Pauline Barbara Tautvid
Jan 30, 2006
In CT Hospice, Jan. 30, 2006, Pauline Barbara Tautvid, 98, of 77 Park Ave., Hamden, sister of Bessie Kennedy and Mary Papuga both of Hamden and a brother, Charles Tautvid of Durham. Also survived by nieces, Barbara Roney and her husband, John of RI, Kristina Hanson of MD, Carol Roberts and her husband, David of Killingworth and Christen Tautvid of...
Robert Elton Peck
Jan 28, 2006
Robert Elton Peck, of 291 Franklin Rd., Hamden passed away at his home Saturday, January 28, 2006. He was the husband of the late Anna Mae Lynch Peck. He was born in New Haven, January 17, 1925, son of the late Elton and Rose Peck. He was a auditor for IBM in Hamden for 35 years prior to his retirement....
A. Dwight Culler
Jan 27, 2006
A. Dwight Culler, for many years a Professor of English at Yale, died in Hamden, Friday, January 27, 2006. Professor Culler was a specialist in Victorian literature, which he treated in a broadly humanistic fashion, mingling the concerns of cultural history with those of the New Criticism. His major works dealt with the educational thought of John Henry Newman, the...
Marie Esposito Savino
Jan 24, 2006
In the Mary Wade Home, New Haven, Jan. 24, Marie Esposito Savino, 92, wife of the late Thomas Savino of East Haven and Bella Vista. They were the proprieters of "Tommy's Open Air Market" formerly of Middletown Ave, NH. Cousin of Nancy Pompane of Canterbury, CT, Bridet Giamattei and Julia Papuga both of New Haven. Predeceased by a son, Anthony...
Elizabeth Tierney Mackinnon
Jan 24, 2006
Elizabeth Tierney Mac Kinnon passed away on Tuesday January 24, 2006, in Lewes, Delaware. Mrs Mac Kinnon had resided in her own assisted living apartment under the care of her niece, Maureen Tierney Fickel and her family for some years. Betty was born in New Haven and lived with her husband, Albert Mac Kinnon in Hamden for many years. She...
Thomas O. Altieri
Jan 20, 2006
MIDDLETOWN - Thomas O. Altieri, 84, of Middletown, formerly of Meriden, passed away on Friday evening, Jan. 20, 2006, surrounded by his loved ones. He was the beloved husband of Eunice Helin Altieri for 63 years. Born in Meriden on August 2, 1921, he was the son of the late Thomas and Virginia Altieri. Tom started his amatuer boxing career...
Sarah A. Zemke
Jan 19, 2006
MERIDEN - Sarah A. Zemke, 87, of 109 Catherine Drive, died Thursday, Jan. 19, 2006 at Hartford Hospital. She was the wife of the late Joseph J. Zemke. Born in Meriden on Jan. 10, 1919, she was the daughter of the late Frederick and Lentine Savage Arnold. She attended Paier College of Art and had worked in the Meriden school...
Joan Fearn Hall
Jan 19, 2006
MERIDEN - Joan Fearn Hall, loving and devoted mother and grandmother, died Thursday, January 19 at the Connecticut Baptist Home in Meriden. She was born June 4, 1926 to the late William and Anita Fearn, and was married to Bruce A. Hall for 42 years. She leaves four daughters; Sharon Amoroso and her former husband and continued friend, Anthony Amoroso,...
Margaret Connors Hurlburt
Jan 17, 2006
Margaret Connors Hurlburt, wife of the late Edward Hurlburt, formerly of Dessa Drive, Hamden, went to be with her God January 17, 2006 in the Hospital of St. Raphael after a brief illness. Mrs. Hurlburt was born in Windsor Locks, CT, a daughter of the late John and Matilda Batum Connors and had resided in Hamden since 1946. She was...
Caroline Maskell Curtis
Jan 16, 2006
MERIDEN - Caroline Maskell "Papa" Curtis died peacefully on Jan. 16, 2006 at age 94 after a short illness. She was the widow of MacRae H. Curtis. Caroline was born on December 29, 1911 in Atlanta, Georgia, the daughter of the late James W. and Alice M. Maskell. She was a resident of Meriden since 1918, a graduate of Meriden...
L. Eileen Sell
Jan 15, 2006
Mt. Dora, FL. - L. Eileen Sell, 74, loving wife of John Sell of Dana Court, passed away Jan. 15 after a brief illness. She was born in New Brunswick, Canada April 16, 1931, a daughter of the late Laurence H. and Phoebe Graham Batchelder and has resided in Meriden, CT, Wallingford, CT and Mt. Dora, FL. Prior to her...
John Joseph Mchugh
Jan 15, 2006
JOHN J. McHUGH North Haven - John Joseph McHugh, 82, loving husband of Joan Lewkowicz McHugh of Bayard Ave. passed away Jan. 15, 2006 in Yale New Haven Hospital after a brief illness. He was born in Amesbury, MA, Dec. 24, 1923 a son of the late John and Catherine Kearrney McHugh and resided in North Haven since 1978. He...
Anna Cordelia Gray
Jan 14, 2006
MERIDEN - Anna Cordelia Gray, 95, died Saturday,, Jan. 14, 2006 at MidState Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Maurice Gray. Born in Keswick, VA on Nov. 28, 1910, she was the daughter of the late Alexander and Lillian Head Johnson and began working at age thirteen when her father died Later she worked at the Connecticut...
Jessie Napier Doolittle
Jan 12, 2006
Jessie Napier Doolittle, 92, wife of the late Clifford A. Doolittle, died Jan. 12, 2006 at the Masonic Hospice Hospital in Wallingford, CT. Mrs. Doolittle was born April 30, 1913 on Staten Island, NY to the late Alexander and Annie Wood Napier. Survived by daughter Gayle A. O'Donnell and her husband William of Northford, CT, son James A. Doolittle and...
Sophie (Sophia R.) Wilkey
Jan 10, 2006
Meriden-Sophie (Sophia R.) Wilkey who lived an accomplished and loved-filled life, died on Tues., Jan. 10, 2006. She was born in Meriden, CT on Aug. 12, 1917 to loving parents, the late Onufry and Helen (Tratinka) Rakesky, both immigrants from White Russia (Belarus). Sophie graduated from Meriden High School in 1935, from the University of Connecticut with a Bachelor's of...
Nancy Clark Schwarzkopf
Jan 10, 2006
Nancy Clark Schwarzkopf, 72, in CT Hospice, Branford, Jan. 10, 2006. Wife of Wolfgang Carl Schwarzkopf of 210 Thornton St., Hamden. Mother of Eric Arthur Schwarzkopf and his wife Martha of Niantic and the late Frederick Reese Schwarzkopf. Sister of Dr. Frederick Reese Clark of Carrano, Switzerland and the late William Clark. Survived by one grandson, Alexander M. Schwarzkopf. Daughter...
John Dickinson Shaw
Jan 9, 2006
MERIDEN - John Dickinson "Bub" Shaw, 95, passed away peacefully at the Connecticut Baptist Home on Monday, Jan. 9, 2006. A lifelong dedicated resident of Meriden, Mr. Shaw is survived by four children: Stewart Shaw of San Diego, California, Sally Shaw of Corvallis, Oregon, Catherine Turton of Tampa, Florida and Jann Smoot of Clifton, Texas. Mr. Shaw leaves seven grandchildren,...
Phyllis Joanne Dorman
Jan 9, 2006
At her home, Jan. 9, 2006, Phyllis Joanne Dorman, 73, died peacefully surrounded by her family, wife of 54 years of Leonard E. Dorman of 46 W. Shepard Ave., Hamden. Mother of Sharon (David) Ormstedt of Bloomington, IN, Wendy (Frank) Willis of Hamden, CT, Andrew (Lynne) Dorman of Cheshire, CT and Alicia (Keith) Nieforth of Randolph, NJ. Grandmother of Sarah...
