Kristie B. Duke

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Thursday, July 2, 2009 - 11:20am

Kristie B. Duke, 22, of Berlin, passed away on Tuesday, June 30, 2009. She was the beloved daughter of Wayne and Kathleen (Marchewka) Duke of Berlin and granddaughter of Joseph Marchewka of Fairport, NY and the late Dorothy (Smigel) Marchewka and the late Stanley and Dora (Fasanelli) Duke. Born in Hartford, she was a lifelong Berlin resident and attended St. Paul’s Church.  Kristie graduated from Berlin High School Class of 2005 and was attending Central Connecticut State University.  She worked at Chili’s Restaurant in Newington and had a love for all animals especially her golden retriever “Bailey”.  Kristie also leaves her sister Jennifer L. Duke of Berlin, her aunts and uncles Richard and Mary Ellen Marchewka of Fairport, NY, Robert and Regina Marchewka of Easton, MA, Ronald Duke of Newington, Stanley and Laurie Duke of Berlin, Roseanne Musso of Newington, Diane and Thomas Butcher of Newington, Marie and Richard Bielak of Wethersfield, Theresa and Eddie Villanueva of Columbia, as well as many cousins and her boyfriend Stephen Meassick.  A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Friday, 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Church, 485 Alling St., Berlin. Burial will follow in West Meadow Cemetery, Newington. Family and friends are invited to call TODAY from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Newington Memorial Funeral Home, 20 Bonair Ave., Newington.  Memorial donations may be made in Kristie Duke’s name to the Connecticut Humane Society, 701 Russell Rd., Newington, CT 06111. To share a memory with her family, please visit us at www.newingtonmemorial.com.

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