Esther M. Johnson
Jan 25, 2016
Esther M. Johnson passed away on January 25, 2016 after a short illness. She was born in New Haven to the late Axel and Selma Pierson Johnson. Esther is survived by her nieces, Anne Waehner of Guilford and Laura Anissian of Sweden. Predeceased by her sister, Selma Folkers; her niece, Cynthia Jamieson; and her nephew, Richard Folkers. She was employed...
Dorothy T. Seipold
Jan 24, 2016
Dorothy Thomas Seipold, 92, of Hamden died January 24, 2016 of natural causes. The wife of John W. Seipold, also of Hamden, she was a resident of Whitney Manor Rehabilitation Center for the past 8 years. Born July 29, 1923 to the late Raymond and Dorothy (Noble) Thomas of West Haven she lived in that city for over 60 years....
Thomas C. Coleman
Jan 24, 2016
Thomas C. Coleman, 84, of Hamden passed away on January 24, 2016. Born on January 17, 1932 to the late Thomas F. Coleman. Tom will be remembered as a beloved husband of 58 years to his wife, Kathryn McKenna Coleman; devoted father to his sons, Christopher of Verona, NJ, John & his wife Rolinda of Milford, Thomas & his wife...
Ruth Franz Jones
Jan 24, 2016
Ruth Estelle Franz Jones, age 91, formerly of Milford, CT, passed peacefully from this life on January 24, 2016, at home in Wallingford. Born in Woodhaven, Queens, NY, on October 25, 1924, she was the younger daughter of the late Frederick L. & Theresa E. Gunther Franz. Her family owned a home along the shore in West Haven for many...
Eleanor L. Oberempt
Jan 21, 2016
Eleanor L. Hoff Oberempt, age 83, of Wallingford, passed away on January 21, 2016 at her home. Eleanor was the widow of Eugene C. Oberempt. Born on August 28, 1932 in Meriden and resident there most of her life, she was a daughter of the late Albert & Augusta (Wilk) Hoff. Eleanor is survived by her daughter Allison J. Sherrill...
Laura Baker
Jan 21, 2016
Laura Kautz Baker, 67, of Branford passed away on January 21, 2016 in her home a year after receiving a serious cancer diagnosis. Daughter of the late Rudolph and Julia Hunt Kautz, Laura, also known to her family and Branford friends as Bonnie, was born on August 12, 1948. She and her husband, Benjamin M. Baker, were married for 38...
Bernice Fieseler
Jan 18, 2016
Bernice Fieseler, a 40-year resident of Bridgeport, CT, died peacefully on January 18, 2016, after a brief illness. She was three months away from celebrating her 80th birthday. Bernice was born and raised in Forest Hills, NY, where she lived until transferring to General Electric Company's headquarters in Fairfield, CT. Bernice was the long-time Executive Assistant for GE's Senior Vice-President...
Daniel P. Younger
Jan 18, 2016
Daniel P. Younger of Mt. Vernon, 62, died on Monday, January 18, after a brief and valiant struggle with cancer. Dan was the former director of the Knox County Historical Society Museum and former director of the Olin Art Gallery at Kenyon College. He also taught several courses in museum studies and history of photography at Kenyon. Before that he...
John Frank Orzolek
Jan 17, 2016
John F. Orzolek, Ret. HPD, age 87, of Hamden, passed on Sunday, January 17, 2016. Beloved husband to Dianne Heywood Orzolek. He was born in New Haven on August 23, 1928, a son of the late John & Mary Milewska Orzolek. Loving father of Linda & her husband Dave DeSanti of Durham and Mark Orzolek of Hamden; grandfather of Lisa...
Evelyn Spooner Marcellino
Jan 15, 2016
Evelyn (Spooner) Marcellino, 92, wife of the late Jessimio Marcellino, was called to her eternal home on Friday, January 15, 2016. Born in Houlton, Maine, Evelyn was the daughter of the late Frank Hartford and Emma (Brewer) Spooner. She came to Meriden in 1943 when she married Jess. For more than 50 years, they lived on the family farm, where...
Helga E. Glynn
Jan 14, 2016
Helga E. Glynn, age 76, of Woodbridge, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 14, 2016. Born in Munich, Germany on August 18, 1939, she was a daughter of Gerhard Boettger and the late Emilie Kalb Boettger. A longtime resident of Woodbridge, she was the wife of the late Thomas C. Glynn. Helga is survived by her devoted daughter Wendy, her...
Antoinette Tarini
Jan 14, 2016
Antoinette Carbone Tarini, 96, of Orange, wife of the late Anthony Tarini, passed away at home on Thursday January 14, 2016. She was born in New Haven on March 28, 1919 to the late Paul and Theresa Puglia Carbone. She is survived by her loving sons; Anthony and his wife Elaine of Wallingford, and Mark and his wife Geraldine of...
Charles L. Schwab, Jr.
Jan 14, 2016
Charles Leonard Schwab, Jr., of New Haven (Westville), former Director of Public Works for the City of New Haven, passed away peacefully on January 14, 2016. He was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Anne Lillis Schwab. Charles was born on August 5, 1923 to the late Charles Leonard Schwab, Sr. and Emily Freida Bauer. Charles attended Edgewood Grammar...
Rev. Dr. Cherukara Varghese Thomas
Jan 13, 2016
Cherukara Varghese Thomas, 'Tom,' age 76, of Cromwell, Connecticut passed away on January 13, 2016. He was born in Kerala, India, on August 5, 1939, the youngest of eight children. His father C.V. Varughese was a farmer and businessman of the Kadamula family. His mother Rachael (née Mathew) was well-liked and respected, a schoolteacher of the Kurianoor Valikalayil family. She...
Ruth S. Colbourn
Jan 13, 2016
Ruth S. Colbourn, 93, of North Haven passed away on January 13, 2016 at her home. Beloved wife of the late Robert A. Colbourn, Ruth was born in Newark, NJ on March 19, 1922 daughter of the late Franklin and Mildred (Fowler) Wilson. Along with her husband, Ruth was very involved with the Free Masons and the Order of the...
Dr. Rafi Tofig
Jan 12, 2016
Rafi Tofig, a well-known physician in the New Haven-area, died early on Tuesday, January 12, 2016 at Whitney Center in Hamden, where he had been living for the past 16 years. He was 92. Dr. Tofig was born on August 15, 1923 in Tabriz, Iran. He grew up in the Iranian capital of Tehran, where he attended the University of...
Ethel R. Jacques
Jan 10, 2016
Wallingford- Ethel R. Jacques, 86, wife of the late Clement Jacques passed away peacefully on Sunday, January 10, 2016 at Masonic Healthcare Center. She was born September 4, 1929 in Glen Cove, NY a daughter of the late Axel and Rangnhild (Johanssen) Seadale. Ethel had owned Rangnhild Sandanavian Store in Hamden, was an executive secretary at Permanent Savings and Loan...
Kristin Mary Ridinger
Jan 9, 2016
Ms. Kristin Mary Ridinger (formerly Taurchini), 59, of New Haven, and a long time resident of Woodbridge, died peacefully surrounded by her loving family on January 9, 2016. Daughter of Albert F. Ridinger, of Stuart, FL and the late Nancy Perkins Ridinger, Kristin was the loving and devoted mother of Sarah Wallace Taurchini, of Arlington, VA; Matthew Adam Taurchini, of...
Paul E. Whitaker
Jan 9, 2016
Paul E. Whitaker, age 78, of Hamden, passed away on January 9, 2016 at Masonic Hospice in Wallingford. Paul was born in Seneca Falls, NY on April 28, 1937 a son of the late Ivan E. & Eileen R. McGough Whitaker. He is survived by his wife, Joan Siedzik Whitaker; his daughter Theresa Rogers of Wallingford; sons, Atty. Paul E....
Gladys L. Hunter
Jan 7, 2016
Gladys Lawrence Hunter passed away peacefully at age 100 at the Masonic Home & Hospital in Wallingford on January 7, 2016. Gladys was born in Northville, Michigan, on August 7, 1915 to the late Frank E. Lawrence and Mary Amelia Kay, who moved to Wethersfield the following year. Gladys attended local schools, and graduated from Wethersfield High School in 1933,...
