WINDSOR LOCKS, Connecticut – It is with the deepest sorrow that the children of Dorothy J. (Arbo) Kingsbury, 86, of Windsor Locks, CT, announce the passing of their mother. Beloved wife of the late Fred H. Kingsbury, Jr. she passed away on Wednesday, December 20, 2017.
Born on July 7, 1931, in Presque Isle, ME, daughter of the late Arthur and Fannie (Green) Arbo, she lived in Presque Isle, ME, Bloomfield, and West Hartford, before settling in Windsor Locks, CT, in 1954. She was the ninth of ten siblings who have all predeceased her.
She graduated Bloomfield High School, Class of 1950, and attended banking courses through the Federal Reserve. Before retiring in 1993 she was employed for 19 years by The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, in CT. While she was employed by Pratt & Whitney Machine Tool and Colt Industries, after graduation from high school, as a secretary, she met her beloved husband of 58 years, Fred.
She is survived by her children and grandchildren of whom she was very proud, and loved them all, Lynn J. Kingsbury of Boston, MA, Jeffrey A. Kingsbury and his wife, Elinor, of CT, Betsy Kingsbury Dowd and her husband, Edward, of Long Island, NY, David A. Kingsbury and his wife, Linda, of East Hartford, Gary A. Kingsbury and his wife, Korin, of Windsor Locks; a brother-in-law, Albert N. Kingsbury and his wife, MaryAnn, of Somers; a sister-in-law, Nancy Paquett of Seattle, WA; eleven grandchildren, Sara, Christopher, Brenna, Kyle, Matthew and Michael Dowd, Krista Kingsbury Morris and her husband, Jon Morris, Brittany and Austen Kingsbury, Alic and Vinson Kingsbury. She is also survived by more than 35 nieces and nephews, as well as grand nieces and nephews.
Funeral Services will be held on January 5, 2018, at 10 a.m. at the First Church, 107 Palisado Avenue, Windsor, CT, to be followed by interment at Palisado Cemetery.
The family requests that in lieu of flowers donations be made to The Windsor Locks Lions Ambulance Fund, P.O. Box 105, Windsor Locks, CT 06096, Veterans of Foreign Wars, or a charity of the donor’s choice in her memory.
Please visit Dorothy’s book of memories at www.carmonfuneralhome.com for online condolences.
