President’s Message

To former Members, Current Members, and friends of the HWBC.

This hockey season has been a very tough one for the HWBC family. We have lost yet another longtime member and servant of our club. Donna Steffen passed away on Monday, July 6, 2026. Donna was a longtime member of the club, she was a member of the club’s Board of Directors for many years, and was a diehard fan of our Whalers, as well as the Springfield Indians/Falcons, Chicago Blackhawks, Vegas Golden Knights, NASCAR and UConn basketball.

On behalf of the entire HWBC, I express my deepest sympathy to Donna’s family and friends. May she rest in peace.

Please see the link to her obituary below.

https://www.courant.com/obituaries/donna-degutis-steffen-hartford-connecticut/

With sympathy,

Mark Anderson

President/Membership Chairperson, HWBC