Antonina "Toni" S. McGugan passed away Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009, at Apple Rehabilitation Center in Mystic, with her family by her side.
Toni was born in Somersville on Oct. 15, 1915, the daughter of the late Thomas Strekas and Josephine (Reckley) Strekas. She graduated from Enfield High School in 1936.
She retired from Electric Boat where she worked in the technical publications section for 15 years. She was a communicant of St. Mary Mother of The Redeemer Church in Groton.
She is survived by a daughter, Jean Brand and her husband, Charles, of Mystic; a son, Thomas E. Bogue and his wife, Judith, of Mystic; a brother, Thomas Strekas of Enfield; her grandchildren, Peter Brand and his wife, Victoria, Lisa Sargent and her husband, Ted, Lauri Badamo and her husband, Edward, David Bogue and his wife, Amy, and James Bogue; great-grandchildren, Nicholas Bogue, William Bogue, Megan Sargent, Sarah Sargent, Emily Sargent, Kevin Sargent, Brittany Badamo, Andrew Badamo, and Nicole Badamo; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her husband, Clarence J. Bogue, on July 14, 1968; her brothers, Stanislaw Strekas, Peter Strekas, and Joseph Strekas; her sisters, Appolina Strekas, Sophia Budz, Helen Lague, and Alice Cessenszki; and her great-grandchildren, Tyler and Connor Sargent.
Toni's family will greet relatives and friends at The Dinoto Funeral Home, 17 Pearl Street, Historic downtown Mystic on Wednesday from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11am. at St. Mary Mother Of The Redeemer Church, 69 Groton Long Point Road, Groton. Interment will be at Elm Grove Cemetery, Mystic.
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