Participant Info

Membership Number
5496
Salutation
Mrs.
First Name
Thelma
Middle/Maiden/Previous
Sophia Andersen
Last Name
Swody
Address 1
64 Pellegrino Rd
Address 2
City
Stonington
Zip Code
06378
Phone
860-535-1893
Work Code #
6
Date of Birth
03/03/1924
Date of Death
10/12/2022
Deceased At Join?
Comments
Operated an engine lathe at Pratt Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, CT from 1942-45. In 1943, she moved to East Harford, where she proudly served as a "Rosie the Riveter" during World War II at Pratt and Whitney Aircraft Company. At this same time, a young Coast Guardsman, Henry "Hank" James Swody, was renting a room from her mother on the farm. They fell in love and Thelma and Hank were married in September 1945
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