Heidi Gantick -- Class 1983
Posted Dec 22 ,2007
Heidi Theresa Gantick
Lebanon - Heidi Theresa Gantick, 42, of Lebanon, died after her 17-month battle with canc...
Heidi Theresa Gantick
Lebanon - Heidi Theresa Gantick, 42, of Lebanon, died after her 17-month battle with cancer on Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at The William W. Backus Hospital, Norwich.
Heidi was born in Evereux, France, on March 1, 1965, and is the daughter of Trudy Gantick of East Hampton and the late Normand Gantick.
She is survived by her husband, Chris Barrett and their three sons, Chad, 14, Kyle, 12, and Nicholas, 4.
She graduated from Lyman Memorial High School in Lebanon in 1983 and earned her bachelor's degree in computer engineering from Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic in 1986. She also took graduate classes at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and graduated with a master's degree in engineering.
Heidi began her career at General Dynamics in San Diego before moving to Lebanon, where she worked for Electric Boat for over 20 years before her passing. Highlights of her career came as she worked on the new Seawolf and as a supervisor on the Virginia Class submarines in the simulation department. Heidi was considered an expert in her field by her peers.
She loved to travel and spent Thanksgiving holiday with her family in Florida. She was also a coach for the Lebanon sports program and was an avid dog lover of golden retrievers.
Besides her mother and husband, her extended family includes her sisters, Gail Gantick and her husband, Gary Maguire, of Union, and Linda May and her husband, Dwayne, of Oxford, Ga.; her brother, Chris
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