JOSEPH " SWEENEY " EITVYDAS

September 25, 1914 - October 26, 2005

JOSEPH 'SWEENEY' EITVYDAS 91 OF NEW BRITAIN DIED WEDNESDAY EVENING AT HOME. HE WAS BORN IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND CAME TO NEW BRITAIN 65 YEARS AGO. HE IS THE WIDOWER OF MARGARET( RIZAUSKAS) EITVYDAS. HE WAS A WORLD WAR 11 NAVY VETERAN. HE WORKED AT THE FORMER SKINNER CHUCK MFG UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT. HE WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE AMBER CLUB AND WAS A LIFETIME MEMBER. HE WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD AND PERMITTEE FOR MANY YEARS OF THE AMBER CLUB AND HE WAS ALSO PAST PRESIDENT. JOSEPH WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF ST ANDREWS CHURCH. HE IS SURVIVED BY 2 DAUGHTERS, A SON AND DAUGHTER IN LAW, JANET EITVYDAS OF NEW BRITAIN AND LINDA SIMONI OF EAST HAVEN AND HIS SON JAMES AND WIFE DIANE OF BURLINGTON. 2 GRANDCHILDREN MATTHEW SIMONI AND ELIAH EITVYDAS AND ALSO HIS BELOVED CAT MOLLY. HE WAS PREDECEASED BY ONE BROTHER AND SISTER. FUNERAL SERVICES WITH MILITARY HONORS WILL TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY OCT 31, 2005 10;00AM AT THE VENSKUNAS FUNERAL HOME 670 STANLEY ST NEW BRITAIN, CT WITH THE REVEREND JOHN RIKTERAITIS OFFICIATING. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN ST MARY CEMETERY. THE FLAG WILL BE PRESENTED TO HIS DAUGHTER JANET EITVYDAS. CALLING HOURS WILL BE ON SUNDAY FROM 3-6 PM AND ALSO FROM 9AM MONDAY UNTIL TIME OF SERVICE. MEMORIAL DONATIONS MAY BE MADE TO HOSPICE OF CENTRAL CONNECTICUT 205 WEST MAIN ST NEW BRITAIN, CT 06052. TO PLACE ONLINE CONDOLENCES PLEASE GO TO WWW.VENSKUNASFUNERALHOME.COM