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Andrew J. Lucibelli

Andrew J. Lucibelli

May 23, 2011

Andrew J. Lucibelli, 91, of Hamden, died peacefully on Monday, May 23, 2011.He was the beloved husband of Jeanette Pagnam Lucibelli. Born in New Haven on February 29, 1920 to the late Rudolpho and Christina Amendola Lucibelli. Andrew was a 1938 graduate of Commercial High School in New Haven before serving in the 776th Ordinance Company of the 76th Division...

Mildred C. Mitchell

Mildred C. Mitchell

May 18, 2011

Mildred C. Mitchell, 95, of Hamden passed away on May 18, 2011 at the Hamden Health Care Center. She was born in Providence, RI on February 9, 1916 to the late Thomas and Anna Warren Mitchell. Miss Mitchell leaves her sister Audrey Foyer, a niece Susan Foyer Smith, her nephew Donald Foyer, a grandnephew and several grand nieces. The family...

John H. Carpenter

John H. Carpenter

May 17, 2011

Meriden- John H. Carpenter, 86, husband of 63 years to Audrey (Ellstrom) Carpenter died on Tuesday, May 17, 2011 at the Conn. Baptist Home. He was born January 30, 1925 in Meriden a son of the late Howard and Viola (Barker) Carpenter. John proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during World War II; second armored division in Europe...

Herbert M. Atherton

Herbert M. Atherton

May 12, 2011

Herbert M. Atherton, the dean of Yale's Ezra Stiles residential college, 1973-1982, died on May 12, 2011 in Branford, CT of cancer-related causes. Dr. Atherton took his doctorate in history at Yale and served on the history faculty 1967-1982. His career included service as staff director and director of educational programs for the National Commission on the Bicentennial of the...

Donald J. Macmillan, Jr

Donald J. Macmillan, Jr

May 12, 2011

Donald James MacMillan, Jr., 'Donnie Mac', 52, of Raleigh, NC passed away suddenly on Thursday, May 12, 2011 in Raleigh. The loving son of Donald J. and Frances Budnick MacMillan, Sr., of West Haven, he is also survived by his beloved sister Diane MacMillan, also of West Haven and many dear Aunts, Uncles, Cousins and dear Terrie. Donnie was born...

Eric John Idec

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

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