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Gloria (Rusecky) Stanczak

Gloria (Rusecky) Stanczak

Jan 12, 2010

Gloria (Rusecky) Stanczak, age 84, passed away peacefully on Jan. 12, 2010. Formerly of North Haven & Wallingford, she most recently was loving & tenderly cared for by the staff at the Jefferson House in Newington. Born in South Grafton, MA on October 5, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Arthur & Ora Peloquin Grenier. Gloria is survived...

Marjorie Ann Samuelson Gable

Marjorie Ann Samuelson Gable

Jan 11, 2010

Marjorie Ann Samuelson Gable, age 96, passed away Jan. 11, 2010 in St. Raphael Hospital, New Haven. Marjorie was born in Manchester, England on February 22, 1913, a daughter of the late Harold and Lydia Hennessey Wright. Marjorie was predeceased by her first husband, Albert Samuelson and her second husband Howard C. Gable. A graveside service will be held on...

Mary (Dugan) Boucher

Mary (Dugan) Boucher

Jan 10, 2010

Mary (Dugan) Boucher died on January 10, 2010, just a few days past her 92nd birthday. Mary had been a resident of 19 Cherry Lane, West Haven, since 1957. She was born in New Haven on Jan. 7, 1918, the youngest of 4 children of the late Mary Rebman and Edward Dugan. She married Joseph Boucher on January 15, 1942,...

Michael Vincent Scoopo, Jr

Michael Vincent Scoopo, Jr

Jan 9, 2010

MICHAEL V. SCOOPO, JR. Michael Vincent Scoopo, Jr, 95, of Baldwin Rd., loving husband for 61 years of the late Florence Dechert Scoopo, passed away peacefully at home with his family January 9, 2010. He was born in New Haven Dec. 5, 1914 a son of the late Michael V. and Antoinette Ferrara Scoopo, Sr. and was a long time...

Laurie Patricia Hall

Laurie Patricia Hall

Jan 9, 2010

Meriden - Laurie Patricia Hall died suddenly at home, Saturday, January 9, 2009. She was born September 6, 1962, the fourth daughter of Bruce Hall and the late Joan Fearn Hall. Laurie worked in the insurance industry after graduating from Middletown H.S., and in the recent past had used her self-taught culinary skills in several area eateries, most recently The...

Hattie Lorraine Spence

Hattie Lorraine Spence

Jan 6, 2010

Hattie Lorraine Spence, 58, beloved wife of 36 years to Arthur Spence, of Niantic, passed away at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital on January 6, 2010 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Snow Hill, NC on August 18, 1951 to the late Owen and Hattie Whitfield Taylor. Besides her husband, Hattie leaves her daughters, Leslie Spence of...

Gloria Dioguardi Cerreta

Gloria Dioguardi Cerreta

Jan 5, 2010

Gloria (Dioguardi) Cerreta, age 89, died Tuesday, January 5, 2010 after a brief illness. She was born on November 7, 1920 to Louis and Mary (Cianci) Dioguardi and was a life-long resident of Meriden. Gloria was a member of the First Baptist Church. Prior to joining that congregation, she was a member of the church her grandfather helped to found,...

James Warren Nelson

James Warren Nelson

Jan 5, 2010

James Warren Nelson, 92, of Wallingford, devoted husband of 54 years to Adele Turner Nelson, passed away Jan. 5, 2010 in the Masonic Home. He was born in Hartford, April 20, 1917 a son of the late James C. and Annie Mae Weeks Nelson and had resided in Orange for 40 years before moving to Wallingford in 1999. James was...

Bernard John 'Bernie' Fitch, Jr.

Bernard John 'Bernie' Fitch, Jr.

Jan 5, 2010

Bernard John 'Bernie' Fitch Jr. passed away Jan. 5, 2010 at St. Raphael Hospital. Bernie is survived by his mother Frances Salvati Fitch, his sister Kelly M. Fitch & his niece Erin Fitch all who resided with him on George Street in Hamden. Bernie was born in New Haven on Oct. 2, 1966. He was predeceased by his father, Bernard...

Theodore 'Ted' Flowers

Theodore 'Ted' Flowers

Jan 4, 2010

Theodore (Ted) Robert Flowers, 82, of Mt. Carmel, Hamden, died on Monday, January 4, 2010 at Gaylord Hospital. He was the beloved husband of 57 years to Eleanor Flowers. Born in the Bronx, December 6, 1927, son of the late Dr. Hiland and Dorothy Flowers. Mr. Flowers served with the U.S. Army Occupational Forces in Japan, following World War II....

Irene M. Chase

Irene M. Chase

Jan 3, 2010

Meriden - Irene M. Chase, 78, wife of Robert Chase died on Sunday, January 3, 2010 at MidState Medical Center. She was born August 12, 1931 in New Britian, CT, a daughter of the late John and Mary (Kata) Gazda. She was a longtime employee of SNET and upon retiring she and Robert moved to Florida and enjoyed traveling and...

Michael T. Lipcan Sr.

Michael T. Lipcan Sr.

Dec 31, 2009

Lipcan, Michael T. Sr. Michael Thomas Lipcan, Sr, age 94, of South Shore Dr. East Haven, formerly of Branford, passed away December 31st, 2009 at The Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Married on Nov. 11, 1939 Michael was the husband of Anna H. Lewandowski Lipcan, who passed away on February 14, 2009. Born on March 25, 1915 in New Haven he...

Emily A. Wilson

Emily A. Wilson

Dec 31, 2009

Emily A. Wilson, 87, beloved wife for 63 years to the late Donald C. Wilson passed away Dec. 31, 2009 in Baltimore MD after a brief illness. Mrs. Wilson resided in Ashlar Village in Wallingford since 2007, but was formerly a long-time resident in Bethany. She was born in New Haven, the daughter of the late James and Myrtle Braxton...

Ethel I. Fudala

Ethel I. Fudala

Dec 29, 2009

Meriden - Ethel I. Fudala, 88, wife of the late Albin M. Fudala, died on Tuesday, Decmeber 29, 2009 at The Village at Kensington Place in Meriden, CT. She was born April 10, 1921 in Manchester, NH a daughter of the late Paul E. and Ida (Steiner) Hermsdorf. She graduated from Manchester West High School. Ethel was retired as a...

Maurice L. Ward

Maurice L. Ward

Dec 29, 2009

Maurice L. Ward, 90, of West Haven, passed away on Tuesday, December 29, 2009 in Hamden. He was the husband of Amuleitha Christmas Ward and is survived by a daughter Gracy P. Brown, also of West Haven, brother of Berthram of British West Indies, grandfather of Zaida, Lucy, Gracy A., Winston and Ina, great-grandfather of Antonio, Dealyce, Nalani and Lucas....

Janet Grace Kelsey

Janet Grace Kelsey

Dec 28, 2009

Janet Grace Kelsey, 92, of Hamden, passed away on December 28, 2009 after a long illness. She was born in West Haven on November 28, 1917 to the late A.B. Hall and Eva Douglas Hall and was the granddaughter of A.B. Hall Sr., founder of Hall Benedict Drug Co. on Orange St. in New Haven. Janet was the wife of...

William Bill' E. Johnston, Jr.

William Bill' E. Johnston, Jr.

Dec 28, 2009

On December 28, 2009, New Haven lost a champion of the people. William 'Bill' E. Johnston, Jr., age 72, passed away at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford after a long battle with respiratory illness. Born in 'Sugar Hill' Harlem, NYC to William E. Johnston, Sr. and Ernestine Steele Johnston, Bill graduated from Hillhouse High School and studied Social Science at the...

Richard J. Hyman

Richard J. Hyman

Dec 27, 2009

Hyman, Richard J. In Scottsdale, AZ, December 27, 2009. Richard Joseph Hyman of Windsor Rd., North Haven. Husband of Suzanne Hagedorn Hyman. Born in New Haven on July 10, 1927, son of the late Isadore and Ruth Perlisky Hyman. Having gone to Hillhouse High School and Hopkins Grammar School, he attended Dartmouth College, Class of 1949. He served in the...

Emil E. Hermann

Emil E. Hermann

Dec 24, 2009

Meriden- Emil E. Hermann, 94 husband of the late Amy (Berry) Hermann died on Thursday, December 24, 2009 at Miller Memorial Community. He was born August 31, 1915 in Bristol, CT a son of the late Theodore and Leonida (Fink) Hermann. He was a machinist at Pratt & Whitney until retiring. Emil was a parishioner of St. John Lutheran Church...

Anna L. Yale

Anna L. Yale

Dec 23, 2009

Anna L. Yale, 88, wife of the late Edwin V. Yale died on Wednesday, December 23, 2009 at Masonic Healthcare Center, Wallingford. She was born June 9, 1921 in Wallingford daughter of the late Philomena Gammerino Donofrio . Anna was a avid bingo player, where ever their was a game she was there. She is survived by three sons and...

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