Obituary Listing

Sep 15, 2002

MERIDEN - Ruth Violet Cyphers, 99, of 320 Colony St., died Sunday, Sept. 15, 2002, at the Bradley Home. She was the wife of the late Harold L. Cyphers, Sr. Born in Meriden, August 7, 1903, she was the daughter of the late Peter and Emma Swanson Anderson. She was a lifelong resident of Meriden and was a member of...

Sep 9, 2002

Hamden- Einar Erickson, 97, of 75 Washington Ave., husband of the late Frances Wiese Erickson passed away Sept. 9, 2002. He was born in Lysvik Varmland, Sweden a son of the late Erik and Mathilda Olsson Larsson. Mr. Erickson was employed at Winchester Repeating Arms Co. as a tool maker for 36 years, retiring in 1971 and a member of...

Sep 9, 2002

Elmer Stanley Fredericksen, 79, of Phelps Dr., Hamden passed away Monday. Sept. 9, 2002 in West Haven after a brief illness. He was born in New Haven, March 20, 1923 a son of the late Elias and Magdalene Larsen Fredericksen and had resided in Hamden all of his life. He was employed by the Home Insurance Co. of North Haven...

Sep 8, 2002

In the VA Medical Center, West Haven, Sept. 8, 2002, Michael Joseph Phelan, 97, husband of the late Marion Smith Phelan of 143 New Rd., Hamden, father of Sheila Coyle and her husband, Dennis of Hamden, grandfather of Dennis Coyle, Jr., Kevin Coyle and Kristen Pitts, great-grandfather of Shaun Pitts, Jr., also survived by many nieces and nephews, predeceased by...

Sep 7, 2002

In West Haven, Sept. 7, 2002, Lois Virginia Leigh Larsen of 308 Savin Ave., wife of the late Ivan Larsen. Born in Hamden, CT, June 6, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Claude and Adeline Barry Leigh. Before moving to West Haven, Mrs. Larsen had been a resident of Hamden and Cheshire. She is survived by a daughter,...

Sep 5, 2002

In New Haven, Sept. 5, 2002, Gloria Pepi Pascale, 79, of Choate Ave., Hamden, wife of Joseph Pascale, mother of Marie A. Pascale of Branford, twin sons, Joseph V. Pascale of East Haven and Robert J. Pascale of West Haven, and son Valentine John Pascale of Hamden. Born in Boston, MA, Aug. 26, 1923, a daughter of the late John...

Sep 4, 2002

At her home, Sept. 4, 2002, Bernice Skinner Hemingway, 98, wife of Edwin P. Hemingway of South Rice St., Brevard, NC, formerly of West Haven and Branford, sister of Clare P. Linsley of Branford and the late Everett E. Skinner and Lillian W. Skinner. She was born, May 13, 1904 in New Haven, a daugher of the late Edward P....

Sep 4, 2002

MERIDEN - Dorothy Martha Gollnick, 83, formerly of Carl St., after which she lived for nine years with her daughter prior to moving to the Miller Memorial Community, died Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2002 at MidState Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Arthur Walter Gollnick. Born in Meriden on August 26, 1919, she...

Sep 2, 2002

Wallingford- Alvina Bortle Smith, 93, wife of the late Reginald A.E. Smith passed away Monday., September 2, 2002 in the Masonic Geriatric Healthcare Center. She was born in New Haven, November 28, 1908 and was a daughter of the late Cornelius and Alvina Schultheiss Bortle. She is survived by a daughter, Patricia Clarke of Hamden, a son, Fred Morris Smith...

Aug 30, 2002

Holbrook Nichols Throm, 80, of 91 White St., West Haven died at his home Friday, Aug. 30, 2002. He was the husband of Jessie Bulter Throm for 57 years. He was a resident of West Haven since 1945. Mr. Throm was born in New Haven, Dec. 16, 1921, son of the late George Conrad and Adah Holbrook Throm. He was...

Aug 29, 2002

Hays Jones, 92, a resident of Hamden for 50 years, died at home, Aug. 29, 2002. He was born in Mt. Vernon, NY, Sept. 25, 1909 and was a direct desendent of Roger Sherman, signer of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution and mayor of New Haven. He was the son of the late Hays and Alice Hillman Jones and...

Aug 27, 2002

In Meriden, Aug. 27, 2002, Mary Adelaide (Cox) Hildrich, of Masonic Ave., Wallingford, formerly of Linden St., West Haven, wife of J. Robert Hildrich, mother of Stephen R. Hildrich, Esq. and his wife, Andrea Nadel of Orange, also survived by granddaughters, Rachel A. and Lena A. Hildrich of Orange. She was predeceased by two infant brothers, William Bradford Cox and...

Aug 27, 2002

Aug 27, 2002

In New Haven, Aug. 27, 2002, Mary Agnes Desmond McGuinness, 91, of Sherman La., Hamden formerly of Brooklyn, NY, loving and caring wife of 50 years of the late John J. McGuinness, aunt and Godmother of Robert and his wife Anne Murphy of North Haven, also survived by several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by 9 brothers and sisters....

Aug 26, 2002

MERIDEN - Martha B. Schnick, 82, of High Hill Road, died Monday, August 26, 2002, at MidState Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Clarence A. Schnick. She was most recently a resident of Masonic Geriatric Healthcare. Born in Waterbury on May 26, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Gustav and...

Aug 24, 2002

June Peterson Gustavson, 73, of Yarmouth, Maine, formerly of North Haven, CT, died August 24, in Portland, Maine. She was born in New Britain, CT, June 6, 1929, daughter of the late George E. E. and Mildred Casperson Peterson. She was a graduate of New Britain High School and the University of Connecticut where she received her bachelor's degree. She...

Aug 23, 2002

In Wallingford, August 23, 2002, Katherine Walters Umbricht of 85 Spring Garden and formerly of Gorham Dr., Hamden. Wife of the late Eugene Sanford Umbricht, mother of Kathy Umbricht Straka and husband Donald Straka of Hamden, sister of William F. Walters of Wallingford. Also survived by 2 grandchildren, David and Katherine Straka of Hamden. Predeceased by brothers, Theodore and Frederick...

Aug 21, 2002

In New Haven, Aug. 21, 2002, Ann Cassella Tagliatela, 73, wife of Frank J. Tagliatela of 221 Hyland Terrace, Orange, devoted and loving mother of Atty. Mark S. Tagliatela and Atty. Michael J. Tagliatela, both of Orange, sister of the late Louis A. Cassella and John Cassella. She was a great admirer of the family beagle, Winston. Ann was born...

Aug 20, 2002

MERIDEN - Philomena C. Palladino, 93, of 55 Willow St., died after a brief illness Tuesday afternoon, Aug. 20, 2002 at Wadsworth Glen Health Care Center in Middletown. Born in New York on Sept. 26, 1908, she was the daughter of the late Vito and Carmela Petruzullo Palladino and lived in Meriden from age one. She was employed by International...

Aug 14, 2002

JOSEPHINE McNERNEY Josephine McNerney, 86, wife of Thomas A. McNerney for 61 years, of 125 Putnam Ave, Hamden died August 14, 2002. She was born in Bridgeport, CT, Aug. 10, 1916 a daughter of the late Frederic C. and Isabelle Hoyt Bennetto and had resided in Hamden for most of her life. Josephine's paternal grandparents emigrated from the town of...