George Michael Decrosta
Apr 18, 2013
DeCrosta, George Michael, 82, died at his home on April 18. This is the note he left behind. 'I have lived a very good life. The love of my life, Susan Rumbin DeCrosta, has been with me for over forty years. When I turned fifty, I was blessed with the birth of our son, Christopher Jude George. My love for...
Rocco R. Gelonese
Apr 17, 2013
Meriden- Rocco R. Gelonese, 83, beloved husband of Imogene (Weaver) Gelonese passed away on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. He was born January 16, 1930 in Meriden, a son of the late Vitorio and Mary (Agro) Gelonese. Rocco proudly served his country in the US Army, had worked for MRM Industries in Meriden until his retirement and was a longtime and...
Alphena M. Money
Apr 12, 2013
Alphena M. Doucette Money, 89, of Hamden originally from Bridgeport, wife of the late Louie Money died Friday, April 12, 2013 at Hamden Health Care Center. Born on April 18, 1923 in Grand Isle Maine a daughter of the late Leonard and Annie Cyr Doucette. She enjoyed bingo, tennis, doing crafts, knitting, crocheting and was a Mets fan. Gifted with...
Mr. Ricardo Martinez
Apr 11, 2013
Ricardo Martinez, 82, loving husband of Rosaura Frias Martinez of Wilcox St, Meriden, Connecticut passed away April 11, 2013 in Meriden after a brief illness. He was born in Barahona, Dominican Republic January 24, 1931. The youngest son of the late Ricardo and Prudencia Felix Martinez, he had resided in Passaic, NJ 28 years, from 1965 until moving to Meriden...
Mrs. Florence L. Wynne
Apr 10, 2013
Florence L. Wynne, 97, of New Haven, wife of the late James Wynne, passed away on April 10, 2013. She was born in New Haven on January 2, 1916 to the late Howard and Louise Wiedmann Bray. Florence worked for many years at Channel 8 News as a billing clerk and was a member of the 339 Club at Bella...
Mrs. Beatrice Olson Hudson
Apr 8, 2013
Beatrice Olson Hudson, 87, of North Haven, passed away on April 8, 2013. Born on August 6, 1925 in North Haven a daughter of the late Victor L. and Anna Evalin Olson. A graduate of Hamden High School and the Greenwich Hospital School of Nursing, she enjoyed a varied career in the nursing profession. Early on she served as a...
Mr. Craig Alan Otto
Apr 7, 2013
Craig Alan Otto, age 47, of Hamden, passed away April 7, 2013 at his residence. Born in New Haven on January 4, 1966, he was a son of the late Henry G. 'Dutch' Otto, Ret. HPD and Faith A. Wachtelhausen Otto with whom he resided. Craig is also survived by his daughter, Signe Reese Otto of Riverview, FL; his son...
Mrs. Luciana Mocellin Lyon
Apr 6, 2013
Luciana Mocellin Lyon, age 89, of Hamden, passed away on April 6, 2013. Born in Venice, Italy on March 29, 1924 she was the daughter of the late Napoleon Mocellin & Anna Mohovich Mocellin. Mrs. Lyon came to the United Stated in 1946. A Licensed Clinical Social Worker, she worked at the Yale Child Study Center for several years. In...
Gabriela Adriana Hudak
Apr 4, 2013
Gabriela Adriana Hudak, 12, of Hamden passed away on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Daughter of Joseph S. and Adriana Pastorova Hudak, she was born in New Haven on December 8, 2000. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her sister, Maximiliana Laska Hudak, grandparents Bozena and Jan Pastor, aunts, Lisa Filarsky and Monika...
Eleanor Rosemary Devine
Apr 3, 2013
Eleanor Rosemary Devine, age 93, of Hamden, CT, passed away on April 3rd at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Born in New Haven, CT on August 13, 1919 a daughter of the late Helena Tiernan and William A. Devine. Eleanor grew up in Hamden. She attended Spring Glen Grammar School and Hillhouse High School in New Haven. After one year at...
Robert E. Westfort
Mar 31, 2013
Meriden- Robert E. Westfort, 98 husband of the late Elizabeth (Kroeber) Westfort died on Sunday, March 31, 2013 at MidState Medical Center. He was born in Meriden to Edward and Emily Westfort on March 23, 1915. He graduated from Meriden High School in 1933 and was employed at International Silver Co. for 43 years, 40 years as a die cutter....
Robert Bob' Herman Yucker
Mar 31, 2013
Robert 'Bob' Herman Yucker, 85, of Hamden passed away on March 31, 2013. Born in Derby on April 28, 1927 to the late Herman and Anna Dapkunes Yucker. Bob is survived by his wife of 52 years, Shirley Turkington Yucker; his son, Robert W. Yucker of Hamden; his daughter, Mary Ann Mott of Arizona and her husband Geoffrey. Bob grew...
Carmen L. Siniscalchi
Mar 29, 2013
Carmen L. Siniscalchi, age 86, of Hamden, passed away on March 29, 2013. Born in New Haven on Feb. 12, 1927 he was the son of the late Lorenzo & Mary Alfano Siniscalchi. Carmen is survived by his wife of 59 years, Marie Tiberio Siniscalchi; his daughter, Joanne Pacelli & her husband Steven of Hamden; his sons, James L. Siniscalchi...
Concetta Fusco Amatruda
Mar 29, 2013
Concetta Fusco Amatruda, a long- time resident of New Haven and Woodbridge, passed away at the age of 103, on March 29, 2013 of cancer. She was born in New Haven on May 14, 1909 of immigrant parents, Pascuale and Concetta Fusco of Vitulano, and was orphaned by the age of 2 years old. For many years she lived with...
Stanley Mazan
Mar 21, 2013
Stanley Mazan, 88, of North Haven, passed away on March 21, 2013 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Born on March 19, 1925 to the late Frank and Helen Tokarz Mazan. Stan is survived by his brother, Raymond Mazan of North Haven and two nieces, Pamela Mazan Payson of Warner, NH and Melissa Mazan Deveney of North Grafton, MA. Besides his...
Jane Turner French
Mar 20, 2013
Jane Turner French, age 78, formerly of Windsor Rd., Hamden, passed away March 20, 2013; wife of the late Nelson French; daughter of the late Will and Edna Turner; beloved mother of Paul of Wallingford, CT, Daniel of Hamden, CT and Stephen of Milford, CT; loving mother-in-law of Jenni Darius French, Lynn Petrosemolo French, and Cheryl Haynam French, all of...
Kathryn A. Knudsen
Mar 18, 2013
Kathryn A. Knudsen, 55, of West Haven passed away on Monday, March 18, 2013 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Daughter of John R. and the late Julia 'Judy' Foster Knuden of West Haven, she is also survived a sister, Lynn Y. Knudsen of Madison. Kathy was born at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, TX on May 15, 1957. She was...
Edward Leonard Stoor, Sr
Mar 17, 2013
Edward Leonard Stoor, Sr, 70, husband of Roberta Onofrio Stoor of Hamden, passed away March 17, 2013 in the St Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born April 9, 1942, a son of the late Leonard and Irene Siwinski Stoor and lived in New Haven before moving to Hamden in 1973. He was employed by the New...
Richard 'Dick' L. Hunter
Mar 17, 2013
Richard 'Dick' L. Hunter, age 94, of New Haven, passed away on March 17, 2013. Born in Coalport, Pennsylvania on July 21, 1918, he was a son of the late William & Kathryn Peacock Hunter. Dick was predeceased by his wife, Anne Poreda Hunter; his daughter Patricia Hunter-Kitzes; his sisters, Gladys Compton & Virginia Malanson and his brothers, Lester &...
Richard H. Carleton
Mar 17, 2013
Richard H. Carleton, 78, husband of 52 years to Patricia Murray Carleton, passed away on Sunday, March 17, 2013 in New Haven. Father of Maureen Hamilton and her husband Kenneth of Middlefield, Richard Carleton and his wife Stacy of Hamden and Arlene Cramer and her husband Chad of Branford; grandfather of Desirae Zentz, Kacey Carleton, Benjamin Hamilton, and Katherine Hamilton;...
