Somers Obituary: Guistina Sheiber, 90

It is with great sadness that the family of Guistina “Tina” Josephine (Rogledi) Sheiber of Somers announces her passing. She was the widow of Theodore L. Sheiber.

She was born on November 28, 1924, in Stafford Springs to the late Ernesto and Catarina (Biz) Rogledi. Tina grew up in Stafford attending local schools and graduating from Stafford attending local schools and graduating from Stafford High School Class of 1944. In 1945, she was hired at the Troop C Barracks in Stafford as a dispatcher. It was there that she met the love of her life, Ted, when he came on board as a new recruit to the CT State Police force in 1947. Of the 3 recruits who came that day, she knew in her heart that Ted would be the man she married. He did ask her to marry him on their first date in June of 1947. She told him her mother would make them wait one year and so they were married on June 5, 1948. They lived their love story for 59 years, traveling in retirement to Hawaii, the Caribbean, cruising the Panama Canal, the Northwest, Alaska and Canada, until Ted’s passing in June of 2007.

Tina became a stay at home mom after the birth of her first child in 1950. She took on this most important job, raising her 4 children, with all the love and devotion her heart could hold. Her family was her life and we feel blessed to have been raised by parents who put us above all else in a home filled with love, laughter and good family times. We were also blessed with a strong family bond with Sunday nights spent with grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins in the Rogledi family homestead in Stafford Springs. We also shared a close bond with Gramma and Grampa Sheiber who dearly loved their Italian daughter-in-law.

Tina leaves behind to carry on her love and warmth, her 4 children; Les Sheiber and his wife, Donna of Windsor, Gloriajean Sheiber of Somers, Ted and his wife, Sue, of Suffield and Tina Thorpe of Enfield. Also, her sister and brother-in-law, Marie and Roger Pelizari of Stafford. She also leaves 5 grandchildren; Rick and Amy Sheiber of Waltham, MA, Lindsey and Bill Atkins of Chapin, SC, Ethan Sheiber of Suffield and Noah and Nicholas Thorpe of Enfield as well as 2 great grandchildren; Will and Graham Atkins of SC. A third great grandson will be born in November to Rick and Amy Sheiber. She also leaves several nieces, nephews, great nieces and great nephews. Tina has been reunited with her love, Ted, as well as her siblings who passed before her; Electra Sacherek (Michael), Tourido “Tweets” Rogledi, Melyna Della Giustina (Danny), and Clelia “Ellie” Rogledi as well as her parents and in-laws.

The family wishes to thank all of the loving angels involved with her care at the Evergreen Health Care Center in Stafford who made her final days safe and comforting.

Relatives and friends are welcome to join the family on Friday, August 28, 2015, from 6 pm to 8 pm at the Somers Funeral Home, 354 Main St., (Route 190) Somers, CT. A funeral procession will gather on Saturday, August 29, 2015, at 9 am at the funeral home for a Mass of Christian Burial to be celebrated at All Saints Church in Somersville at 10 am. Burial will follow in Somers Center Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial donation to: All Saints Church, 25 School St., P.O.Box M, Somersville, CT 06072 or The Alzheimer’s Association, CT Chapter, P.O. Box 96011, Washington, DC 20090-6011.