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Lauren "Laurie" Warner-Bojarski
Dec 10, 2024
Lauren "Laurie" Warner-Bojarski, 71, beloved wife of Mark C. Bojarski, Sr. passed away December 10, 2024, after a brief illness.
She was born in New Haven November 5, 1953, daughter of the late Alvin L. "Jim" Warner, Jr. and Eleanor Schulze Warner, and was a lifelong Hamden resident. Laurie was the proud owner and founder of Flowers...
Dominick M. Lonardo
Dec 9, 2024
Dominick M. Lonardo, 93, of Hamden, beloved husband, father, grandfather and educator, entered into eternal rest December 9, 2024 with his family by his side. Don is predeceased by Marie, his loving wife of 67 years, and is survived by his loving and devoted daughter Marie, sons, Dominic of Arlington, Virginia, John and James of Hamden, and Richard and...
Thomas F. Peterson
Dec 9, 2024
Thomas F. Peterson passed away peacefully on December 9. He was the son of the late Arthur and Mary Peterson. He is survived by his wife, Natalie; his daughter, Jennifer (Daniel Jalboot); his son, David (Laurie MacDiarmid); granddaughters, Katherine, Grace, Rebecca, and Elizabeth; his sister, Mary Ezold; and several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his...
Carol E. Smith
Dec 7, 2024
Carol Elsie Smith, 86, wife of the late Lawrence G. Smith, passed away December 7, 2024 after a brief illness. She was born in New Haven, a daughter of the late Wesley and Elsie Cassidy O'Brien, and had resided in North Haven for many years before moving to Wallingford. Carol was a realtor and worked with various agencies, including...
Elizabeth M. Harlow
Dec 7, 2024
Elizabeth M. Harlow, 88, of Hamden, passed away on December 7, 2024, at Whitney Center. She was born in Boston, MA on August 12, 1936, a daughter of the late William and Elizabeth (Binnig) Harlow. She is survived by her son William Gunn and his wife Amanda, her grandchildren Carolyn Gunn, William Gunn and his wife Annie, Meredith Gunn...
Nancy A. Barnes
Dec 2, 2024
Nancy A. Barnes, aged 98, passed away peacefully on December 2, 2024 at her home. She was born on November 6, 1926 in Meriden to Eric and Beatrice Wood Anderson, and was a lifelong Meriden resident.
Nancy met Elton Wayne Barnes through Ercole and Ida Iarusso during a couples date. Nancy and Elton have been inseparable ever...
Raye A. Vandermaelen
Nov 27, 2024
Raye A. VanDerMaelen, 98, of Hamden, loving wife of the late Arthur VanDerMaelen, passed away on November 27, 2024, at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital. She was born in New Haven on June 15, 1926, a daughter of the late John and Mary Abanante Menna. Raye is survived by her daughters Linda Iazzetta, Sandi Perez...
Raye A. Vandermaelen
Nov 27, 2024
Raye A. VanDerMaelen, 98, of Hamden, loving wife of the late Arthur VanDerMaelen, passed away on November 27, 2024, at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital. She was born in New Haven on June 15, 1926, a daughter of the late John and Mary Abanante Menna. Raye is survived by her daughters, Linda Iazzetta and Sandi...
Robert J. Flanagan
Nov 26, 2024
Robert J. Flanagan, age 81, longtime resident of Hamden and recently Middlebury, passed away on November 26, 2024, at the Vitas Hospice Unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury after a long fight with Multiple Myeloma. Bob was predeceased by his wife of 50 years, Dawn C. (Jerolman) Flanagan. Born in New Haven on March 18, 1943 to the late...
Yvonne Francesca White
Nov 20, 2024
Yvonne Francesca White was born March 22, 1989 in New Haven, CT to her loving parents, the late Juanita White and Michael Allen Batts. Yvonne lived in New Haven all of her life and created lifelong friends along the way. She attended the New Haven School System and graduated from Hillhouse High School, where she was a cheerleader. She...
James B. Anderson
Nov 16, 2024
James B. Anderson, 77, of Hamden, passed away at his home on November 16, 2024. James was the beloved husband of the late Darlene Jeffe Anderson. He was born in New Haven on October 26, 1947 to the late Mr. and Mrs. Rosemary Mikolinski Anderson.
James moved to Hamden in 1978. He had worked for Amtrak Railroad...
Charles E. "Chuck" Gertsch, Jr.
Nov 15, 2024
Charles E. "Chuck" Gertsch, Jr., 84, of Madison passed away on November 15, 2024 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Born in New Haven on January 13, 1940, he was a son of the late Charles E. Gertsch, Sr. and Dorothy M. (Thiede) Gertsch. Chuck is survived by his wife, Ruth A. (Goodrich) Gertsch; his daughter, Debbie Reilly and her...
Loueva F. Pflueger-Pierson
Nov 13, 2024
Loueva F. Pflueger-Pierson, age 98, of Cheshire passed away at her residence on November 13, 2024. Born in Wayne, Nebraska on August 16, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Frank Pflueger and Louise (Biermann) Pflueger. Loueva was predeceased by her husband, George W. Pierson, Professor and Chairman of the History Department at Yale University; her stepdaughter, Nora...
Marcia A. Cavanaugh
Nov 9, 2024
Marcia A. Cavanaugh, a widely respected trust officer and New Haven leader, passed away peacefully at her home in Hamden on November 9, 2024, at the age of 89. Born on July 18, 1935, in Utica, NY, she was the daughter of the late Gerard M. and Ethel Stanburgh Bauman. She was predeceased by her beloved husband, Paul B....
Robert Duvernet Parker
Nov 8, 2024
Robert DuVernet Parker, whose quiet passion and warm commitment to the arts and educations enriched the lives of thousands of students and artists, died peacefully at home, on November 8, 2024 at the age of 74, surrounded by his family. Well-known in New Haven as a teacher and then Director at ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New...
Victor B. Hallberg
Nov 4, 2024
Victor Bernhard Hallberg, 95, passed away peacefully at home on Monday, November 4, 2024, with his beloved wife, Katy Hallberg, by his side.
Victor was born on August 16, 1929 in Norwalk, CT to Arnold and Esther Hallberg. He graduated from Yale University in 1951 with a degree in civil engineering and went on to lead an...
Joanne M. Carlson
Nov 3, 2024
Joanne M. Carlson, 88, passed away at her home in West Haven, surrounded by her three daughters, on November 3, 2024. She was the wife of the late E. Robert Carlson and the mother of Debra and David Bond of East Haven, Beth and Edward Tuohy of Milford, and Cheryl and Vernon Guetens of Cheshire, sister of Linda Lundin...
Filomena M. Emanuelson
Nov 1, 2024
Filomena M. Emanuelson, of Bethany, Connecticut, passed away peacefully in her home on November 1, 2024. She was born on January 24, 1936 in New Haven, Connecticut. Known as Mena to her family and friends, she was predeceased by her husband, Elias L. Emanuelson, Jr. known as Lee, her father, Alfonso Capecelatro, MD, mother, Grace Shepard Capecelatro, brothers, Ettore...
Margaret Dibenedetto
Oct 29, 2024
Margaret DiBenedetto, daughter of Dr. Alois and Christine Von-Morse Schuster, and cherished wife, mother, grandmother, and esteemed opera singer, passed away peacefully at age 96 on October 29, 2024. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Alphonse DiBenedetto, with whom she shared a devoted and love-filled marriage, as well as her siblings, Francis Eimer, Alice LaViola, and...
Samuel D. Clemons
Oct 27, 2024
Samuel D. Clemons, 90, of Meriden, loving husband of the late Faye S. Clemons passed away on October 27, 2024, surrounded by family. He was born in Martin, TN on February 24, 1934, the son of the late Homer Clemons and Lavern Palmer. Samuel Clemons served as a Deacon at Mount Hebron Baptist Church for over 40 years. He...
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