Susan Marie Baker
Feb 15, 2013
BAKER, Susan Marie (nee Munnell) West Haven, Connecticut Beloved wife, mother, sister, sister-in-law, niece and cousin May 17, 1950 - February 15, 2013 Susan passed away on Friday, February 15, 2013, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania and grew up in Masury, Ohio. In 1968 Susan graduated with highest honors from Brookfield High School in...
Eleanor Segerberg Coe
Feb 15, 2013
Eleanor Segerberg Coe, age 91, died peacefully and graciously on the morning of Friday, February 15, 2013, one month before her 92nd birthday. Eleanor was at home in the loving care of her family and caregivers. Her husband, Ronald Eliot Coe, MD, was faithfully at her side holding her hand and comforting her as she passed. Eleanor and Ronald were...
Elizabeth 'Betty' Rauscher Doiron
Feb 15, 2013
Elizabeth 'Betty' Doiron, age 97, of Hamden, passed away on February 13, 2013. Betty was the widow of Edward J. Doiron. Born in Brooklyn, NY on April 7, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Charles & Elizabeth Starr Rauscher. She is survived by her son Edward C. Doiron Ret. HFD & his wife Margaret of Hamden, her daughter...
Verla Helene Schenarts
Feb 15, 2013
Verla Helene P. Schenarts, 86, of Woodbridge, wife of the late Theodore Schenarts, passed away on February 15, 2013 surrounded by her family. Born in New Haven on October 11, 1926 to the late Frederick and Helene Kandetzki Pokrop. Verla is survived by her two granddaughters, Tricia Rowold & her husband David of Bloomfield, NJ and Tabatha Maccio & her...
Roger Charles Patrick
Feb 15, 2013
Roger Charles Patrick, of Derby, passed away suddenly of natural causes on February 15, 2013. He was born December 20, 1951 to the late Harrie and Mildred Ryan Patrick, and was the grandson of the late Raymond and Mildred Vadney. He attended Orange public schools and graduated from Amity Regional High School and completed numerous technical courses in emergency medical...
Robert 'Bob' F. Smith
Feb 11, 2013
Robert 'Bob' F. Smith, of Ashlar Village, Wallingford, formerly of Gun Shot Road, Waterford, and Shepard Avenue, Hamden, died February 11, 2013, at age 92. Born on December 21, 1920 in New Haven to the late Herman A. and Gertrude Graebner Smith. He was predeceased by his first wife, Ruth M. Munck in 1985 and his siblings, Herman D. Smith...
Helyn Ramelli Barbato
Feb 9, 2013
In Hamden, Feb. 9, 2013, Helyn Callahan Ramelli Barbato, 88, of Worth Ave., wife of the late Pasquale Barbato. She was predeceased by her first husband Alfred Ramelli, brothers Robert and John Callahan and a sister Joyce Moulter. Helen was born in New Haven, April 10, 1924 a daugher of the late Raymond and Veronica Conners Callahan. She was a...
Faye Rose Caley
Feb 4, 2013
Faye Rose Caley, age 92, formerly of Hamden, passed away on Feb. 4, 2013. Faye was born in New Haven on Oct. 23, 1920, a daughter of the late Salvatore & Mary Cavallaro Maggio. Faye was the widow of Arthur E. Caley, Jr; mother of Marion Hinman of East Haven & the late William Hinman Sr; grandmother of Sharon &...
Raymond W. Cable
Feb 4, 2013
Raymond 'Ray' W. Cable, 90, of Bethany, passed away on February 4, 2013 at the VA Hospital in West Haven. Born on May 12, 1922 to the late Frederick and Ethel Almas Cable. Ray will be remembered by his adoring wife of 67 years, Vivian Strom Cable; loving children, Gary (Carol) Cable of Pahoa, HI, Susan (Dennis) Martens of Bethany,...
Joyce Rice Grelle
Feb 1, 2013
In Hamden, Feb. 1, 2013, Joyce Rice Grelle, 86, wife of 57 years of the late Richard Daniel Grelle, mother of Richard Royce Grelle of Euless, TX, Mary Jane Grelle-McGaffin of Hamden, and Frank Daniel Grelle of Meriden. Grandmother of Mary E. Mattheis and Kate M. Dwyer. Sister of the late Marjorie Canfield and Melvin W. Rice. Joyce was born...
Walter G. Knudsen
Jan 31, 2013
Walter G. Knudsen, age 81, of North Haven and Beaver Cove, ME, passed away on January 31, 2013 in Yale New Haven Hospital. Born in New Haven on October 7, 1931 he was the son of the late Harry & Frieda Ganter Knudsen. Walter was the husband of Gladys Ahlstrand Knudsen; father of Gladys K. Knudsen of Orange, Barbara McFarland-Shields...
William Gellatly Buick
Jan 30, 2013
William 'Bill' Gellatly Buick of Ashlar Village, Wallingford, passed away on Wednesday, January 30, 2013 at Masonic Care - Hospice. Loving husband of the late Helen Potter Buick. Born on February 17, 1923 in Dundee, Scotland; son of the late William and Wilhelmina Anderson Buick. Bill came to the U.S. in 1947 and worked for the Gannett Company for over...
Alfred M. Rousseau
Jan 29, 2013
Meriden- Alfred M. Rousseau, 76, of Meriden passed away on Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at Hartford Hospital after an illness of several months. Al was a lifelong Meriden resident being born on May 5, 1936 a son of the late Maxime and Elizabeth (Callahan) Rousseau. After graduating from Wilcox Techical High School in 1954 he opened his own garage and...
Ruth B. Withnell
Jan 28, 2013
Ruth B. Withnell, age 86, of Hamden passed away on January 28, 2013. Ruth was the widow of Harold 'Hal' M. Withnell. Born in New Haven on March 6, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Wilhelm & Rosel Schmidt Baumgartner. Ruth is survived by her son David Withnell & his wife Liz of Rockville, MD; her daughter Laurie...
John Henry Lassiter
Jan 24, 2013
John Henry Lassiter, Sr at the age of 78, passed away peacefully on January 24, 2013 while recovering from postoperative complications at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Connecticut. He was born June 9, 1934, in Waterbury, CT to John Henry Lassiter and Mary Douglas. John owned and operated Medi-Kleen, Inc., a successful maintenance company in the tri-state area for more...
Michael Francis Bergantino
Jan 23, 2013
Michael Francis Bergantino, 83, of Northford, known to most as 'Mike', passed away suddenly on January 23, 2013. He was born in Waterbury on March 9, 1929 to the late Michael L. and Mary Tedesco Bergantino. Michael leaves his loving wife Peggie (Kamm) to whom he was married for 61 years. He will also be remembered by his eight children...
Marie Ann Semenza
Jan 22, 2013
Marie Ann Semenza, 78, wife of 55 years of Robert A. Semenza, Sr. passed away Jan. 22, 2013. She was born in New Rochelle, NY, July 8, 1934 a daughter of the late Luigi and Pasqualina Vaccaro. After growing up in New Rochelle, she lived in Stamford for 30 years before moving to Hamden in 1994. She and her husband...
Carmela Meriano
Jan 22, 2013
Carmela Meriano, 91, of North Haven formerly of Hamden, wife of the late Peter Meriano, passed away on January 22, 2013. Born in New Haven on August 31, 1921 to the late Anthony and Catherine Pascarella Zampano. Carmela will be remembered by her daughter, Judith Permanente and her husband Louis of Melbourne, FL; granddaughter, Catherine P. Webb and her husband...
John Morgan Lyons, Sr.
Jan 20, 2013
John Morgan Lyons, Sr., 92, husband of 55 years to the late Cecilia Pichnarcik Lyons, passed away Jan. 20, 2013 after a brief illness.He was born in New Haven, Feb. 16, 1920 a son of the late George W. Lyons, Sr. and Emma Muggleton Lyons and was a Hamden resident since 1953. After serving in the US Army during WW...
