~ Luella Schreier Huntley ~
Class of 1938
Luella Sue (Schreier) Huntley, 87, of Colchester, wife of the late Harold P. Huntley, passed away on Saturday, April 18th at Middlesex Hospital with her daughter, Gayle, by her side.
Born in Middletown, on July 5, 1921, Luella was the youngest daughter of the late Charles and Pearl
(Botelle) Schreier. Luella was raised in Cromwell, attending Cromwell schools and graduating from Middletown High School in 1938. Mother of four children, Luella was a stay at home mom. Eventually she started working at SNET and retired from there. She was the President of the Cromwell PTA, President of the Cromwell Senior Club, lifelong member of the Cromwell Historical Society and belonged to the Rough Writers of East Haddam. She was best known as a fierce fighter for the Cromwell River Front. She loved her square dancing and summers spent in Litchfield. She was very proud of her father who was the blacksmith of Cromwell.
Luella is survived by three daughters, Gayle Millard and her husband, Doug, of Colchester, Janice Macri and her husband, Rodney, of WA, and Hollis Huntley; one son, Harold P. Huntley and his wife, Gail, of WA; several grandchildren and great grandchildren and her adopted daughter, Betsy Trevason of Middletown. Other survivors include her brother, Thomas Schreier and his wife, Doris of Wetherfield, and her sister-in-law Mary Schreier, wife of the late Arthur Schreier.
Besides her husband and parents, she was predeceased by several brothers and sisters and her special friend, the late Fred Reiman.
Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 23rd at 10:00 am at the Hilltop Covenant Church, 82 Hicksville Road, Cromwell with the Pastor Timothy Stolhberg officiating and interment will follow in West Cemetery in Cromwell.
Friends may call on Wednesday evening from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the Cromwell Funeral Home, 506 Main Street, Cromwell and in lieu of flowers, may make donations in Luella's memory to "Lou Gehrig's Disease", The ALS Association, 4 Oxford Road, Unit D4, Milford, CT 06460.
Messages of condolence may be sent to the family at www.doolittlefuneralservice.com.