Eric John Idec
May 11, 2011
Meriden- Eric John Idec, 68, passed away suddenly at his home on May 11, 2011. He was born November 3, 1942 in Linden, NJ, a son of William Idec and the late Martha (DeHanes) Idec. He attended Pratt Institute of New York, NY where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1964 for industrial design and earned his master's degree in...
Joan Giordano Lynn
May 9, 2011
Joan Giordano Lynn, age 82, of Hamden, passed away on May 9, 2011 at the Hospital of St. Raphael. Joan was the widow of Robert Hanson Lynn, Sr. Born in New Haven on February 12, 1929 she was the daughter of the late Andrew J. & Anna Scafraella Giordano. Joan is survived by her sons, Robert Hanson Lynn, Jr of...
Helen Spencer
May 8, 2011
Helen Spencer, a psychologist at the West Haven Veterans Administration hospital, died on Sunday, May 8th, at the age of 64. She is survived by two children, Kathleen Spencer of Burbank, CA and Christopher Spencer of Philadelphia, PA. Her death, at Yale New Haven Hospital, was the result of complications arising from ovarian cancer, which she had been battling against...
Arthur Vandermaelen
May 7, 2011
Arthur VanDerMaelen, 84, of Hamden, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at CT Hospice, Branford. He was the husband of Raye Menna VanDerMaelen. Arthur was born in New Haven on January 6, 1927 to the late Arthur VanDerMaelen, Sr & Mildred Clarke VanDerMaelen. He is survived by step-daughters Linda & her husband Anthony Iazzetta of Hamden and Sandi &...
Peter Ellsworth Phelps
May 6, 2011
Peter Ellsworth Phelps died on May 6, 2011 after an extended illness. Born on October 25, 1956, in New Haven, CT, he was predeceased by his parents, Wallace and Ann Phelps. Peter leaves behind three siblings, John, Carol and David, and his two loving children, Jody and Wally of West Hartford, CT whom he was totally devoted. Peter worked in...
Raymond J. Sullivan
May 5, 2011
Raymond J. Sullivan, age 62, passed away on May 5, 2011, formerly of Hamden he has been Enfield resident for the past 9 years. Raymond was born on January 12, 1949 in New Haven, a son of Daniel & Anne Hotchkiss Sullivan of Hamden. He is also survived by his long time companion, Meredith Holden of Enfield; his sister, Kathleen...
Daniel Allan Hume, Jr.
May 5, 2011
Daniel Allan Hume, Jr., 76, of Hamden, passed away on May 5, 2011 at CT Hospice. Born in New Haven on March 21, 1935 to the late Daniel A. Hume, Sr. Retired Deputy Chief HFD and Kathryn Rourke Hume. Daniel is survived by his son Daniel A. Hume III and his wife Elizabeth of Hamden; his loving companion, Laurie Sanford...
Shirley Gerhardt
May 4, 2011
Shirley Gerhardt, 89, of New Haven, passed away on May 4, 2011 at the Hospital of St. Raphael. She was born on December 5, 1921 to the late Walter and Marguerite Lockheed-Boyd Gerhardt. Shirley leaves her nephew Paul Duffy and his wife Andria of Branford, her longtime friend Ruth Setaro of North Haven and her loving church community. She was...
Sara Jane Dixon
Apr 29, 2011
Sara Jane Dixon, age 91 of Hilltop Place, New Haven, passed away on April 29, 2011 at Arden House in Hamden. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on September 6, 1919 she was a daughter of the late Claurence A. Brooks and Stella Paul Brooks. Sara was a claims examiner for the former CMS Insurance Company for many years. She was a...
John 'Jack' O'Connor
Apr 22, 2011
John [Jack] O'Connor was born in Stamford on July 17, 1928 and died peacefully in Branford's Hospice on April 22, 2011. Jack is survived by his devoted companion, Saylor Heidmann; his sisters Joan O'Connor, CSJ and Maureen Landry; his four children by Gail Ward O'Connor, Tara Bartlett (Michael Bartlett), Meghan O'Connor (Michael Paleski), Kerry Chernovetz (Brad Chernovetz), and Sean O'Connor;...
Michael M. Pacelli
Apr 18, 2011
Michael M. Pacelli, age 80, of Hamden, passed away on April 18, 2011 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Michael is the husband of Beverly J. Hawkes Pacelli. Born in New Haven on April 24, 1930, he was the son of the late Marco & Concetta Romano Pacelli. Michael was a US Army Veteran of the Korean Conflict. He was a...
Herbert Henry Pearce
Apr 18, 2011
Pearce, Herbert Henry 1916-2011 Herbert H. Pearce of New Haven passed away Monday, April 18th, three days shy of his 95th birthday. He was born in New York City to the late Herbert and Anna Pearce, and lived in the North Haven or New Haven from 1917 on. He attended Commercial High School , and went to work at the...
Stephen N. Zehalla
Apr 17, 2011
Stephen N. Zehalla, 97, of Mix Ave., Hamden, passed away on April 17, 2011. He was born in Milford on August 16, 1913 to the late Michael and Annie Adamcit Zehalla. He was employed for many years by the New York, New Haven, & Hartford Railroad and later Penn Central in the legal department and also for the board of...
Sidney Thomas Trower, Ret. Hamden Fireman
Apr 12, 2011
Sidney Thomas Trower, retired Hamden Fireman, 96, husband for 63 years to the late Eileen Blanchard Trower, passed away on April 12, 2011 at CT Hospice. He was born in New Haven on April 8, 1915 to the late Burt and Beatrice French Trower. Sid leaves his two daughters, Sylvia Bontatibus of Meriden and Barbara Wysopal of North Haven; grandchildren,...
Alice Larson Anderson
Apr 12, 2011
Alice Larson Anderson, 94, wife of the late Rudolph W. Anderson passed away Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at the CT Hospice in Branford. Alice was born in New Haven April 13, 1916 a daughter of the late August and Emma Bradstrom Larson, and lived in New Haven before moving to Hamden in 2008. She had been employed as a secretary....
John Frank Smoko
Apr 11, 2011
John Frank Smoko, CWO USAF Ret, age 93, of Hamden, passed away April 11, 2011. John was predeceased by his wife of 41 years, Elizabeth Aucoin Smoko. Born in Philadelphia, PA on July 3, 1917, he was a son of the late John F. & Anna Unterreiner Smoko and brother of the late Rudolf Smoko. Raised in Pocono Lake, PA,...
Mary Josephine Villano
Apr 10, 2011
Mary Josephine Villano, age 88, of Hamden, formerly of Orange, passed away April 10, 2011 in St. Raphael Hospital. Mary was the widow of Anthony Villano. Born in New Haven on May 20, 1922, she was a daughter of the late John & Josephine Miliano Scialla. Mary is survived by her sons, Louis & his wife Barbara Villano of Gilroy,...
Charles Albert Berlepsch
Apr 9, 2011
Charles A. Berlepsch, age 86, of Wallingford, formerly of Hamden & Winter Haven, FL, passed away on April 9, 2011. Charles is the husband of Betty Christensen Berlepsch. Born in New Haven on February 19, 1925 he was the son of the late Charles A. Berlepsch, Sr, & Ida Contois Berlepsch. He was a WWII US Navy Veteran, member of...
Ruth Carolin Hinchliff
Apr 7, 2011
Ruth Carolin Hinchliff, age 95, of North Haven formerly of Hamden, passed away April 7, 2011. Ruth was the widow of George Joseph Hinchliff, married for 46 years. Born in New Haven on June 10, 1915, she was a daughter of the late Francis & Mary Etta Yoke Hammond. Ruth is survived by her daughter, Susan Hammond-Hinchliff Zelanakas & her...
Harold Hotchkiss Tomlinson
Apr 5, 2011
Harold Hotchkiss Tomlinson, 83, a resident of Ansonia since 1960, husband of the late Marjorie Beimler Tomlinson, passed away on April 5, 2011. Harold is survived by sons Raymond and his wife Susan Tomlinson of New Haven and Peter and his wife Karen Tomlinson of Seymour, daughter Susan and her husband Charles Peet of Ansonia, and a brother Sydney B....
