- Date Of Birth: June 11, 1946
- Date Of Death: November 23, 2010
- State: Connecticut
Murray Nicholas Oken, 64, of Simsbury, husband of Sheryl (Gordon) Oken for twenty-eight years, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, November 23rd at Apple Rehab Farmington Valley in Plainville. Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Hyman and Lillian (Ziccardi) Oken. Murray attended Windsor Schools and graduated from DeVry University in Chicago. He was employed by VanZelm Shadford and Heywood in Farmington retiring in 2008 as HVAC Senior Mechanical Engineer. He loved to listen to classical, opera, and country music, loved reading, playing board games and cribbage. He had an amazing wealth of knowledge in all subjects. Murray was a twenty-nine year summer resident of East Hampton and always opened his cottage to family and friends. Besides his wife, he is survived by his mother-in-law, Joan Gordon of Middletown; a brother, Louis Oken of West Hartford; a sister, Ann Marie Ullom and her husband, Paul of Westerville, OH; two sisters-in-law, Nancy Raymond and her husband, Michael of Chuluota, FL and Jill Weisenberg and her husband, Neil of Avon; five nephews, Jeffrey Oken, Michael Oken, Timothy Synder, Adam Weisenberg, and Gregory Raymond; three nieces, Michelle Cox, Erin Weisenberg and Kelly Weisenberg; four great nephews and four great nieces.
