Trooper David F. Anderson
Apr 16, 2001
Suddenly in New Haven, April 16, 2001 CT State Trooper David F. Anderson, 29, of Church Street, Hamden, son of Fred and Barbara Hughes Anderson of Hamden, fiance of Jennifer Lasse of Bethany, father of Rachel Lynn Anderson of Bethany, brother of Martin H. Anderson of Stratford and Andrea L. Anderson of East Haven, uncle of Edwin Reboyraz of East...
Alice Ball Cram
Apr 15, 2001
In Banford, April 15, 2001, Alice Ball Cram, 73, wife of Fred E. Cram of 321 South Brooksvale Rd., Cheshire. Mother of Gregory P. Wiltshire of Wallingford, and the late Reginald and Stephen C. Wiltshire. Sister of Elizabeth Watts of Detroit, MI, aunt of Ann Drake of Sterling Heights, MI. She was born in West Haven, Oct. 28,1927, daughter of...
Ernesto A. Ruperti
Apr 15, 2001
MERIDEN-Ernesto A. Ruperti, 96, formerly of 101 Amity St., Meriden, CT, died on April 15, 2001, at the Connecticut Baptist Home in Meriden, after a long illness. He was predeceased by his beloved wife Carmen Silva who died in 1999 after 66 years of marriage. They were married in New York City in 1931. He was born May 3, 1904...
Ruth Carlson Sunblade
Apr 14, 2001
In New Haven, April 14, 2001. Ruth Carlson Sunblade 92, of 75 Washington Ave., Hamden. Wife of the late John E. Sunblade. Born in New Haven on March 28, 1909, she was the daughter of the late Idoff and Annie Carlson. Mrs. Sunblade retired in 1972 after 42 years, as a Library Catologer, from the Stirling Library, Yale University. A...
Muriel Clarkson Dempsey
Apr 14, 2001
In Bridgeport, April 14, 2001, Muriel Clarkson Dempsey 78, of 90 Concord St., Hamden, wife of the late John H. Dempsey. Born in New Haven, on July 2, 1922, she was the daughter of the late Burton C. and Leila Clark Clarkson. Mrs. Dempsey was a long time resident of Morris Cove, New Haven, before moving to Hamden in 1958....
Harvey Trumbley
Apr 14, 2001
In Northford, April 14, 2001, Harvey Trumbley 75, of 29 Clintonville Rd., Northford. Father and father-in-law of Lucia and Anthony Russo of Northford, grandfather of Anthony, Michael and Christopher Russo. Predeceased by brothers, George, Francis and William Trumbley. He was born in Woodbridge, Sept. 13, 1925 son of the late Samuel and Esther Perkins Trumbley and was a resident of...
Nellie J. Sims
Apr 13, 2001
Meriden-Nellie J. Sims, 88, of 11 Warren St. died Friday April 13, 2001 in Cocomo Memorial Health Care. She was wife of the late Robert Sims, Sr. She was born on June 7, 1912 in Cumberland County, VA a daughter of the late Phillip and Katherine Brackett James and had lived in Meriden since 1961. She was a faithfull member...
Barbara Ann Stampler Paolini
Apr 11, 2001
In New Haven, April 11, 2001, Barbara Ann Stampler Paolini, 36, wife of Robert Paolini of 62 Nicole Dr., Milford. Mother of Lenni Stampler Paolini and Ali Elizabeth Paolini of Milford, daughter of Joan Crissey Stampler of West Haven and the late Leonard Stampler, sister of Cynthia Stampler of West Haven and Harry Stampler of Hollywood, FL. Also survived by...
Jack Edward Wakefield
Apr 11, 2001
In New Haven, April 11, 2001, Jack Edward Wakefield, 68 of 185 Mill Rd., North Haven, husband of Lynn Sullivan Wakefield. He was born in Framingham, MA, April 9, 1933, a son of the late O. Stanley and Alice Czajkowski Wakefield, he served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War. He retired from Pratt and Whitney where he...
John Augustus Copeland, Sr.
Apr 10, 2001
In Wallingford, April 10, 2001, John A. Copeland, Sr. 85, of Masonic Home, Wallingford, formerly of Cheshire and Hamden, husband of the late Marion Read Copeland and his second wife Dorothy Kennedy Copeland. Father of John A. Copeland, Jr. of W. Kingston, RI and David R. Copeland, of Hampstead, NH, brother of Willis E. Copeland, Betty Christman both of Wallingford,...
Olive Thelma Hanson
Apr 10, 2001
MERIDEN-Olive Thelma Hanson, 85, of 10 Billard St., died Tuesday, April 10, 2001 at MidState Medical Center. She was the wife of the late Harold Bertil Hanson. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on Dec. 3, 1915, the daughter of the late Floyd Cecil and Jenny VanDeusen Lamb and had been employed as an assistant buyer of children's books at...
Dirk B. Gazing
Apr 9, 2001
In Wallingford, April 9, 2001, Dirk B. Gazing of Wallingford formerly of Old Lyme, entered into rest, he was the husband of the late Vera Smith Gazing. He was born Jan. 15, 1917 in Leiden, Netherlands. He served in the Dutch Merchant Marines for 6 years serving in the Pacific during WW II. He then moved to Old Lyme in...
Louise P. Lafrance
Apr 6, 2001
In Branford, April 6, 2001, Louise Ponzio LaFrance 76, of Hawthorne Ave., West Haven, wife of the late Arthur J. LaFrance. Mother of Lori Hill of Clinton, Lynn Gatavaski of East Haven, Diana Pelliccio of Hamden and Wayne LaFrance of Clinton. Sister of Dorothy (Pinky) Manderola of Windsor Locks, CT, Joseph Ponzio, Pasquale Ponzio both of North Haven and Morris...
Bruce M. Steele
Apr 6, 2001
In Meriden April 6,2001, Bruce M. Steele, 69 of 815 Still Hill Road, Hamden, husband of the late Claire Toth Steele. Father of Jay B. Steele and his wife Ann of Plantsville. Grandfather of Megan Elizabeth Steele. Brother of Shirley Steele of Southbury. Cousin of Barbara Matteson of Stratford, and John Moffat of Guilford Born in New Haven November 7,...
Alfred Julius Kroll
Apr 4, 2001
Tampa, FL - Alfred Julius Kroll, 88 of 16001 Lakeshore Villa Drive, died Wed. April 4, at Lakeshore Villa Health Care Center. He was the husband of the late Elsie Huff Kroll. He was born in Bristol, CT, Oct. 22, 1912 a son of the late Adolf and Leopoldeni Neske Kroll. He graduated from the Pratt Institute and was Vice...
Eunice P. Lawson-Zabel
Mar 28, 2001
In Branford, March 28, 2001, Eunice P. Lawson, 72, of 30 Patterson Rd., Hamden, died after a brief illness. Mother of Judith Lynn Lawson of West Haven, Jeffrey Parker Lawson of West Palm Beach, FL, James Donald Lawson of Cheshire, John Douglas Lawson of Wolcott and Jay Robert Lawson of Clearwater, FL. Also survived by 5 grandchildren. She was the...
Ralph Burgess Kennedy
Mar 28, 2001
In West Haven, March 28, 2001, Ralph Burgess Kennedy 47, of 37 Valley View Dr., Hamden, husband of Ret. MSG Susan Kennedy. He was born Oct. 8, 1953 a son of the late George C. and Mattie Stokes Kennedy. He retired in 1991 as a Sargent First Class after 20 years of service in the U.S. Army Medical Services Corp....
Ethel Beard Nelson
Mar 25, 2001
In Woodbridge, March 25, 2001, Ethel Beard Nelson 92, formerly of Pelham Ave. Hamden, wife of the late Clarence Stephen Nelson, mother of Janet Geoghegan and her husband Robert of Tolland, Karen N. Sutera of Quaker Hill, CT, Curtis R. Nelson and his wife Pamela of Gales Ferry, Charles E. Nelson and his wife Patricia of Sandy, Utah, Roger S....
Margaret Griffin Mcgrail
Mar 22, 2001
In New Haven, March 22,2001 Margaret Griffin McGrail 82, formerly of Corbin Rd. and Haverford St. Hamden. Wife of the late Albert C. McGrail and her first husband Frederick McCuddy. She was born in Somerville, MA, August 10, 1918, daughter of the late Francis and Catherine Griffin.She had been a secretary for the City of West Haven. Stepmother of Diane...
Ernest William Rennie
Mar 21, 2001
Wallingford- Ernest William Rennie, 89, husband of Dorothy Schildbach Rennie passed away Wednesday, March 21, 2001 in the Masonic Geriatric Health Care Center after a brief illness. He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland April 30, 1911 a son of the late George and Margaret Moir Rennie and had lived in West Haven for many years before moving to Florida in...
