Victoria Damutz, 101

Victoria Damutz died peacefully on June 11, 2011, midway through her 101st year.

A resident of Northford and Madison for over 75 years, she was beloved by her five children, fourteen grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren, most of whom gathered in Madison on December 21, 2010 to celebrate her 100th birthday.

Born in St. Petersburg, Russia, Victoria was the daughter of the late Karolina and Antonin Hakuc. She was a young girl in 1917 at the beginning of the Russian Revolution and recounted her witnessing events such as troop movements during those historic times. With her parents she returned to their native Poland a short time later. She married Victor Damutz in Poland in 1931 and a year later they arrived in Connecticut where they began a life together at their home on Forest Road in Northford.

Victoria was a homemaker known for her loving care of her family and for her love of strawberries, which she grew in great profusion in her garden. Victoria was preceded in death by her husband and by her siblings-three sisters and a brother.

She is survived by all of her children: Sophie Sopko, Madison, Connecticut; Edward Damutz, Langhorne, Pennsylvania; Stella Dillon, St. George, Vermont; Barbara Wetzel, Portland, Oregon; and Victor Damutz, Vero Beach, Florida.

Services will be private. The Lupinski Funeral Home 821 State Street is in care of arrangements. Memorial contributions may be made to Watrous Nursing Center, 9 Neck Road, Madison, CT 06443.

Courtesy Lupinski Funeral Home