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- Shirley Violette (Poulin) Salka, 60, of East Lyme, wife of David Salka, died on Thursday, April 20, 2006, at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington.
Mrs. Salka was born in Bristol, on May 30, 1945, and was a daughter of Germaine (Rodrigue) Poulin of Bristol and the late Lucien Poulin.
She was formerly of Bristol where she taught junior high at St. Ann School for 22 years and was known as "Mrs. V". She graduated from Bristol Central High School and received her degree attending Eastern and Central Connecticut State Universities. She was a resident of East Lyme for the past 20 years while she continued to teach at Waterford High School and was active with her husband in business at Salka Freight Lines, Boats Inc. of Niantic, and Snow White Laundromat of South Lyme. She was a huge advocate for education and had a passion for travel.
In addition to her husband whom she married on Oct. 11, 1985, and her mother, Mrs. Poulin is survived by a son, Steven Violette of Canterbury; a stepson, Jeffrey Salka of Danbury; two brothers and a sister-in-law, Roger Poulin of Madison, and Rick and Kathy Poulin of Austin, Tex.; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Dorothy Poulin of Bristol, and Deb and Thomas Chase of Chicago; two grandchildren, Jeremy S. Violette and Abigail Salka; and several nieces, nephews, and cousins of this area and of Lewiston, Maine, and Quebec. She also had many close friends and touched the lives of so many people through her selfless generosity.
Relatives and friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 24, 2006, at the Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home, 48 Grand St., Niantic. There will also be calling hours between 8:30 and 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 25, at the Funk Funeral Home, 35 Bellevue Ave., Bristol, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at St. Ann Church, 215 West St., Bristol. Entombment will follow in the Holy Family Mausoleum at St. Joseph Cemetery, Bristol.
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1945 - 2006 (60 years)
