Obituary Listing

Apr 15, 2025

It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Leonard "Lenny" Young, Jr., who left us peacefully on April 15, 2025, at the age of 68 after a courageous battle with cancer.

Born on February 2, 1957, to Leonard Sr. and Gloria (Mugni) Young, Lenny was a longtime Hamden resident. He grew up with an...

Apr 13, 2025

Elizabeth Ellen Collins Freed, 103, of Cheshire, beloved wife of the late Arnold W. Freed, passed away on April 13, 2025 at Elim Park.  She was born in Salisbury, CT, the youngest daughter of the late Martin and Jeanette Donahue Collins. She had a long career at SNET and retired from AT&T. After retirement Elizabeth became involved in volunteer...

Apr 11, 2025

Cynthia A. Stampler, 61, passed away at St. Raphael's Hospital in New Haven on April 11, 2025. Cynthia was born in Brooklyn, NY on June 19, 1963 to the late Leonard and Paulinis Joan (Crissey) Stampler. Cynthia grew up and spent most of her life in West Haven. She worked as a receptionist for Stampler Auctions, and as an...

Apr 4, 2025

Matthew Poli Nolan, 41, of North Haven, passed away on April 4, 2025. Born in New Haven on March 6, 1984, and survived by parents Timothy Poli and Ellyn (Shields) Nolan, Matthew was a devoted husband and father and leaves behind his loving wife Jennifer (Kendall) Nolan and daughters Annie Lynn and Katie Ellyn Nolan. He is also survived...

Apr 4, 2025

Marsha M. Hendren, 78, of Hamden CT, passed away on April 4, 2025, at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital.  She was born in Bridgeport, CT on May 5, 1946, and was the daughter of the late Mary and Alexander Megura. Marsha is survived by her daughters, Marisa Lutz and her husband Kristoffer (of Sudbury, MA),...

Apr 3, 2025

Cheshire, Connecticut resident Cornelia M. "Connie" Dorsey, wife of the late Judge Peter C. Dorsey, died April 3, 2025 at Connecticut Hospice. She was 92. Connie was born to Lawrence and Esther McEwen on Sept. 9, 1932, in New London, Connecticut. She had an older sister, Sherry, and has a younger brother, Lawrence Jr. After graduating from the Harbor...

Apr 2, 2025

Lois Philippi Stover, 100, of North Haven, passed away at Connecticut Hospice on April 2, 2025. Born in Meriden March 7, 1925 to the late William Henry and Edna Meyer Philippi, she attended Lovell School in New Haven, graduating in 1938, then subsequently attended Fair Haven Schools, and graduated from Hillhouse High School in 1942. She worked as an...

Mar 31, 2025

Margaret C. Connolly, 60, of Hamden, CT passed peacefully on March 31, 2025 after a two-year battle with Pancreatic Cancer. Peg was raised in Scituate, MA, the youngest of seven children by the late Frank R. and Mary T. Smith Hanlon. Peg was a gifted student-athlete through her years in the Scituate school system and in college. Peg earned...

Mar 31, 2025

Rosemary Margaret Addison McCarthy of Hamden passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on March 31, 2025. Born in London, Ontario, Canada on November 21, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Wilfred and Margaret (Deveney) Addison. The sole daughter of in a family of seven siblings, she was predeceased by her brothers and their wives, Norman (Virginia),...

Mar 28, 2025

Marie F. Turner, 88, of Meriden, loving wife of the late Arnold J. Turner, passed away on March 28, 2025, at the Hospital of Central CT, New Britain. She was born in Waterville, ME on August 2, 1936, a daughter of the late Albert and Albertine (Bourque) Genest. Marie is survived by her children, Mark Turner, Paul Turner and...

Mar 27, 2025

Mildred (Sis) Schlesinger, of Cheshire, formerly of North Haven, passed away on March 27, 2025 at the age of 102. She was born in New Brunswick, NJ to the late John and Mildred Ashmead, and grew up in Windsor, CT. Sis attended Mt. St Joseph Academy in West Hartford, graduated from Westbrook College in Portland, ME, and worked as...

Mar 25, 2025

Rev. Eugene J. Charman, entered into eternal life on March 25, 2025, the solemnity of the Annunciation. Fr. Gene was born in Newport, RI on March 10, 1944 to the late Genevieve (Grudzinski) Charman and Eugene R. Charman. Fr. Gene spent his childhood growing up along the shoreline and was a proud alumni of Notre Dame High School in...

Mar 24, 2025

Elsie E. Pia Lombra, 99, of Hamden/Cheshire, passed away peacefully on March 24, 2025. She was born at St. Raphael's Hospital on June 18, 1925 to Letticia and John Pia. Elsie was predeceased by the love of her life, Eugene L. Lombra, in 2007, her loving daughter, JoAnne, in 2021, and her brother, Arthur Pia. Elsie is survived by...

Mar 20, 2025

Peter George Hinchliff, 74, of Hamden, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2025 at CT Hospice. He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Lekas Hinchliff, whom he was married to for 55 years. Peter will be lovingly remembered by his daughters and sons-in-law, Allison & Gabe Rosenberg and Stephanie & Michael Barrett; his siblings, Susan Zelanakas and Michael Hinchliff;...

Mar 20, 2025

N. Yvonne Dingus, age 85 of Hamden passed away March 20, 2025 at Yale New Haven Hospital / St. Raphael Campus. Yvonne was the widow of Edwin F. Dingus. Born on December 30. 1939 in Starke, Florida she was a daughter of the late James and Mary Virginia (Brantley) Purdee.

Yvonne is survived by her daughter  Betty...

Mar 20, 2025

Ann Rose (DiGiuilo) Vega, 72, Meriden, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 20, 2025. Ann will be reuniting in heaven with her late dear beloved husband of 50 years, Francisco E. Vega.

Ann was born at Long Island College Hospital on September 18, 1952 to the late Thomas and Angela Rose DiGiulio. She was raised...

Mar 14, 2025

A. Lee Campione (nee Scowen), EMBA, BA – 91, of Wallingford, died unexpectedly and peacefully Friday, March 14, 2025. Born on October 19, 1933, in Montreal, Quebec, Canada to the late P.H. Scowen and Eulah Reed, Lee's early years were spent living in Quebec. On a gap-year trip to Europe, she met her husband-to-be in Lausanne, Switzerland. For 51...

Mar 13, 2025

Jean Margaret Pyne, age 87, of North Haven, passed away on March 13, 2025. Born in New Haven on January 16, 1938, Jean was the daughter of the late Thomas Pyne Sr. and Margaret (English) Pyne, and the sister of the late Thomas Pyne Jr.

She is survived by her sister-in-law, Joan Pyne of Bethany; her nephews,...