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Mrs. Mary Anne Maghery

Mrs. Mary Anne Maghery

Oct 1, 2014

Mary Anne Maghery, age 66, of Wallingford, formerly of Hamden, passed away at MidState Medical Center on October 1, 2014. She was the wife of the late James G. Maghery. Born in New Haven on December 8, 1947, she was a daughter of the late Thomas and Audrey Doherty Burke. Beloved mother of Erin Maghery of Wallingford. She is also...

Scott Peter Hinchliff

Scott Peter Hinchliff

Sep 30, 2014

Scott Peter Hinchliff, 33, of Nome, Alaska passed away suddenly in the early morning hours of September 30, 2014. A longtime resident of Hamden, Connecticut, Scott was born on October 17, 1980, graduated from Hamden High School in 1998, and obtained a Bachelor's Degree from Syracuse University in 2002. Scott was employed by Kawerak as a Regional Grants Specialist at...

Mrs. Geraldine Bourneuf Tobin

Mrs. Geraldine Bourneuf Tobin

Sep 24, 2014

Geraldine (Bourneuf) Tobin, of Hamden and Mansfield Grove died peacefully Sept. 24, 2014 at Fowler Nursing Center in Guilford. She was 89. Born in New Haven she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Grace (Flynn) Bourneuf. She attended St. Rose of Lima School and was a graduate of Hillhouse High School. Ger was a member of the Daughters...

Sonya Kissel Tetmeyer

Sonya Kissel Tetmeyer

Sep 22, 2014

Sonya Kissel Tetmeyer, 102 died peacefully at her home in North Haven on September 22, 2014. She was born in Minsk, Russia April 26, 1912 to Mary and Kusma Kissel. Her father traveled to the United States with plans to find work and housing and bring his young family to join him in New Haven. World War I and the...

Bernice Scaramuzza

Bernice Scaramuzza

Sep 22, 2014

Bernice Scaramuzza, 94, of Hamden died peacefully on September 22, 2014 at CT Hospice in Branford. Born in Branford on September 19, 1920 a daughter of the late Anthony and Mary Coolac Tisko. She was the wife of the late Joseph Scaramuzza; mother of, Denise (Gene)Brule of Bristol and Diane Pertesis of New Haven; grandmother of, Susan & Jennifer Brule...

Stephen P. Nista

Stephen P. Nista

Sep 19, 2014

Stephen P. Nista, age 64, passed away at his home in Hamden with loved ones by his side on Sept. 19, 2014. Born on April 29, 1950, he was a son of the late Constantine 'Gus' and Cora B. Bergman Nista and the beloved father of Phillip Nista, of Hamden, and Jennifer Struzinski, of Clinton. In addition to his children,...

Marion Upham

Marion Upham

Sep 19, 2014

Marion Barbara Collett Upham, 89, formerly of Meriden, wife of the late Kirkland H. Upham, passed away at the Georgeson House in Naples, FL on Sept. 19, 2014. Born in Meriden on Feb. 2, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Arthur G. and Jessie Hobson Collett. She was the beloved mother to daughter Donnalee (Robert) Percope, of Naples,...

Rev. Joan B. Horwitt

Rev. Joan B. Horwitt

Sep 19, 2014

Rev. Joan B. Horwitt, age 90, of Hamden, passed away on September 19, 2014 from complications following a stroke. Her family was with her when she passed. Joan was born in Wyncote, PA on January 25, 1924, a daughter of the late John O. Bower MD & Armorel Dixon Bower. Joan was in the front lines of the struggle to...

Katherine M. Day

Katherine M. Day

Sep 13, 2014

Katherine M. Day, age 45, of New Haven, passed away on September 13, 2014 in Yale New Haven Hospital. Katherine was born in New Haven on January 31, 1969, a daughter of Laura Lawler Day of Wallingford and the late Vincent Day. Katherine is also survived by her daughter Alyssa Cordova and her companion Joseph Cordova; her sister Tasha Day...

Patricia L. Sullivan

Patricia L. Sullivan

Sep 12, 2014

Patricia L. Sullivan, 83, wife of the late Edward L. Sullivan, passed away peacefully Sept. 12, 2014. She was born in Presque Isle, ME Mar. 22, 1931, a daughter of the late Carlton and Alberta Guiou Rand, and had resided in CT since 1953. Mother of Shirley Murano, Lee Ann Scott, and Carol P. Cody. She is also survived by...

Marie G. Devirgilio

Marie G. Devirgilio

Sep 10, 2014

Marie G. DeVirgilio, age 78, of Orange, passed away on September 10, 2014. Born in New Haven on August 1, 1936, she was a daughter of the late Domenic & Lucy Parente Tammaro. She is survived by her husband, Angelo DeVirgilio; her son Michael DeVirgilio; sister Concetta Frank & her husband James all of Orange and several nieces & nephews....

Arthur W. Santo

Arthur W. Santo

Sep 5, 2014

Arthur W. Santo, (Ret. Capt. US Army), age 98, of Woodbridge, formerly of Hamden, passed away on September 5, 2014. Born in New Haven on May 19, 1916, he was a son of the late Angelo and Concetta Gillette Santomassimo. Arthur was predeceased by his wife Josephine A. Petrillo Santo. He was the beloved father of Cynthia (Greg) Foster, of...

Robert Edward Myers

Robert Edward Myers

Sep 4, 2014

Robert Edward Myers, 96, loving husband of 67 years to Edna Winters Myers of Hamden, passed away Sept. 4, 2014 in CT Hospice after a brief illness. He was born in Bridgeport, June 26, 1918, a son of the late Frederick and Emma Pearl Schwartz Myers and served in the US Navy during WW II. He was employed at the...

Tyler James Crosby

Tyler James Crosby

Sep 4, 2014

Tyler James Crosby, 25, passed away September 4, 2014 at his home in Hamden. Son of Jonathan C. and Constance Krebs Crosby. Brother of Jonathan (Toby) Crosby, Jr. of ID, Stacey (Joe) Flores of WA, Stephanie L. (Jerry) Bennett of OR, Terry C. (Robert) Johnson of AL, and Rebecca K. Crosby of Hamden. Uncle of Nicolette and Samuel Flores, Caleb,...

Eugene George Eureka Sr.

Eugene George Eureka Sr.

Sep 3, 2014

Eugene George Eureka, Sr., 89, of Hamden, passed away on September 3, 2014 at his home. Born in New Haven on February 1, 1925 to the late George and Ellen Knudsen Eureka. Husband of the late Margaret McMahon Eureka. Eugene is survived by his son, Eugene G. Eureka, Jr. and his wife Marilyn of South Meriden; two grandchildren, Michelle and...

James (Jim) E. Thomas Sr.

James (Jim) E. Thomas Sr.

Aug 28, 2014

James (Jim) E. Thomas, Sr., age 76 of Orange, passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side August 28, 2014, at CT Hospice in Branford. Jim was born on March 25, 1938, a son of the late Jeannette Sennett Thomas and Lester H. Thomas. Jim is survived by his loving wife, Barbara Thomas, and his sons, Scott A....

Robert Bush Mcgraw

Robert Bush Mcgraw

Aug 28, 2014

Robert Bush McGraw, 87, of Hamden, passed away on August 28, 2014. Bob was born in New York City and raised there and at his family's home in Newtown, CT where his passion for the outdoors and geology bloomed. His father, Robert Bush McGraw, was a prominent New York City psychiatrist, and his mother, Catharine Ross McGraw, a former nurse,...

Keith Robert Difronzo

Keith Robert Difronzo

Aug 27, 2014

Keith Robert DiFronzo, 47, of Clinton CT, passed away August 27, 2014 in the Smilow Cancer Hospital. Beloved son of Elizabeth DiFronzo, of Hamden CT. Mr. DiFronzo was born in New Haven, CT on Dec. 8 1966. He was employed as a Senior Account Executive at the NWN Corporation. The family would like to send a special thank you to...

Zeata Ann Witheril

Zeata Ann Witheril

Aug 26, 2014

Zeata Ann Witheril, 81, of Guilford, formerly of Hamden, passed away August 26, 2014 surrounded by her family. She was the beloved wife of 62 years to the late Eugene A. Witheril, and is survived by her loving children, Linda Kasowitz and her husband Marvin of West Haven, Patrick Witheril and his wife Denise of Guilford and Peggy Choiniere and...

Donald Cliff' Thomson

Donald Cliff' Thomson

Aug 23, 2014

Donald 'Cliff' Thomson, age 61, of Shelton, formerly of West Haven and Woodbridge , passed away suddenly on August 23, 2014. Cliff was born in New Haven on September 5, 1952. He was a 1970 graduate of West Haven High School and a 1972 graduate of Norwalk State Technical College. The son of Donald J. and Jane Ellen Hull Thomson...

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