Ruth Mildred Hazen
Oct 26, 2011
Ruth Mildred Hazen, age 87, of West Haven, passed away at the Masonic Healthcare Center on October 26, 2011. Born in Manchester on June 26, 1924 to the late Roy and Mildred Gregg Jones, Sr. Ruth is survived by her daughter Patricia Lavorgna and her son Robert Hazen both of West Haven; grandson, Robert Hazen of Parma, OH; great-grandchildren, Kaleb...
Winifred Frances Trutnau
Oct 21, 2011
Winifred F. Trutnau Winifred Frances Trutnau, 86, beloved wife of 58 years of Frederick O. Trutnau of Shepard Ave. passed away Oct. 21, 2011 in Masonic Healthcare after a brief illness. She was born in New Haven June 30, 1925 a daughter of the late Eugene and Edna Hirsch Kretz and had resided in Hamden since 1963. She was a...
Carl 'Buddy' Benson
Oct 20, 2011
Carl 'Buddy' Benson, 83, of New Haven, passed away on October 20, 2011 at the West Haven VA Hospital. Born in West Haven on October 26, 1927 to the late Carl and Daisy Dupee Benson. Carl is survived by his loving wife Dorothy Benson of New Haven; sons, Carl Benson of Clinton and Greg Benson of Branford; daughters, Beth Sousa...
Anne Weiman
Oct 19, 2011
Anne Weiman, 87, formerly of Bayard Ave., North Haven passed away Oct. 19, 2011 in Newington after a brief illness. She was wife of the late Ernest W. Weiman. She was born in Hartford Oct. 31, 1923 daughter of the late George and Mary Glemba Sykura and was a library clerk in the Yale University Sterling Library prior to retirement....
Harold Arthur Thomas, Jr.
Oct 19, 2011
Harold Arthur Thomas, Jr. of Woodbridge, passed away Oct. 19, 2011 in WH VAMC after a breif illness. He was born in New Haven July 7, 1931 a son of the late Harold A. and Marion Kuehner Thomas, Sr. and received a B.S. Degree from Quinnipiac College. After graduation he enlisted in the US Army and was stationed in Germany...
Yetta C. Meehan
Oct 19, 2011
Yetta C. Meehan, age 94, of Hamden, passed away on October 19, 2011 in Yale New Haven Hospital. Born in Kubilka, Poland on September 20, 1917, she was the daughter of the late Felix & Jennie Wronski Zdanowich. Yetta was the widow of George Meehan; mother of Yetta Lautenschlager & her husband Robert Martel of Manchester and Ronald Mikolinski &...
Terence 'Terry' Ede
Oct 18, 2011
Terence 'Terry' W. Ede, age 73, of Bethany, passed away on October 18, 2011 at Griffin Hospital. He was born on April 15, 1938 in Kelloe, England to the late Walter and Winifred Webb Ede. Terry is survived by his loving wife Eileen Thompson Ede; children, Helen Ede of East Haven and Martin Ede of Bethany; siblings, Janice Jack of...
Margaret K. Eureka
Oct 17, 2011
Margaret 'Peggy' K. Eureka, age 83, of Circular Ave, Hamden, passed away on October 17, 2011 in St. Raphael Hospital. Born in New Haven on June 9, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Thomas & Mary Leahey McMahon. Peggy is survived by her husband, Eugene G. Eureka, Sr; her son, Eugene G. Eureka, Jr of Meriden and her...
Marjorie Alice Gay
Oct 16, 2011
Marjorie Alice Gay of Meriden, passed away October 16, 2011 in the Masonic Healthcare Center after a brief illness. She was born on October 18, 1920 in Lyndonville, VT a daughter of the late Harry J. and Nellie Booth Lampman. She married Floyd A. Gay on February 22, 1958 and enjoyed 32 years of marriage until his death in 1990....
Doris M. Whittum
Oct 14, 2011
Doris M. Whittum died on Oct. 14, 2011 in Massachussetts at the age of 101 3/4. She was preceded in death by her husband Warren Whittum and daughter Nancy Steen. She is survived by her son Robert C. Whittum (Billie) and grandsons James Whittum and Eric Steen and great grand-daughters Emma and Samantha Whittum. BEECHER & BENNETT, 2300 Whitney Ave,...
Edwin P. Hemingway
Oct 13, 2011
Edwin P. Hemingway, 87, husband of the late Bernice Skinner Hemingway, passed away on October 13, 2011 at the CT Hospice. Born on September 19, 1924 to the late Thornton and Gladys Pendleton Hemingway, Sr. Edwin leaves his two children from his first wife, Robert Hemingway of Milford and Anne Hemingway of Orange; one grandchild and many nieces and nephews,...
Duane K. Wetmore
Oct 11, 2011
Duane K. Wetmore, age 85, of 921 Shepard Ave., Hamden, passed away on October 11, 2011 at his home, which is the same house where he was born. Duane lived his final days at home surrounded by his family and many friends. He was the husband of Sharyn Hooghkirk Wetmore & widower of Helen Main Wetmore; Father of Duane E....
Frederick J. Langner
Oct 11, 2011
Wallingford- Frederick J. Langner, 61, husband of Barbara Cook Langner, died peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 11, 2011. Born in Torrington, CT on January 14, 1950, he was the son of Janis Langner and the late Frederick C. Langner. Fred grew up in Torrington and graduated from Torrington High School in 1968. He received an associate degree in electrical...
Beatrice P. Bivins
Oct 10, 2011
Beatrice P. Bivins, 91, of Meriden, wife of the late Joseph T. Bivins departed this life at Mid-State Hospital on Monday, October 10, 2011. Born March 15, 1920 to the union of the late Essie Jones Platt and Willis Oliver Platt. Sister Bivins or Aunt 'B' as she was affectionately called, graduated from Bookerville High School of Volusia County, FL....
Judtih C. Parker
Oct 9, 2011
Judith C. Parker, age 75, of North Haven, passed away at her home on October 9, 2011. Judith was born in Newton, MA on April 16, 1934, a daughter of the late Arthur G. Curran, Jr & Ruth Allen Curren. Judith is survived by her husband Peter Parker; her daughters, Stephanie Perkins & her husband David of North Haven and...
Ericsson B. 'Pete' Broadbent
Oct 8, 2011
Ericsson B. 'Pete' Broadbent passed away peacefully on October 8, 2011 . He was 85. He was born in 1926 in Hamden , CT to Ericsson B. and Mary Lambert Broadbent and was predeceased by his brother Robert B. Broadbent and sister Sarah Broadbent Day. Pete worked for Connecticut General Life Insurance as an estate planner from 1951 until his...
Robert L. Gibbons
Oct 7, 2011
Robert L. Gibbons, 90, of Woodbridge, beloved husband of Ruth Carrano Gibbons for 59 years passed away Oct. 7, 2011. Loving father of Cynthia Gibbons and Jacqueline Gibbons both of Woodbridge, brother of Dorothy Davis of Anoka, MN. Robert was born in Independence, IA, Aug. 19, 1921, the son of the late George R. and Veta Downs Gibbons and proudly...
Dennis Paul Bekeny, Md
Oct 6, 2011
Dennis Paul Bekeny, M.D., of Hamden, Connecticut, passed away on Thursday, October 6, 2011, at Smilow Cancer Hospital after a brief illness. He was born on October 9, 1943, in Cleveland, Ohio, son of the late Paul Bekeny and Joan Holasek, of Mountain Lakes, New Jersey. He was the beloved husband of Margaret E. Bekeny. He is also survived by...
Mary M. Johnsen
Oct 6, 2011
Mary M. 'Mardy' Johnsen, 88, of 21 Bradley Rd., Woodbridge, died Oct. 6, 2011. She was predeceased by her husband, Paul J. Johnsen, and son, David D. Johnsen. Survivors include a son Donald R. Johnsen of Grafton, New Hampshire, a daughter, Carol L. Johnsen of Pahoa, Hawaii, a sister, Nancy Bell of Carlsbad, California, and two grandchildren, Riley D. Johnsen...
Gladys M. Dawless
Oct 1, 2011
Gladys M. Dawless, 87 of Hamden, beloved wife of the late Walter J. Dawless, Sr. passed away peacefully October 1, 2011. Mother of Walter J. Dawless, Jr and his wife Brenda LaRose Dawless of N.Y. N. Y., sister of Florence Larabee of Arlington Heights, IL, and sister in law of Nadine Swanson of Chicago, IL. She is also survived by...
