SWOKLA, Antoinette (Cancelmo) Antoinette (Cancelmo) Swokla, 84, of East Hartford, beloved wife for 62 years of Walter Swokla, died Monday, (November 10, 2008) after a brief illness. She was born in Hartford, daughter of the late Donato and Antoinette (DiBeneditis) Cancelmo and had lived in East Hartford since 1966. Prior to her retirement, Toni served as a Librarian Aide at the R.J. O'Brien School where she worked for 30 years. She was a former communicant of St. Isaac Jogues Church. She was a mother first, and her family was everything to her. She enjoyed cooking, sewing and gardening. Besides her husband she is survived by a son, Walter A. Swokla and his wife Susan of Andover, two daughters, Janice Casey and her husband John of Pasadena, MD, and Arlene Paterwic of Manchester, eight grandchildren, Benjamin, Brittany, Spencer, Jennifer, Jacquelyn, Sarah, Kathryn and Emily, four great grandchildren, her sister Marie Simonelli of Rocky Hill, and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son-in-law, Donald Paterwic, four brothers and two sisters. The funeral will be Friday, November 14, with a Memorial Mass, 10 a.m. in St. Isaac Jogues Church, One Community Street, East Hartford. Friends may call Thursday, November 13, 6-8 p.m. at Dillon-Baxter Funeral Home, 1276 Berlin Tpke., Wethersfield. Burial will be private and at the convenience of the family. Contributions in her memory may be made to: Alzheimer's Assoc., 279 New Britain Ave. Suite 5, Kensington, CT 06037. To share a memory with the family please visit www.dillonbaxter.com.