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....
Frederick Graves Davis
Mar 24, 2012
Frederick Graves Davis, beloved son of Liselotte M. Davis, of Hamden, passed away in New Haven on March 24, 2012 after recently being diagnosed with cancer. He was born in Boston on July 14, 1958. Fred was known to many friends in New Haven because of his gregarious nature and his unique bicycle. In recent years he had become really...
Alphonse Mangiero
Mar 21, 2012
Alphonse Mangiero, 90, of Hamden, passed away on March 21, 2012 at the CT Hospice in Branford. Born in New Haven on May 2, 1921 to the late Frank and Ann Sacco Mangiero. He is survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Grace Lombardi Mangiero; son, Frank Mangiero of West Haven, grandsons, Evan and Jeffrey Mangiero; sister-in-law, Annette Mangiero...
Margaret Ann Talmadge
Mar 20, 2012
Margaret Ann Talmadge, age 76, of Hamden, passed away on March 20, 2012 in St. Raphael Hospital. Margaret was the wife of Burton A. Talmadge, Sr. Born in Detroit, Michigan on July 13, 1935, she was a daughter of the late Earl D. & Susan Veronica Dufina Chamberlain. Margaret was a teacher at Our Lady of Lord Convent in Detroit...
James Joseph O'Connell
Mar 19, 2012
James Joseph O'Connell, 92, beloved husband of 66 years to C. Muriel Visel O'Connell passed away March 19, 2012 after a brief illness. Loving father of Karen O'Connell of East Haven, Jay O'Connell and his wife Claudia, of Hamden, and the late Robert O'Connell. Grandfather of Kathleen, Meredith and Matthew James O'Connell, David and Ryan Mingrone. Brother of Pat Decker...
Anna Marie Wilson
Mar 18, 2012
Anna Marie Wilson, age 92, of Hamden, passed away on March 18, 2012 in the Hospital of St. Raphael. Anna was born in Norwich, CT on October 2, 1919, a daughter of the late Joseph & Anna Avezich Buchka. She was the mother of Kimberly Ann Wilson of Denver, CO and the late Diane Patricia Hetherington; grandmother of Bailey Anna...
Douglas Jay 'Buddy' 'Cobra' Pouncey, Sr.
Mar 18, 2012
November 13, 1942- Sunrise March 18, 2012- 12:40 PM- Sunset Mr. Douglas Jay Pouncey, Sr., known to many as Buddy and Cobra, was the son of Mrs. Dorothy Richardson, formerly of 40 Forest Rd, Wallingford now residing at the Green Village Nursing home in Wallingford and the late Mr. Joseph Pouncey. He is predeceased in death by his brothers, Ronald...
Keith F. Schmermond
Mar 5, 2012
Keith F. Schmermond, 64 of Hamden passed away Monday, March 5, 2012 in the Hospital of St. Raphael. Son of Charlotte Barske Schmermond of Hamden and the late Henry G. Schmermond and brother of Paul E. Schmermond. He was born in New Haven, September 4, 1947 and served in the US Naval Reserve, and had worked as a building contractor....
Maria Simonelli Picchio
Mar 5, 2012
Maria Simonelli Picchio died peacefully at home in Woodbridge on March 5, 2012 after a battle with cancer. She was 90 years old. She is survived by her son Marco Sampoli and his wife, Silvia of Florence, Italy; daughter-in-law Penny Sampoli of Woodbridge, as well as five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by another son, Fabio Sampoli, and...
Joseph Iamele
Mar 3, 2012
Joseph Iamele, 94, of Norwich, CT, formerly of Orange, husband of the late Lillian Gentile Iamele died Saturday, March 3, 2012, at his home at St. Jude's Assisted Living after a brief illness. Joe was born in New Haven on March 15, 1917 to the late Pasquale and Grace DiVito Iamele. He graduated from Hillhouse High School in 1935. He...
Felix Mazur
Feb 28, 2012
Felix Mazur, age 86, of Hamden, passed away February 28, 2012 at Conn. Hospice in Branford. Felix was the husband of Louise M. Hinchliff Mazur and predeceased by his 1st wife Ann Konereski Mazur. Born in West Haven on April 14, 1925, he was a son of the late Stanley & Mary Popareis Mazur and brother of the late Joseph...
Madeline M. Goslin Albee
Feb 28, 2012
Meriden- Madeline M.(Goslin) Albee , 80, wife of Clinton Albee passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer, at home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, February 28, 2012. She was born August 13, 1931 in Ashland, Maine a daughter of the late Joseph and Angela (Theriault) Goslin. Madeline was an aide at the former Meriden Hospital and later...
Clarence Edward Earley
Feb 27, 2012
Clarence Edward Earley, 98, husband of 47 years to the late Arline Taylor Earley passed away Feb. 27, 2012 with loved ones by his side after a brief illness. Father of Linda M. Lehr and her husband, George Lehr of Norwich, CT, Raymond T. Earley of New Haven, David E. Earley and his wife, Lori Earley of Newark, DE, Grandfather...
Robert Michael Potanovich, Sr.
Feb 26, 2012
Robert M. Potanovich, Sr, age 60, of Wallingford, passed away on February 26, 2012 in St. Raphael Hospital. Robert was the husband for 41 years of Elaine Anderson Potanovich; father of Robert M. Potanovich, Jr & his wife Susan of Randolph, NJ and Jason M. Potanovich & his wife Mirela of Astoria, NY; grandfather of Ryan Matthew Potanovich; son in-law...
Ruth Virginia Leavstrom
Feb 26, 2012
Ruth Virginia Leavstrom of East Haven died peacefully of natural causes with family members at her side on Sunday, February 26, 2012 at the Epsom Health Care Center, Epsom, NH. Ruth was born on October 7, 1923 at her parents' home in East Haven. She was the daughter of Abel Sigfrid and Ellen Virginia Wahlstrom Leavstrom. She graduated from East...
John A. Sperry
Feb 23, 2012
John A. Sperry passed away peacefully on Thursday, February, 23, 2012. He was the loving husband of 46 years to the late Jean Corcoran Sperry. Born on January 22, 1931 in New Haven to the late George and Katherine Dunn Sperry. Predeceased by his daughter Marjory (Blake) Palmer, son-in-law Stephen Ziegler and a brother George Sperry Jr. He was a...
Alice F. Geary
Feb 23, 2012
Alice F. Geary, 90, beloved wife of the late Howard 'Pete' Geary, passed away peacefully on February 23, 2012. Born in Pawtucket, RI on June 27, 1921 to the late Charles and Helena Ferreira. Alice is survived by her two children, Lynne Geary of Aiken, SC and Stephen Geary and his wife Sally of Haddon Heights, NJ; grandchildren, Matt and...
