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Failure to promptly present any such claim may result in the loss of rights to recover on such claim. Cecelia B. Hann, Clerk The fiduciary is: Gary Larson Dennis L. Kern, KERN KERN, LLC, 33 Kensington Road, P. Box 237, Kensington, CT 06037 NOTICE TO CREDITORS ESTATE OF Joan L.

Genis, AKA Joan Genis (06-0154) The Hon. Walter A. Clebowicz, Judge of the Court of Probate, District of Berlin by decree dated March 28, 2006, ordered that all claims must be presented to the fiduciary at the address below. Failure to promptly present any such claim may result in the loss of rights to recover on such claim. Cecelia B.

Hann, Clerk The fiduciary is: Thomas M. Genis Dennis L. Kern, KERN KERN, LLC, 33 Kensington Road, P. Box 237, Kensington, CT 06037 Joseph Lazaroski, 79; Of Forestville Joseph G. Lazaroski of the Forestville section of Bristol died Saturday at Bristol Hospital.

He was 79. He was born in Terryville. He worked at Pratt Whitney as an engineer for 30 years, retiring in 1989. He is survived by his wife, Mariette Doyon Lazaroski; two sons, Mark Lazaroski of Tully, N.Y., and Matt Lazaroski of Bristol; a daughter, Claudia Nettelbladt of Bristol; and a sister, Eleanor Ross of Bristol. Services will be at 9 a.m.

Wednesday at Dunn Funeral Home, 191 West Bristol, to St. Ann Church, Bristol, for a Mass at 10 a.m. Burial will be private in St. Mary Cemetery, Terryville. Calling hours are 5 to 8 p.m.

todayat the funeral home. Donations may be made to Hospice of Bristol Hospital, 7 N. Washington Bristol, CT 06010. Florence Porter, 95; Of Bristol Florence Duke Porter of Bristol died Friday at Bristol Hospital. She was 95.

She was born in Hartford, and was a longtime Terryville resident before moving to Bristol. She is survived by two sons, Walter Porter of Colorado and Gary Porter of Florida; a daughter, Judith Hayes of Plainville; and four sisters. Her husband, Loren E. Porter, died previously. Services will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday at the Terryville Congregational Church, Terryville. Burial will be in Peacedale Cemetery, Bristol. Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. todayat the Scott Funeral Home, 169 Main Terryville. Joann Lank, 68; Of Plantsville Joann M.

Tonnotti Lank of the Plantsville section of Southington died Saturday at Bradley Memorial Hospital, Southington. She was 68. She was born in Southington. She is survived by her husband, Albert Lank; two daughters, Valerie Rhys of Deer Isle, Maine, and Marianne Dziedzic of Plantsville; and three sons, Stephen Lank of Sherman Oaks, James J. Lank of Plantsville and William Lank of Cordova, S.C.

Services will be at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday from the DellaVec- chia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main Southington, to St. Aloysius Church, 254 Burritt Plantsville, for a Mass at 10 a.m. Burial will be in St.

Thomas Cemetery. Calling hours are 4 to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Donations may be made to the St. Aloysius School Building Fund, 254 Burritt Plantsville, CT 06479.

Carmella LaBella, 82; Of Bristol Carmella Bellini LaBella of Bristol died Saturday at Bristol Hospital. She was 82. She was born in Bristol and was a Bristol resident all of her life. She was employed at New Departure-Hyatt Division of General Motors for 32 years, retiring in 1974. She is survived by two sisters, Laura Clauss and Rose Bellini, both of Bristol.

Her husband, John M. LaBella, died previously. AMass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. todayat St. Anthony Church, Bristol.

Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. Calling hours are 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. todayat Funk Funeral Home, 35 Bellevue Bristol. Donations may be made to St.

Anthony Church, 111 School Bristol, CT 06010. Hazel Holmes, 84; Of Plymouth Hazel Potter Holmes of Plymouth died Saturday. She was 84. She was born in Denver, and lived in Plymouth for the past 56 years. She was retired from the former Eastern Photographic Co.

of Thomaston. She is survived by three daughters, Sharon Scheithe of Beacon Falls, and Barbara Watson and Carol Tardif, both of Plymouth. Her husband, John R. Holmes, died previously. Services will be at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Scott Funeral Home, 169 Main Terryville. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. There are no calling hours. Donations may be made to the Colitis Foundation of America, 280 Hillside Needham, MA 02494.

Kathleen Yanchak, 61; New Britain Kathleen Bialek Yanchak of Newington died Saturday. She was 61. She was born and raised in New Britain and recently moved to Newington. She was formerly employed by Tunxis Community College, St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Central Connecticut State University, the University of Connecticut Health Center, and by Target in Newington.

She is survived by a brother, Thomas Bialek, and her former husband, William Yanchak of Southington. Services will be at 10:45 a.m. Thursday from the Burritt Hill Funeral Home, 332 Burritt New Britain, followed by a Mass at 11:30 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, New Britain. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery.

Calling hours will be 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations may be made to the William and Timothy Yanchak Education Fund, TD Bank- north, 178 Main New Britain, CT 06051. Ola DiMauro, 70; Of Southington Ola Barry DiMauro of Southington died Saturday. She was 70.

She was born in Grand Gorge, N.Y., and retired from the Creed- Monarch Machine Co. after 30 years of employment. She is survived by her husband, Paul W. DiMauro; a son, Kenneth DiMauro of Southington; a brother, Ralph Barry of Southington; and five sisters, Virginia Dunn of Plantsville, Catherine Mazurick of Plainville, Alice Beane of Meriden, Julia Mihalak of Southington and Edna Mailhot of Newington. Services will be at 7:30 p.m.

to- dayat the DellaVecchia Funeral Home, 211 N. Main Southington. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Friday in St. Thomas Cemetery, Southington.

Calling hours are 6 to 8 p.m. todayat the funeral home. Donations may be made to St. Aloysius CCD School Center, 254 Burritt Plantsville, CT 06479. Martha Kalwat, 88; Of New Britain Martha Teffs Kalwat of New Britain died Sunday at the Jerome Home.

She was 88. She was a New Britain native and longtime New Britain resident. She lived in Kensington for more than 20 years, returning to New Britain in 2004. She worked at the former Corbin Division of American Hardware. She is survived by a son, William Kalwat of Plainville, and a daughter, Carol Wolf of Unionville.

Her husband, Edward G. Kalwat, died previously. Services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Carlson Funeral Home, 45 Franklin Square, New Britain. Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery, New Britain.

Calling hours are 5 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral home. Donations may be made to the First Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 77 Franklin Square, New Britain, CT 06051. Angeline LaMonte, 94; Of New Britain Angeline Dagata LaMonte of New Britain died Friday. She was 94.

She was born in New Britain and was a lifelong resident of New Britain. She worked at the Fafnir Bearing Co. in New Britain. She is survived by four daughters, Joanne Michaud and Rosemarie Skoglund, both of Middletown, Carol Ross of Burlington and Angela LaMonte of New York City. Her husband, James M.

LaMonte, died previously. AMass was celebrated Monday at St. Ann Church, New Britain. Burial was in St. Mary Cemetery, New Britain.

The Kenney-Luddy Funeral Home, New Britain, was in charge of arrangements. Nathan S. Goffe, 89; Of Plantsville Nathan S. Goffe of the Plantsville section of Southington died Monday at the Summit at Plantsville. He was 89.

He was born in Newport, R.I. He was a security guard with Dunbar for more than 20 years and owned and operated Bell City Security in Bristol for more than 10 years. He is survived by his wife, Mildred Hatch Goffe; two sons, Malcolm Goffe of Bristol and Robert Goffe of Plantsville; a daughter, Geraldine Yeske of Westbrook; and two sisters, Phyllis Correa of Fall River, and Gladys Boucher of Florida. The funeral and burial will be private. There are no calling hours.

The DellaVecchia Funeral Home, Southington, is assisting with arrangements. Frances Ferrucci, 91; Of Bristol Frances Gaudio Ferrucci of Bristol died Monday. She was 91. She was born in New Haven and was a longtime Bristol resident. She is survived by a son, Richard A.

Ferrucci of Bristol; a daughter, Patricia Mansfield of Bristol; and a sister, Julia Gaudio of New Haven. Her husband, Fiore Ferrucci, died previously. AMass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Anthony Church.

Burial will follow in St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol. Calling hours will be 9 to 10 a.m. Wednesday at Funk Funeral Home, 35 Bellevue Bristol. Donations may be made to St.

Anthony Church, 111 School Bristol, CT 06010. Stanislawa Bak, 77; Of New Britain Stanislawa Niemiec Bak of New Britain died Sunday at the Brittany Farms Health Care Center. She was 77. She was born in France and was a New Britain resident for 15 years. She is survived by seven sons, Jerzy Bak of New Britain, Jozef Bak of Farmington, Jan Bak of Kensington, Kazimierz Bak, Bogdan Bak, Tadeusz Bak and Marek Bak, all of New Britain; two daughters, Zofia Gubernat and Miroslawa Farrell, both of New Britain; and three brothers in Poland.

Services will be at 9:15 a.m. Wednesday at Burritt Hill Funeral Home, 332 Burritt New Britain, followed by a Mass at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church, New Britain. Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Calling hours are 4 to 8 p.m.

todayat the funeral home. Anna E. Akacki, 92; Of New Britain Anna E. Akacki of New Britain died Sunday. She was 92.

She was a lifelong New Britain resident. She was employed by The Stanley Works for many years until her retirement in 1975. Services will be at 9 a.m. Thursday from the Burritt Hill Funeral Home, 332 Burritt New Britain, followed by a Mass at 10 a.m. at Sacred Heart Church.

Interment will be in Sacred Heart Cemetery. Calling hours will be 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Donations may be made to Sacred Heart Church, 158 Broad New Britain, CT 06053, or to the Office of Radio and Television, Archdiocese of Hartford, 15 Peace Orchard Road, Prospect, CT 06712. LOCAL OBITUARIES Though Islam is viewed by many as a faith that restricts a freedom, four of every five converts to Islam in America are women, says Jane I.

Smith, who has studied the experiences of American Muslims in general, and American Muslim women in particular. Smith is one of several scholars attempting to dispel stereotypes and misconceptions about Islam this week during the first Awareness at Trinity College. the Gap: True includes daily events through Friday that explore topics ranging from the controversy over images of Muhammad to the pressures faced by Muslim students on college campuses. There is a real curiosity among non-Muslims about Islam and women, said Smith, a professor of Islamic Studies and Christian- Muslim relations at Hartford Seminary, and much of that interest is focused on the veil or the headscarf, and images of women in Afghanistan who are oppressed by society. Smith said, women are not confined to the home, and they have all kinds of opportunities for participation in public life, in ways that women always have in other places.

American Islam for the most part welcomes this, and encourages women to claim their role in new book, Women In America: The Challenge of Islamic Identity is one of several recently released that look at the lives of American Muslim women. Smith said American Muslim women are taking new roles in their faith as well. are learning Koranic recitation and meeting in study groups to discuss religious It is definitely the case here that they are taking roles that are not in other places, Smith said. Women are attracted to Islam by its daily rituals and its message of one she said. Tuba Nur, a practicing Muslim from Germany, said the differences between cultural tradition and religion in Islam need to be better understood.

marriages, for example, are not religious issues; that is a tradition of a said Nur, a Turkish-German Muslim woman who specializes in Christian-Muslim relations. Nur will discuss the rights of women according to the Koran and the Hadith, a book which contains the sayings of Muhammad. woman can work, but she is not obligated to share her money in the way the man does; she is not obligated to do housework; if she does it, it will be rewarded by God as an act of Nur said. think there is a lot about the rights of women that many Muslim women and men always know The recent storm of controversy over the Danish caricatures of Muhammad showed the broad range of religious sensibilities. image of Muhammad has become said Hisham Mahmoud, a lecturer at Yale University, who will speak is speaking on Wednesday evening.

Among the free, public events that are planned as part of the Gap: True at Trinity College: A lecture by Jane Smith on Muslims: What Are They Facing tonight at 7, Mather Hall, Terrace Room C. A lecture and discussion by Hisham Mahmoud on Muhammad Through Muslim Wednesday at 6 p.m. at ASAA House, 65 Vernon dinner will be served. Conversation on Islam and Women with a Muslim with Tuba Nur, Thursday at noon at Mather Hall, Terrace Room C. Lunch will be served.

Open prayer service and with Muslim Chaplain Sohaib Sultan, Friday at 12:30 p.m., Rittenberg Lounge in Mather Hall. Celebration of Muslim culture, history and art, Friday at 6 p.m., Alumni Lounge, Mather Hall. Cuisine from Pakistan and India will be served. Daily Events Scheduled At Trinity For Awareness By FRANCES GRANDY TAYLOR COURANT STAFF WRITER CONNECTICUT.