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Alice Mae Stanley Brown
Jul 25, 2003
In Hamden,July 25, 2003, Alice Mae Stanley Brown formerly of 135 Derby Ave., New Haven. Wife of the late David Brown. Born in Baltimore, MD on July 3,1905 she was the daughter of the late James C. and Lillian Kennard Stanley. She worked at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Grand Ave. Press, before retirement. Grandmother of Joel S. Williams. Also survived...
Florence M. Roberts
Jul 24, 2003
In Milford Hospital, June 24, 2003, Florence M. Roberts, 104, of 336 Drummond Rd., Orange. Miss Roberts was born in New Haven, May 14, 1899, daughter of the late Charles & Belle Pearl Roberts. She was a School teacher for the West Haven Board of Education. Miss Roberts began her teaching career in 1922 at the former State Street School,...
Gary B. Wood
Jul 23, 2003
At his home, July 23, 2003, Gary B. Wood, 58, of 137 Franklin Rd., Hamden, husband of Frances Thompson. He was born in Torrington, CT, Oct. 7, 1944 a son of Frances Bate Wood of West Cornwall, CT and the late Warren Wood. He had worked in the Forestry Department for the State of Connecticut. He enjoyed the outdoors. Besides...
Charlie Dalton Moon
Jul 22, 2003
In Branford, July 22, 2003, Charlie Dalton Moon of 25 Deborah Ln., East Haven, husband of Eleonore Bormann Moon. Born in Jenkins County, GA, Dec. 19, 1927, he was the son of the late Robert and Lillie Mae Flanders Moon. Charlie worked for United Technology before founding the Moon Cutter Co. in 1957 in North Haven. A US Army Veteran,...
Mary Florence Hardt
Jul 21, 2003
In Orange, July 21, 2003, Mary Florence Hardt, 88, of Union Ave., West Haven, wife of Frederick T. Hardt, mother of Rev. Philip F. Hardt and his wife, Vineeta of Riverdale, NY, sister of Helen DiLeonardo of New Haven, Dorothy Coombs of Meriden and the late Angela Roberts, Joseph, Ben and Frank P. Tatta. She was born in Brockton, MA,...
Evelyn Simmons Lassen
Jul 20, 2003
In New Haven, July 20, 2003, Evelyn Simmons Lassen, 83, of Third Ave., West Haven, wife of the late Howard L. Lassen, Jr., mother of Joan Duffy of West Haven and also survived by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by 3 sisters, Eleanor Coe, Marjorie Trace and Marion Dillman. Evelyn was born June 15, 1920 in West Haven,...
Hugo L. Bersano
Jul 17, 2003
Hamden- Hugo L. Bersano, 81, of 1199 Whitney Ave., passed away Thurs., July 17, 2003. He was born in Hamden, Oct. 5, 1921 a son of the late Louis J. and Angelina Marletti Bersano and was a lifelong Hamden resident. Mr. Bersano was a 1945 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business. He worked as an accountant...
John 'Jack' R. Bumstead
Jul 14, 2003
Madison - John R. ''Jack'' Bumstead, 77, of Downing Way, passed away July 14, 2003. He was born in Baltimore, MD, Oct. 6, 1925, a son of the late Dr. John H. and Katharine MacAllister Bumstead and had resided in Hamden before moving to Madison in 1985. Prior to his retirement he was a librarian at the Mystic Seaport Library...
Margaret Arisco
Jul 11, 2003
WALLINGFORD - Margaret Arisco, 39, of Carlton St., passed away on Friday, July 11, 2003, at home. She was born, April 9, 1964 in Meriden, a daughter of Esther (Yates) Barbuito. Margaret is survived by her mother, Esther Barbuito; two sons, Vincent Jankowski, Jr. of Wallingford and Eddie Goralnik of Middletown; and one granddaughter, Kaylei Mae Driscoll-Jankowski. She also leaves...
Edward Joseph Suski
Jul 10, 2003
In Hamden, July 10, 2003, Edward Joseph Suski of 60 Colony St. Husband of Nancy Stiles Suski. He leaves a daughter Catherine Suski of Denver, CO and nieces, Christine Burke and Victoria Ann Burke. Mr. Suski was born in New Haven, Dec. 21, 1930, son of the late Boleslaw and Gladys Wilmanski Suski. Mr. Suski started working for the original...
Margaret Rose Schroeder
Jul 10, 2003
In Woodbridge, July 10, 2003, Margaret Rose Schroeder, 83, of 70 Acorn Hill Rd., wife of the late Frederick H. Schroeder, mother of Doris Leek of Woodbridge and Valerie Munden Hume of San Diego, CA and grandmother of Fiona Leek of Methuen, MA, Catherine Leek of Mansfield, CT and Timothy Leek of Cambridge, MA. Also survived by four great-grandchildren. She...
Mildred Dube
Jul 9, 2003
In New Haven, July 9, 2003, Mildred Dube of 850 Mix Ave. Hamden, Mrs. Dube was born in New Haven, April 26, 1909. She was employed by Black & Decker Co. prior to her retirement. She is survived by a sister Ruth L. Smith of Ocean Pines, MD and a brother, Walter Olsen of Wedesboro, NJ. She was predeceased by...
Louise Yahnig Warner
Jul 8, 2003
In Hamden, July 8, 2003, Louise Yahnig Warner of 200 Leeder Hill Dr., formerly of Benham St., wife of the late Justin Hobart Warner. Born in Holyoke, MA, Oct. 27, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Arthur E. and Grace Greene Yahnig. Mrs. Warner was a secretary at New Haven Hospital from 1934 - 1944, served as a...
Charles Walter Surface, Sr.
Jul 8, 2003
In New Haven, July 8, 2003, Charles Walter Surface, Sr., 81, of 104 Windsor Rd., Hamden, husband of the late Lucille Balaney Surface, father of Catherine Surface of Hamden, Elizabeth Surface of Bethany, Margaret Mihalakos of Hamden, Ann McMannus of Woodbridge, Joyce Surface of New Haven, Charles Surface, Jr. of Hamden, George Surface of Fresno, CA, James Surface of Glastonbury,...
Louise Yahnig Warner
Jul 8, 2003
In Hamden, July 8, 2003, Louise Yahnig Warner of 200 Leeder Hill Dr., formerly of Benham St., wife of the late Justin Hobart Warner. Born in Holyoke, MA, Oct. 27, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Arthur E. and Grace Greene Yahnig. Mrs. Warner was a secretary at New Haven Hospital from 1934 - 1944, served as a...
Malcolm S. Graham
Jul 7, 2003
At his home, July 7, 2003, Malcolm S. Graham, 53, of 70 Baldwin St., West Haven, husband of the late Marilyn Nagy Graham, father of Matthew Stuart Graham Specialist U.S. Army, Fort Stewart, GA. and Scott Jason Graham U.S. Marines,of Okinawa, Japan, brother of Beverly Draper of West Haven and Thomas Graham of Littleton, CO. Malcolm was born in New...
Charles Francis Newkirk
Jul 6, 2003
In the Hospital of St. Raphael, July 6, 2003, Charles Francis Newkirk, 91, husband of 69 years to Juanita Hoard Newkirk of 690 Jones Hill Rd., West Haven, father of Robert Newkirk of West Haven and Charles Newkirk of Derry, NH. Also survived by four grandchildren, Kathryn Rea of West Haven, Deborah Vogt of Deep River, Robert and John Newkirk...
Geraldine J. Polhemus
Jul 5, 2003
MERIDEN - Geraldine J. Polhemus, 58, of 80 Hanover St., died Saturday, July 5, 2003, at her residence. Born in New Haven on July 1, 1945, she was the daughter of the late Joseph R. and Geraldine Hoadley LePage. Before her retirement she had been employed as a corporate secretary with the Adams & Graham Law Firm in Texas. She...
Lillian J. Brown
Jul 2, 2003
MERIDEN - Lillian J. Brown, 84, formerly of 127 Veteran St., died Wednesday, July 2, 2003, at Meriden Nursing and Rehabilitaion Center. She was the wife of the late Norman Brown. Born in Meriden on August 3, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Axel T. and Esther E. Erlandson Johnson. Until her retirement, she had worked at the...
Cecile Murphy Priester
Jul 1, 2003
In East Haven, July 1, 2003, Cecile Murphy Priester, 81, of Lily Ln., Wallingford, formerly of East Haven, wife of the late Armound B. Priester, mother of Paulette P. Tosetti of East Haven and Wallace W. Priester of Windsor, SC, grandmother of Warren and Robert Priester of SC and Sharon Tosetti-Vinci of East Haven, great-grandmother of Kayla, Haley and Summer...
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