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Barbara Ann Stampler Paolini

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Robert W. Flagg

Robert W. Flagg

Mar 19, 2001

In New Haven, March 19, 2001, Robert W. Flagg, 86 of 129 Kings Highway, North Haven. Husband of the late Gertrude Clear Flagg, father of Betsy Gorman and her husband Al of Hamden, Ellen Malave and her husband Sandy of East Haven, Barbara Selander and her husband Leif of North Branford, W. Dennis Flagg and his wife Mary Ann of...

John H. Dempsey

John H. Dempsey

Mar 16, 2001

In Branford, March 16, 2001, John Hudson Dempsey, husband of Muriel Clarkson Dempsey of 90 Concord St. Hamden. Father of Dr Lois Hinman of Sleepy Hollow, NY., Robert J. Dempsey of Trumbull and Joan Herr of Bloomington, IN. Also survived by 10 grandchildren. Predeceased by a sister Miriam Bewley. Mr Dempsey was born in New Haven, son of the late...

Vincenza Ruggieri Cassella

Vincenza Ruggieri Cassella

Mar 14, 2001

Vincenza Ruggieri Cassella of Summit Dr., Orange entered into rest eternal surrounded by her loving family and friends on March 14, 2001 at the age of 98. She was born on May 4, 1902 in Basilcia, Province of Benevento, Italy. As an infant, the family moved to San Marco LaCatola, Province of Foggia, Italy where she lived until she emigrated...

Ruth Seadale Ohler

Ruth Seadale Ohler

Mar 9, 2001

Ruth Seadale Ohler, 61, of 245 Knob Hill Rd. South Meriden, died Friday at Mid-State Hospital. She was the wife of Guenther Ohler. She was a loving wife, mother and sister. Guenther and Ruth had been married for 41 years. She was born in Glen Cove, L.I., New York, daughter of the late Axel & Ranghild Sophie Seadale. She was...

Hilah Gray English

Hilah Gray English

Mar 8, 2001

MIDDLETOWN - Hilah Gray English, 99, formerly of 38 Boston Road, died Thursday, March 8, 2001, at Wadswoth Glen Health Care Center. She was the wife of the late Joseph W. English. She was born in Randolph County, Missouri, on Feb. 27, 1902, the daughter of the late Hardin and Ellen Harlan Gray. She is survived by a daughter, Margaret...

Fannie Crook Alling

Fannie Crook Alling

Mar 8, 2001

In Wallingford, March 8, 2001, Fannie Crook Alling, 93, wife of the late Frederick Alling. Mother of Edward H. Alling of Flanders, NJ and Judith Cogswell of South Dennis, MA, also survived by 5 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by a sister Ruth Dorothy Crook. She was born in North Haven, where she lived most of her life,...

Richard Ruggles

Richard Ruggles

Mar 4, 2001

New Haven-Richard Ruggles, PhD., 84, Stanley T. Resor Professor of Economics, Emeritis, Yale University, husband of Caridad Navarrete Ruggles of 100 Prospect St., New Haven, passed away Sunday, March 4, 2001 peacefully at home. Father of Patricia Ruggles of Washington, DC., Catherine J. Ruggles of Los Angeles, CA. and Steven Ruggles of Minneapolis, MN., brother of Catherine Ruggles Gerrish of...

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