Dolores Chiodo Carpentier, age 78, passed away on October 5, 2016 at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was born in New Haven on August 9, 1938 to the late Francis and Mary LaSala Chiodo. She is survived by her husband Frank Carpentier, children Francis and his wife Kim, Robert, and KellyAnn Carpentier, and is predeceased by her daughter Donna Marie Carpentier. A PRIVATE family service will be held on Monday October 10, 2016. In lieu of flowers, or other gifts of comfort, donations in her memory may be made to the Archdiocese of Hartford by making checks payable to Catholic Charities Development Office 839-841 Asylum Avenue Hartford, CT 06105-2801 or to the Southern CT State University Foundation, Attn: Institutional Advancement, 501 Crescent St. New Haven, CT 06515.Please place 'Dolores Chiodo Carpentier Scholarship Fund' in the check's memo field.