Recent Death Notices From Berlin

BERLIN, CT — Recent death notices from Berlin.

William S. "Bill" Rustico, 88, of Berlin, died Nov. 3 at home. Born in New Britain, he graduated from New Britain High School in 1956, served in the Navy from 1956 to 1959 and worked for National Cash Register, Connecticut Bank and Trust and IBM, where he spent 15 years before retiring in 2007. At NCR he developed a system that let several computers send data to one printer, and he oversaw the installation of Connecticut's first ATM, at a CBT branch in Wethersfield in 1976. The widower of Lois (Foberg) Rustico, he is survived by two sons, William Rustico Jr. and Robert Rustico, and five grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church in East Berlin.

Lucille (Nesgoda) Colaresi, 80, of the Kensington section of Berlin, died Oct. 20 at Autumn Lake in Cromwell. Born in New Britain, she graduated from St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing and worked 27 years as a registered and psychiatric nurse at the Institute of Living in Hartford, which named her Nurse of the Year in 1990. She had lived in Kensington since 1972. She is survived by her husband of 58 years, Charles H. Colaresi, two daughters, Jennifer Polsky and Kristin Colaresi, and two grandsons.

Patricia A. (Nugent) Lombardi, 91, of Berlin, died Oct. 13 at home. A 1955 graduate of the Lenox Hill Hospital School of Nursing, she spent more than 35 years as a nurse at New Britain General Hospital and was a member of St. Paul's Church for more than 60 years. The widow of Guy P. Lombardi, she is survived by three sons, Michael, Thomas and Robert Lombardi, seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.