Gary Alan Howe
Jan 6, 2005
Hamden-Gary Alan Howe, 69, of 75 Washington Ave., loving husband of 47 years to Lorraine Guglielmo Howe passed away Jan. 6, 2005. Born in New Haven May 18, 1935, he was the son of the late Walter and Sibilla Rau Howe. Gary was raised in West Haven and also lived in Durham for 25 years. He served in the military...
Robert Baxter Freitag
Jan 4, 2005
MERIDEN - Robert Baxter Freitag, 69, of 548 Allen Avenue died peacefully at his home after a long illness, on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005. Born in Meriden, April 14, 1935, he was the son of the late Charles and Georgina Ferguson Freitag, Sr. He was an avid collector of memorabilia of he 40's and 50's. He was employed through the...
Ann Spagone Auclair Cyr
Jan 4, 2005
In New Haven, Jan. 4, 2005, Ann Spagone Auclair Cyr, 80 formerly of Branford, wife of the late Clarence G. Cyr, mother of Joseph E. Auclair, Jr. of Norwich and sister of James Spagone of West Haven. Also survived by 4 grandchildren, 3 great-grandchildren and 14 nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her first husband, Joseph E. Auclair, a...
Enis Verdolini
Jan 4, 2005
MERIDEN - Enis Verdolini, 73, died Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2005, at MidState Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Victor Verdolini. Born in Meriden on Feb. 8, 1931, she was the daughter of the late Mario and Madelaine Busa Talamona. She was a former owner of Verdolini's Restaurant and was active in a variety of spiritual oriented organizations....
Robert Harrison Sperry
Jan 3, 2005
Robert Harrison Sperry, husband of Evelyn Tickell Sperry of Baldwin Rd., Woodbridge passed away Jan. 3, 2005 after a long illness. He was born in New Haven, Nov. 11, 1931 a son of the late Harrison B. and May Blackman Sperry and was a life long resident of Woodbridge. He was employed at S.N.E.T. Co. as a cable splicer for...
Hazel Windham Isenberg
Jan 1, 2005
Hazel Windham Isenberg, 90, of the Masonic Geriatric Health Care Center, died January 1,2005. She was the wife of the late Sydney Partman Isenberg. She was born in Greenville, NC. Mrs. Isenberg was a member of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of North Carolina Division. She is survived by a daughter, Miriam Windham Isenberg of North Haven, a son,...
Eric William Mood
Jan 1, 2005
In Hamden, Dec. 31, 2004, Eric William Mood of 55 High Meadow Rd., husband of the late Gwen Howell Mood. Born in PA, Dec.30, 1916, he was the son of the late Leonard and Amanda Anderson Mood. A 1938 graduate of the University of Connecticut, Eric received a Master's Degree from Yale University in Public Health in 1942. He was...
Crocifissa ''Cruci'' Sapienza
Dec 31, 2004
Crocifissa ''Cruci'' Sapienza, wife of the late Joseph V. Sapienza of 150 Cook Hill Rd Cheshire, formerly of Hamden, passed away Friday, December 31, 2004. She was born in Haverhill, MA, a daughter of the late Ciro and Felumena Pompa Scaduto and had lived in Manchester, NH before moving to Hamden in 1957. She was employed at SNET/SBC from 1960...
Olive Louise Swatkins Weitzel
Dec 29, 2004
MERIDEN - Olive Louise Swatkins Weitzel, 93, formerly of 57 Forest Avenue, died Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2004, at Coccomo Memorial Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Stephen Weitzel. Born in Meriden on Jan. 3, 1911, she was the daughter of the late Ernest and May Howard Swatkins. She had been employed at the Home Club. She...
Bernice M. Lindgren
Dec 29, 2004
In Hamden, Dec. 29, 2004, Bernice M. Lindgren, formerly of 135 Putnam Ave., Hamden. Born in New Haven, July 31, 1924 daughter of the late Gustave Adolf and Anna Johnson - Nordling Lindgren. Bernice worked as a Secretary -Bookkeeper for various organizations, such as a law office, insulation company and the State of CT Agricultural Experimental Station. She is survived...
John Stanford Beecher
Dec 28, 2004
Beecher, John Stanford In New Haven, Dec. 28, 2004, John S. Beecher, 82, of 75 Washington Ave., Hamden. Son of the late David and Kathleen Stanford Beecher, he was born in New Haven on July 9, 1922. Mr. Beecher is survived by two sisters, Mary Hague and Kathleen Maloney of Hamden, two nieces, Jo-Ann Barone and Kathy DePodesta, three nephews,...
Joseph E. Blasius, Sr.
Dec 28, 2004
Hamden-Joseph E. Blasius, Sr., 83, of 49 Howard Dr. passed away surrounded by his devoted family after an extended illness on December 28, 2004. Joseph was born June 27, 1921 to Joseph and Amanda Kinney Blasius. He was raised in New Haven where he met his childhood sweetheart and wife of 56 years, Geraldine Hickey Blasius. Joseph spent his early...
Helen Burns Mulligan
Dec 25, 2004
Helen Burns Mulligan, 92, of 288 Thornton St. Hamden, passed away Saturday, Dec. 25, 2004 at CT Hospice, Branford. Mrs. Mulligan was the wife of the late James M. Mulligan. Born in New Britain, Aug. 20, 1912, daughter of the late Patrick Edward and Mary Hanley Burns. She was a secretary at Thompson - Peck Insurance Co., prior to her...
Marguerite Roston Estelle
Dec 24, 2004
In St. Raphael's Hospital, New Haven, Dec. 24, 2004, Marguerite Roston Estelle, 87, of Fairfax St., West Haven died after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Raymond Estelle. Loving mother of Raymond Gray Estelle of New Haven and Renee Estelle of West Haven, loving grandmother of Raymond G. Estelle II, Nyiesha Estelle of New Haven, Tyniesha...
Walter Scheirer
Dec 21, 2004
In Branford, Dec. 21, 2004, Walter Scheirer, 78 of Summit Dr., Orange, husband of Maria Repnin Scheirer and father of Atty. Alexander Scheirer of New Haven. Walter was born in Semfirapol, Russia, June 29, 1926, son of the late Vasil and Maria Scheirer. He had worked as a machinist for Bic Pen Corp. of Milford for 25 years and retired...
Gail Fletcher Thomas
Dec 17, 2004
Gail F. Thomas,R.N. 59 of 22 Masonic Ave, Wallingford, died Friday, Dec. 17, 2004 at the Masonic Home after a long illness. She was the wife of the late Edward A. Thomas. Born in New Haven, Oct 17, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Clayton and Shirley Brown Fletcher. She retired from Yale New Haven Hospital in 1992...
Robert Bernard Watson
Dec 11, 2004
Robert Bernard Watson, 91, died Sat., Dec. 11, 2004 at CT Hospice in Branford. He was the husband of 64 years of Ann Goebeler Watson. He was born Jan. 31, 1913 on the family ranch in Grand Valley, CO, the son of the late James J. and Agnes Johnson Watson. Bob and his father started Watson Foods, Inc. in 1939...
David Russell Grayshan
Dec 10, 2004
David Russell Grayshan, 57, of 2 Janet Drive, North Haven, died Friday, Dec. 10 in New Haven. He was the partner of Christopher R. Quill. He was born in Manchester, NH on Sept. 6, 1947. He was the son of Russell and Eunice Peever Grayshan of Goffstown, NH. He graduated from Northeastern University and worked as a supervisor at the...
Joseph Esposito
Dec 10, 2004
Joseph Esposito, of 238 Foster St., New Haven, died peacefully at home, in the comfort of his family Friday, December 10, 2004. He was the husband of Lydia Porta Esposito and the father of Rosanne Esposito of New Haven and Joseph Esposito of Palm Beach, FL. He is also survived by his grandaughter, Gabriele Esposito Wilcock of New Haven. He...
Joyce S. Gambordella
Dec 10, 2004
Joyce S. Gambordella, of 30 Woodruff St., Hamden, passed away Friday, December 10, 2004 at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was the wife of the late Raymond Gambordella. She was born in Norwich, England., March 14, 1925, daughter of the late Reginald and Mabel Savory. Mrs Gambordella is survived by a daughter, Christine Rook of Middletown and sons, Reginald Gambordella...
