Glastonbury Obituary: Janice Habicht, 94

Janice (Barker) Habicht passed away peacefully on November 8, 2018 at the age of 94.

She was born on September 11, 1924 in Hartford, the daughter of Leonard and Mabel (Coburn) Barker. As a young girl Janice especially enjoyed reading, photography, baseball, and spending time with her father.

When she graduated from East Hartford High School in 1941, her ambition to become a nurse had to wait until the age 18 when she could be accepted for training by hospitals. During that time, Janice graduated from the Morse School of Business and when the war broke out began work as a secretary for the U.S. Government. Later she transferred to Hamilton Standard doing secretarial work by day and volunteering in the evenings at Hartford Hospital where needed.

It was at Hamilton that Janice met her future husband William H. Habicht. They married on March 23, 1953 and shared 58 happy years together, living first in Windsor and then in Glastonbury. Together she and Bill enjoyed skiing, traveling, bridge, tennis and spending time on the Conn. shoreline.

On her own Janice enjoyed gardening, bowling and a new passion, genealogy. Not one to sit still and with her youngest child off to school, Janice was in her car researching Coburn genealogy in towns across New England, eventually traveling to England in search of original records there. She compiled her research into a book which is soon to be published. Janice was a member of the DAR and a Life Member of the Historical Society of Glastonbury.

Beside her brother Leonard F. Barker, Janice leaves behind two sons Jeff and Todd Habicht of Colchester and Hebron, a daughter Susan (Habicht) Mayne of Suffield, two in-laws Holly (Blassingame) and Doug Mayne of Hebron and Suffield, seven grandchildren, three great grandchildren, and many nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by her sister, Audrey (Barker) Schultz, and a niece Cindy (Schultz) Pentsak.

Her family will receive friends at Carmon Funeral Home, 807 Bloomfield Ave., Windsor, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 16, 2018 to be followed by a procession to Mt. Laurel Crematory for cremation services. A celebration of Janice’s life will be held at 1 p.m., Sat. Nov. 17 at the Congregational Church in South Glastonbury, 949 Main St., South Glastonbury. Burial in Hockanum Cemetery, East Hartford, will be privately held.

Memorial donations may be made to the Connecticut Historical Society, One Elizabeth St. Hartford, CT 06105 or to www.chs.org, and to The Historical Society of Glastonbury, 1944 Main St., Glastonbury, CT 06033.