Detra 'Dee' Macdougall
Jan 15, 2013
After a valiant battle during the past several years with Multiple Systems Atrophy, Detra passed away peacefully at her home in Bethany Ct at the age of 68 on Tuesday January 15th, 2013. She is survived by her husband Erwin Steward, her mother Allena T. MacDougall, her brother Kevin B. MacDougall and Predeceased by her sister Marlee L. MacDougall. She...
Anne Houdlette Disbrow
Jan 14, 2013
Meriden - Anne(Houdlette) Disbrow, 85, wife of 59 years to Curtis L. Disbrow died on Monday, January 14, 2013 at home surrounded by her family. She was born April 29, 1927 in Meriden a daughter of the late John and Bertha (Gretchel) Houdlette. Anne was a life long resident of Meriden, a member of First Congregational Church of Meriden where...
Raymond John Bergmann, Jr.
Jan 14, 2013
Raymond John Bergmann, Jr., loving husband of 50 years of Eunice Gustafson Bergmann, passed away peacefully Jan. 14, at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born in New Haven Jan. 8, 1941, a son of the late Raymond J. and Carol Peck Bergmann, Sr. and was a life long resident of Woodbridge. Raymond was employed with the Ed-Mor Electric Co....
Cristina Cardona
Jan 13, 2013
Meriden - Cristina Cardona, 78, wife of the late Pedro Cardona, died on Sunday, January 13, 2013 at MidState Medical Center. She was born February 24, 1934 in Aguada, Puerto Rico a daughter of the late Manuel Ruiz Burgos and Filomena Torres Crespo. Cristina was a devout catholic as a member of St. Rose of Lima Church where she was...
Rose Sandra Chikla
Jan 13, 2013
Rose Sandra DeLuca Chikla, 82, of New Haven peacefully passed away surrounded by her family on January 13, 2013. She was born in New Haven, CT, March 30, 1930 to Italian immigrant parents, Pasquale DeLuca and Concetta Concelmo DeLuca. Above all Rose cherished family and the very loving bonds she had with each of her nine siblings; Beverly Magee of...
Garry E. Sands, Sr.
Jan 12, 2013
Garry E. Sands Sr. age 55, passed away January 12, 2013 at his home in Hamden. He was born on Feb. 20, 1957. Garry is survived by his wife Ellen Mulhern Sands; his sons, Garrett R. Sands of Hamden, Dana & his wife Cristina Sands of North Branford, Garry E. Sands, Jr, and his daughter Nadine Sands-David and four grandchildren...
Frederick W. Stark, Jr.
Jan 11, 2013
Meriden- Frederick W. Stark Jr, 94, husband of the late Elizabeth Sattler Stark died on Friday, January 11, 2013 at CT Baptist Home. Born in Providence, RI on January 17, 1918 he was a son of the late Frederick And Helen (Blodgett) Stark. Until his retirement Fred was an architect at FFM&P Architects in Hartford. He was a member of...
Rosalie D. Viele
Jan 10, 2013
Rosalie D. Viele, 74, of West Haven, passed peacefully while surrounded by her loving family on January 10, 2013 following a brief illness. Adoring wife of 53 years to Kenneth Viele, Sr, Rosalie was born Rosalie Dolores Vanacore, in New Haven on November 5, 1938 to the late Thomas and Theresa Sarbo Vanacore. Rosalie is remembered as the strong, loving...
Doris L. Anderson
Jan 10, 2013
Doris L. Anderson of West Haven, wife of the late Ernest L. Anderson, Jr, passed away Jan. 10, 2013 after a brief illness. She was born in West Haven August 24, 1926, a daughter of the late Charles R. and Laurel Vowinkle Sherman and was a lifelong resident of West Haven. She had been employed with the N.Y., N.H. &...
Maurice Gorman
Jan 9, 2013
Maurice Gorman, age 68, died peacefully on Jan. 9, 2013 at Montowese Health & Rehab Center where he was a long-term patient. Maurice was born in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland on July 8, 1944. He is survived by his wife, Jo-Ann, and their children, Marcie (Chris Merolli) Gorman, Kim (Atra) Robinson, Tessa Wells, Wendy (Philip) Costello. He was predeceased by a...
Grace Mildred Ellefsen
Jan 5, 2013
Grace Mildred Ellefsen, 87, lifelong resident of Hamden, passed away on January 5, 2013 at her home. She was born in Stratford on March 3, 1925 to the late Arnold and Henrietta Hart Ellefsen. Grace grew up in Hamden and graduated from Hamden High School in 1943 before graduating from Larson Junior College. She served for 44 years as a...
Roger M. Bundy
Jan 4, 2013
Roger M. Bundy, 65, of New Milford, beloved husband of the late Patricia Murphy Bundy, passed away on January 4, 2013 in New Milford Hospital. He was born in New Haven on January 10, 1947 a son of Alice Shia Bundy of Hamden and the late Mervin Barclay Bundy. Roger graduated from Hamden High School in 1964 where he was...
Susan Nolen-Hoeksema
Jan 2, 2013
Yale psychologist Susan Nolen-Hoeksema died Jan. 2. in Yale-New Haven Hospital, following heart surgery associated with a blood infection. She was 53 years old. Chair of Yale's Department of Psychology, Nolen-Hoeksema was a renowned scholar, teacher, mentor, and academic leader. She was recognized internationally for her work on how people regulate their feelings and emotions and how particular patterns of...
George J. Barba, Sr.
Jan 1, 2013
George J. Barba, Sr., age 91, of East Haven, passed away on January 1, 2013. George was the husband of the late Josephine DeStefano Barba. Born in Branford on May 11, 1921 he was a son of the late George G. Barba & Gabriella Barbieri Barba; brother of the late Dominic, Vincent & Robert Barba, Evelyn Weted & Rose Barron....
Cleaveland Jocelyn Rice, Jr
Dec 27, 2012
Cleaveland Jocelyn Rice, Jr., 88, of Whitney Center, Hamden, died December 27, 2012. He was born in New Haven on July 8, 1924, the son of prominent New Haven attorney Cleaveland Jocelyn Rice and Madeleine Woodruff Lindley Rice. He was predeceased by a brother Robert L. Rice of Walnut Creek, California and is survived by nieces Sally Madeleine Jones of...
Emma Demaio
Dec 24, 2012
Emma DeMaio, 100 years old formerly of Woodbridge, CT entered into peace on Christmas Eve 2012. Emma was the beloved wife of the late John DeMaio and daughter of Joseph and Marguerite Perrone Soli. Mother of Barbara (Richard, Sr.) Reilly and Rocco (Eileen) DeMaio, Sr. and Grandmother of Richard, John, Scott (Michelle) and Robin Reilly and Rocco (Karla) DeMaio, Jr....
Carolyn Sue (Carrie) Breen Witt
Dec 23, 2012
Carolyn Sue (Carrie) Breen Witt, age 50, of Hamden, CT and Bar Harbor, ME, died peacefully at home in Hamden on Sunday, Dec. 23, 2012. With her were her parents, Dermott and Sue Breen of Southbury, CT, and the parents of her late husband Tom Witt, Jim and Nancy Witt of Cold Spring, NY, as well as several devoted friends....
Adeline Garstka
Dec 22, 2012
Adeline Garstka, lifelong resident of Meriden, wife of the late Walter Garstka, passed away suddenly 88 years after her birth on December 22, 2012. She was born in Meriden to the late John and Agusta Wollenberg Domen. Adeline is survived by her daughters, Karen Gianatti and her husband John of Meriden, Janet Garstka of Portland; sons, Michael Garstka and his...
Jesus (Jin) Manuel Hernandez
Dec 20, 2012
Meriden, CT - Jesus Manuel Hernandez (Jin) age 89, of Meriden, Conn., passed away on Friday, Dec. 20, 2012 at Westfield Care and Rehab Center. He was born on September 19, 1923 in Toa Alta, Puerto Rico. Jesus and his wife Maria Julia moved to Tampa, FL in 1984. He was a member of Methodist Church of Tampa, Fla. Jesus...
Marjorie F. Howe
Dec 20, 2012
Marjorie F. Howe, 90, of West Haven, wife of the late Francis Howe, passed away on December 20, 2012. She was born in New Haven on April 1, 1922 to the late Walter and Anna Patterson Chase, Sr. Marjorie is survived by her daughter Victoria Petruzzelli of Hamden; sister, Barbara Giaquinto of New Haven; five grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, four great...
