aviation unit from the Connecticut Army
National Guard, commanded by Capt. Evan Lock of
Southington, recently returned home.
Above, a welcome home poster hangs on Lock’s
house.
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Diane Porter, will be missed by those who knew her
Diane (Korczyk)
Porter, 54, of Southington,
passed away after a courageous
battle with cancer
on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at
the Masonic Home &
Hospital in Wallingford.
She was born on Oct.
24, 1958 in Chicago, IL,
the daughter of the late
Lester L. Pierson Jr., 48,
of Southington passed away
on Sunday, Sept.29, at
Home, surrounded by his
loving family after a courageous
battle with cancer.
He was the husband of
Violet (Depa) Pierson.
He was born on Nov.
30, 1965, in Waterbury, and
was the son of Rita (Drouin)
LaChance of Waterbury and
the late Lester L. Pierson Sr.
He was an account
manager for Cartus in
Danbury and will be
remembered by his many
friends he made there. He
was a soccer coach for various
Southington Youth
leagues for over 10 years.
He loved his dogs, to travel,
Bruno and
Mary
(Surzyn)
Korczyk.
Porter is
survived by
her sister and
brother-inlaw,
Bee and
Porter
Michael Riccio of
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go fishing.
Lester was an
eternal optimist
who
could always
find the best
in people. He
Pierson
was passionate
about many things
including politics, social
issues, the Boston Red Sox,
Dallas Cowboy and Boston
Bruins but most importantly
he was passionate about
his wife and two sons.
Southington, nephews
who were like brothers to
her, Brian, Larry, Greg,
Steven and wife Erika,
David and wife Joyce and
Paul, a niece, her godchild,
Janice Brunetti and
husband Tom. She also
leaves special great nieces
and nephews, Nicholas,
In addition to his wife
and mother, he is survived
by his children, Nicholas
and Jonathan Pierson of
Southington, his step father
Robert J. LaChance of
Waterbury, a brother Robert
M. LaChance of Meriden,
four sisters, Wendy Pratt of
New Hampshire, Tracy
Bette of Southbury, Robyn
Bergin of Terryville and
Brady LaChance of
Waterbury, his mother and
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