Bernard F. Fitzsimons Iii
May 9, 2012
Bernard F. FitzSimons III, 82, husband of the late Shirley Stokes FitzSimons, passed away on May 9, 2012 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Born in Detroit, MI on August 17, 1929 to the late Bernard and Irene Fletcher FitzSimons, Jr. Bernard is survived by his five children and their spouses, Patricia & Joseph McTague, Bernard & Deborah FitzSimons, and Thomas...
Irvin E. May, Sr.
May 8, 2012
Irvin E. May, Sr, age 95, of Hamden, passed away in Plantsville on May, 8, 2012. Irvin was the husband of the late Florence Badale May. Born in Canaan, New Hampshire on April 15, 1917 he was the son of the late Albert & Lillian Wescott May. He is survived by his daughter Judy May Lushinks & her husband Jay...
Jean T. Copeland
May 7, 2012
Jean T. Copeland, 85, beloved wife of the late Arthur S. Copeland of Howard Dr., Hamden passed away May 7, 2012. She was born in Jersey City NJ, July 1, 1926, daughter of the late Robert B. and Eva Poole Shand and had resided in Hamden since 1963. Jean graduated from the Jersey City Hospital School of Nursing as an...
Rose Marie Manfredi Parisi
May 6, 2012
Rose Marie Manfredi Parisi, age 82, formerly of Hamden, passed away in Wallingford on May 6, 2012. Rose Marie was the widow of Guido Parisi. Born in New Haven on May 9, 1929, she was a daughter of the late Vincent J. & Ursula Porto Manfredi. Rose Marie is survived by her daughter Lynn Winters & her husband Robert of...
Richard Lyman 'Dick' Doerr
May 4, 2012
Richard Lyman Doerr, 'Dick,' husband of the late Mary Jean Doerr, passed away on May 4, 2012 at the West Haven VA Hospital. Born in Chicago, IL on April 17, 1923 to the late Harold F. Doerr and Della Gaskill. He married Mary Jean Jackson in 1946 and graduated from Indiana University in 1948. During WW II he was a...
Robert Palmer
May 4, 2012
Robert 'Bob' K. Palmer, age 73, of Hamden, passed away on May 4, 2012 at his home surrounded by his loving family. Bob was the beloved husband of 50 years to Mary Ann Quillen Palmer. Born in Miami, FL on January 30, 1939, he was the son of the late Kenneth & Clover Ripple Palmer. Bob is survived by his...
Willie Maude Kopff
May 3, 2012
Willie Maude Kopff, 96, of Hamden, received her angel wings on Thursday, May 3, 2012, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, with her daughter Helen Schaefer by her bedside. Willie was the cherished mother of E.Christian Kopff (Carmen) of Louisville CO; Peter C. Kopff (Dianne) of Garden City, NY and Helen L. Schaefer (Robert) of Hamden. Willie was a loving and...
Esther S. Tychsen
May 1, 2012
Esther S. Tychsen, age 94, formerly of Hamden, passed away on May 1, 2012 in Wallingford. Esther was the widow of Alfred N. Tychsen. Born in North Haven, CT on April 1, 1918, she was a daughter of the late Peter S. & Ina Sundbald Skow and sister of the late Anna Harberg. Esther is survived by her son, William...
Robert Jay Mitchell
Apr 24, 2012
Robert Jay Mitchell, 84, of Hamden, passed away on April 24, 2012 after a long illness. He was born in North Attleboro, MA on February 23, 1928 to the late Leon and Madeline McNulty Mitchell. Robert leaves his beloved wife of 63 years, Kathleen O'Brien; daughter, Joanne Mitchell of New Haven; granddaughter, Tina Geer Rodriguze of Charlestown, NH. Besides his...
Theodus Staggers
Apr 20, 2012
Theodus 'Teddy' Staggers, was the husband of Annie Hall Staggers. Born in Kingstree, SC on July 13, 1946, he was the son of the late James Sr. and Bessie Nelson Staggers. He was the father of Cord, Adrian, Jermaine, Marcus (Cheryl) and Gerald Staggers; brother of Willie, Joseph (Carrie), Bennie, James (Carol) Staggers, Emma Ruth Cox and Annie Bell McGee....
Marie Theresa Buller
Apr 20, 2012
Marie P. Buller, age 83, of North Haven, formerly of Westbrook, passed away on April 20, 2012 in Yale New Haven Hospital. Marie was the widow of William B. Buller, Sr. Born in Boston, MA on October 14, 1928; she was the daughter of the late James Joseph & Roselyn Fenton Pagnam. Marie is survived by her daughters, Rosemary Sansevero...
Ruth S. Memmott
Apr 18, 2012
Ruth S. Memmott, age 91, of West Haven, CT, passed away on April 18, 2012 in the Masonic Health Care Center in Wallingford. Ruth was the widow of Charles J. Memmott, Jr. Born in New Haven, CT on April 7, 1921, she was a daughter of the late Harold & Margaret Baxter Smith. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Linda...
Lillian Ann Rosinganna
Apr 13, 2012
Lillian Ann Rosinganna, 96, life long resident of Hamden, passed away on April 13, 2012. Born in Hamden on October 30, 1915 to the late Joseph and Louise Socco Rosinganna. Lillian had co-owned the Centerville Boot Shop with her sister, which her father and mother started in 1922. After retiring, Lillian volunteered her time to many organizations such as Our...
Swanee W. Naamon
Apr 13, 2012
Swanee W. Naamon, 84, of Meriden, wife of the late Edwin L. Naamon, Sr. passed away April 13, 2012 atfer a brief illenss. She was born in Clover, Va. Dec. 24, 1927 a daughter of the late Paul J. and Herietta Brown Williams and had resided in Meriden for ver 60 years. Swanee was a substitute teacher for the Meriden...
Guillermo Serrano
Apr 12, 2012
Guillermo Serrano, 74, husband of Rosa (Concepcion) Serrano passed away peacfully on Thursday, April 12, 2012 with his family by his side. He was born Feb. 10, 1938 in Vega Alta, Puerto Rico, a son of Catalina (Otero) Serrano of Meriden and the late Pablo Serrano. He worked for the Meriden Housing Authority until his retirement and was a member...
Carol Stempel Vartuli
Mar 31, 2012
Carol Stempel Vartuli, 65, wife of Anthony Vartuli of West Haven passed away March 31, 2012 in the Hospital of St. Raphael. Mother of Anna of Stamford, Jason of East Haven and Alfred of Stamford. Also survived by eight grandchildren. She was predeceased by a brother Joseph Stempel. Carol was born April 13, 1946 in Port Chester, NY daughter of...
John James Donahue
Mar 31, 2012
John James Donahue, 86, of Hamden, husband of Marlene Sweeney Donahue passed away on Saturday, March 31, 2012 at the Hospital of Saint Raphael. He was the widower of Ellen Jane Toohey Donahue. Father of Mary Lucia Donahue, Elizabeth Ann Donahue and partner Michele Foschini, Thomas Donahue, and Peter J. Donahue and wife Christy Donahue. Also survived by a grandson,...
Robert Marcel Simoneau
Mar 30, 2012
Robert Marcel Simoneau, 53, of Meriden, passed away March 30, 2012 in the Masonic Hospice, Wallingford. Robert was born in Meriden March 20, 1959 a son of the late Rene and Doris Simoneau, Sr. and had resided in Meriden all of his life. Father of Lisa Simoneau of Meriden, brother of Ann Marie, Paula, Nancy, Karen, Priscilla, Rachel, Irene, Rene,...
Edmund David Gerosa
Mar 29, 2012
Edmund David Gerosa, 88, of Hamden, passed away on March 29, 2012. Born on February 4, 1924 at 3025 Dixwell Ave., Hamden to the late Angelo August and Maria Ronchetti Gerosa. He and his mother went to the families' villa in Italy when he was 6 years old. Not long after their return, his mother passed away and he was...
Mary E. Kitt Watrous
Mar 28, 2012
Mary K. Watrous, age 87, a life long resident of Hamden passed away on March 28, 2012 in Port Orange, FL. She was the wife of the late Earl G. Watrous, III. Born in New Haven on October 15, 1924, she was the daughter of the late Charles & Lavina (Fray) Kitt and predeceased by her brother Charles N. Kitt....
