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Mae Charette Clark Swift
Feb 25, 2006
Mae Charette Clark Swift, of Meriden passed away, Fri. Feb. 25, 2006 at MidState Medical Center. Mrs. Swift was the widow of Melville D. Swift, Sr. She was born in Fort Kent, ME Jan. 2, 1913, daughter of the late Pea and Catherine Charette. She was educated in the Fort Kent School System. She was also a resident of Presque...
Anthony R. Rossi
Feb 25, 2006
ANTHONY R. ROSSI Hamden- Anthony R. Rossi, 77, of 75 Washington Ave., beloved husband of the late Angela Prates Rossi passed away February 25, 2006. He was born in New Haven September 26, 1928 son of the late Domenic and Philomena Maturo Rossi and was a resident of Hamden for over 35 years. Mr. Rossi was owner and operator of...
Janet A. Lawshe
Feb 24, 2006
Janet A. Lawshe of North Haven died Feb.24, 2006. Born in New Haven on March 1, 1937 a daughter of the late Frank and Louise Gallo Fucci. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Southern Connecticut State University in 1959. Mrs. Lawshe earned graduate credits in Art and Special Education. She taught elementary school in Maryland where she designed...
Jerald L. James
Feb 23, 2006
Jerald L. James, 69 years, of West Haven, CT, husband of Sharon Cortalano James passed away at his home Feb. 23, 2006. Jerald was born and raised in Mamaroneck, NY, July 7, 1936 a son of the late Howard and Florence Fowkles James and was also a longtime resident of the Bronx and has lived in West Haven for 6...
Carol Kemerer Edwards
Feb 22, 2006
Carol Kemerer Edwards of Whitney Center, Hamden, CT died on February 22. She was the wife of the late Herbert R. Edwards, MD. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, on September 11, 1901, daughter of Rt. Rev. Benjamin T. Kemerer and Caroline F. Kemerer, she was a graduate of The Mary Institute and Washington University in St. Louis. She and Dr....
Dorothy Obergfell
Feb 22, 2006
Obergfell, Dorothy In Meriden, Feb. 22, 2006, Dorothy Obergfell, 90. Born in Brooklyn, NY Oct. 20, 1915, daughter of the late Gustave and Wilhelmina Meyer Obergfell, raised on Staten Island and formerly of Southington, CT. Predeceased by a sister Edna Obergfeld. A lifelong friend of the Geary family, she was loved by all who knew her. Retired from the Continental...
Irene Thibeau Hayward
Feb 19, 2006
MERIDEN - Irene Thibeau Hayward, beloved wife of the late Charles Hayward, died peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 19, 2006, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT. Irene was born in St. Stephens, New Brunswick, Canada on July 23, 1934. She later moved to Meriden where she lived for the past 52 years. She was employed as a devoted housekeeper at Gaylord...
Ruben Torres
Feb 18, 2006
Meriden - Ruben Torres, 71 died on Saturday, February 18, 2006 at a local convalescent home. Ruben was born in Aguada, Puerto Rico a son of the late Manuel and Julia Torres. He was a resident of Meriden for over 30 years. He is survived by his ex-wife, Romanita and his longtime companion Maria, six children, Victor Torres, Luz Torres,...
Teasdale Anderson Perry
Feb 16, 2006
Teasdale Anderson Perry of 26 North Main St., Branford passed away, Thursday, February 16, 2006 at Milford Hospital. She was the wife of the late Austin Perry. She was born in Greensboro, PA, July 2, 1911, daughter of the late Robert and Jessie Black Anderson. Mrs. Perry was a longtime resident of West Haven before moving to Branford in 1974....
Walter 'Scotty' H. Monteith, Jr.
Feb 14, 2006
Suddenly in Yale-New Haven Hospital, Feb. 14, 2006, Walter 'Scotty' H. Monteith, Jr., Past Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Southern New England Telephone Co., husband of Jane Marceau Monteith, father of Deborah Neubert and her husband, Michael of North Haven, Diane Marino and her husband, Michael of Pawleys Island, SC and Karen Flynn and her husband, Charles of Madison,...
Lillian Coe Smith Kronberg
Feb 13, 2006
In Lakeland, FL, Feb. 13, 2006, Lillian Coe Smith Kronberg, 99, of Deerwood Dr., Lakeland, FL, formerly of West Haven, wife of the late Axel Kronberg also predeceased by her first husband, Lloyd E. Smith, of West Haven, and mother of June Rice and her husband, Donald and Carolyn Lewis and her husband, Francis all of Lakeland and David E....
Emma Lydia Stamp
Feb 13, 2006
West Haven- Emma Lydia Stamp, 87, wife of the late Vernon E. Stamp of Bellevue Ave., passed away Monday, Feb. 13, 2006. Mrs. Stamp was born in New Haven, April 26, 1918 a daughter of the late Robert and Marie Coblenzer Scheib and had resided in West Haven since 1955. She was a lifelong member of the Trinity Lutheran Church...
William H. Knoth, Sr.
Feb 13, 2006
In CT Hospice, Feb. 12, 2006, William H. Knoth, Sr., 87, husband of Irene Siennicki Knoth of Treadwell St., Hamden, father of William H. Knoth, Jr. and his wife, Nilda of Hamden, brother of Helen K. Emery and the late Mary Margaret K. Jones. Also survived by 3 granddaughters. William was born in Salt Lake City, UT, June 15, 1918...
Charles P. Johnson
Feb 11, 2006
In Johnson City, NY, Feb. 11, 2006 Charles P. Johnson, age 80, of Orange and formerly of Stratford, husband of Judith Johnson. He was born March 1, 1925 in New Bedford, MA, son of the late Harry and Helen Johnson. He served during WW II in the 4th Marine Division in Iwo Jima. Besides his wife he is survived by...
Donald C. Wilson
Feb 10, 2006
DONALD C. WILSON Bethany- Donald C. Wilson, 86, beloved husband of 63 years to Emily Stanley Wilson of Cheshire Rd. passed away February 10, 2006 in CT. Hospice after a brief illness. Mr. Wilson was born in New Haven December 11, 1919 a son of the late Charles H. and Jeannette Saunders Wilson, Sr. and had resided in Bethany since...
Loraine D. Truskowski
Feb 10, 2006
In Meriden, Feb. 10, 2006, Loraine D. Truskowski, 65, passed away at her home on Avery Ave., she was was the beloved wife of 44 years to Frank T. Truskowski. Born in Adams, MA, January 3, 1941 a daughter of the late Walter and Mary Brendza Mendel. She had been employed as a cafeteria aid in the Meriden School System....
Richard Joseph Cyganik
Feb 5, 2006
MERIDEN - Richard Joseph Cyganik, 49, died Sunday, Feb. 5, 2006 at his home surrounded by his loved ones. He was the husband of Christine Boulanger Cyganik. Born in Meriden on Feb. 3, 1957, he was the son of Jean Zenkiewicz Cyganik of Bradenton, FL and the late John Cyganik. He entered the military right out of high school and...
William P. Charest
Feb 3, 2006
MERIDEN - William P. Charest, 74, beloved husband for forty years of Barbara Lazarski Charest, died Friday, Feb. 3, 2006, at Hartford Hospital. Born in Meriden on Nov. 2, 1931, he was the son of the late Raymond and Emily Watrous Charest. He served in the U. S. Air Force and was a member of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses...
Cynthia Swift Prentice
Feb 2, 2006
Cynthia Swift Prentice, age 77 of Dogwood Lane, Trumbull, CT, died, Wednesday evening, Feb. 1st at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was the beloved wife of Milton F. Beisiegel. Cynthia S. Prentice was born April 17th 1928, daughter of Harold and Dorothy Swift of Tenafly, NJ. She graduated from Orleans High School in Cape Cod, MA. With an innate musical...
Howard W. Priebe
Jan 31, 2006
MERIDEN - Howard W. Priebe, 84, of 102 Baker Ave., So. Meriden, died Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2006 at Westfield Care and Rehab Center. He was the husband of the late Shirley Hubball Priebe. Born in Meriden on July 17, 1921, he was the son of the late August and Ida Rodauch Priebe. He was a graduate of local schools and...
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