The Hundred Club of Connecticut
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Gerald Demeusy Dies; Edited Hundred Call
The first editor of The
Hundred Call, Gerald J. “Jerry” Demeusy, died
March 31. He was a reporter for The Hartford
Courant from 1949 to 1984.
The founder of The Hundred Club, Anthony
Ustjanauskas, asked Mr. Demeusy in 1969 to
develop an official publication to keep members
informed of the club’s activities. Mr. Demeusy
wrote the articles and took the photos for every
issue until he retired from the position in
1994.
Born in Manchester, he launched his newspaper
career with the former Manchester Evening
Herald. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in
1941 he joined the U.S. Navy and served in the
Pacific Theatre.
At the Courant he covered major crimes and
Superior Court in Hartford His work won a
variety of journalistic awards. He witnessed
several executions at the former state prison in
Wethersfield and authored a book “Ten Weeks of
Terror” which detailed the Taborsky-Columbe
killings in the 1950s.
Mr. Demeusy leaves a daughter, Mrs. Aline Scott
of Farmington, and two sons, David and Gerald of
Cape Cod.
