Beth Ann Crawford
Jun 24, 2022
Beth Ann (Dupuis) Crawford, 72, wife of 54 years to George Crawford, died unexpectedly on Friday, June 24, 2022. Beth was born April 2, 1950 in Meriden, a daughter of the late Arthur and Helen Dupuis. She was employed by the State of CT Department of Rehabilitation Services until her retirement. Beth was a dedicated member of All Saints'...
David R. Ives
Jun 22, 2022
David R. Ives, 78, of Meriden, passed away in his sleep at Midstate Medical Center on Wednesday, June 22, 2022. He was born in Meriden on March 5, 1944, a son of the late Frank and Lillian (Redmann) Ives. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Elaine (Orzel) Ives, his brother Wayne Philip Ives and his wife...
Raymond Dobbs
Jun 20, 2022
NORTH HAVEN – Raymond Dobbs, 75, beloved husband of 44 years to Niki Batter Dobbs of North Haven, passed away June 20, 2022 after a brief illness. He was born in New Haven November 11, 1946, a son of the late Heman and Helen Kowalski Dobbs, and had resided in Hamden before moving to North Haven. Ray proudly served...
Susan Foyer Smith
Jun 17, 2022
Susan (Sue) Foyer Smith, of Orange, passed away on June 17, 2022 after a lifelong illness, Type 1 Juvenile Diabetes. Born on September 15, 1952, she was the daughter of the late Bernard and Audrey Mitchell Foyer. Susan attended the University of New Haven and pursued a Master's Degree in elementary education from Southern Connecticut State University, and a...
Baby Zayn Colon
Jun 16, 2022
Baby Boy Zayn Mohammad Luis Colon was born on Thursday, June 16, 2022, at 2:48 a.m. He weighed 8 pounds and was 19 inches long. Zayn's family was blessed with 12 hours with him, before he went to his heavenly home in the arms of his loving parents at 2:46 p.m. at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was the answer...
Bernard T. Brennan
Jun 14, 2022
Bernard Thomas Brennan, 88, of Hamden, husband of the late Inez Gallagher Brennan, passed away peacefully in his home on June 14, 2022. Born in Williamstown, PA on December 31, 1933 to the late Marlin and Blanche Griffith Brennan, Bernard will be lovingly remembered by his children; Bernard T. Brennan, Jr. and his wife Cynthia P., Timothy P. Brennan...
Carol-Lee Erickson
Jun 14, 2022
Entered into rest on June 14th, 2022, Carol-Lee (Grattage) Erickson, 92. Born in Providence, Rhode Island on November 20, 1929, Carol-Lee was the daughter of the late Ralph and Madeline Grattage. She is predeceased by her husband, Carl Edwin Erickson. Carol, a devoted and beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, leaves behind her four children, Robert Erickson, Donna-Lee (Erickson) O'Keefe,...
Philip L. Iampietro
Jun 13, 2022
Philip Iampietro, 98, of Ashlar Village in Wallingford died at home on June 13, 2022
Phil believed in the importance of family and was a devoted son, brother, husband, and father. He loved the ocean, to garden, to listen to the Big Band music of the 1940s, and most of all, to travel. His Naval service and...
Melinda Pennyman Gonzalez
Jun 12, 2022
Melinda Pennyman Gonzalez, of Meriden, passed away on June 12, 2022 after a short illness. Born in Meriden on May 4, 1966 to Flaretta Felton Pennyman of Meriden and the late Eddie Pennyman, Sr., Melinda worked for Meriden Headstart and then Walmart before staying home to be a full-time mother and wife. Melinda was a very loving and devoted...
Gordon M. Shepherd
Jun 9, 2022
Gordon M. Shepherd died peacefully on June 9, 2022, at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born in 1933 in Ames, Iowa to Geoffrey Seddon Shepherd and Eleanor Murray Shepherd. He was a Yale neuroscientist of international stature known for his work on the organization of neural circuits in the brain and in particular how our sense of smell...
John F. Peterson
Jun 5, 2022
John F. Peterson, 84, of Woodbridge, CT passed away peacefully at his home on June 5, 2022. He was born in Connellsville, PA on September 13, 1937, the son of the late Eugene and Catherine (Rose) Peterson. He is survived by his partner, Richard Terwilliger. He was predeceased by his brothers, Charles and Franklin. John received his Engineering Degree...
Mary Ellen Mcdevitt
Jun 3, 2022
Mary Ellen McDevitt passed away peacefully at home on June 3, 2022. She was born in Medford, Massachusetts, the daughter of the late James and Rita McDevitt. She is survived by her devoted spouse, Denise McGowan, loving sister Margaret and brother-in-law William Monagle of Lynnfield, MA, brothers Thomas (Patricia), John (Maureen), William (Lauren), and James McDevitt, and many nieces,...
Claudia Ellis Davison
Jun 3, 2022
Claudia Ellis Davison, 86, formerly of Cheshire passed away peacefully at Woodland Ridge Assisted Living in Smyrna, GA on June 3, 2022. She was the wife of the late Robert Leeds Davison and the daughter of the late Earle and Ethel Buller Ellis. Claudia is survived by her daughter Suzanne Jaffe and husband Matthew of Atlanta, GA, son Kerry...
Lori K. Walasewicz
Jun 3, 2022
Lori K. Walasewicz, 57, of Southington, went home to be with our Lord on June 3, 2022 in Hartford Hospital surrounded by loving family, after a very courageous battle with cancer. Lori was born on February 18, 1965, the loving daughter of Kathleen (Kelly) Walasewicz and the late Thomas J. Walasewicz. Besides her mother Kathleen, Lori is survived by...
Helen I. King
Jun 2, 2022
Helen King, 99, wife of the late Jay King, passed away unexpectedly and peacefully on June 2, 2022 at Hartford Hospital surrounded by her family. Helen was born at the Brown Family farmhouse in Turkey River, Iowa on November 26, 1922, the middle daughter of the late Arthur and Pearl Troester Brown. She graduated from Guttenberg High School in...
Michael T. Civitello
May 30, 2022
Michael "Mike" T. Civitello, 97, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Memorial Day, May 30, 2022, at Connecticut Hospice. He was born on May 1, 1925 to Michael and Catherine (Auletta) Civitello and was raised by his Aunt Michelina (Auletta) Milone. Mike was a veteran of the US Marines, serving in the South Pacific during World War...
Vincent D. Spratta
May 29, 2022
Vincent D. Spratta, 90, of Meriden, passed away on May 29, 2022 at the Hospital of Central CT in New Britain. He was born on August 27, 1931, a son of the late James and Pasqualina Ferruci Spratta. Vincent honorably served in the Army from 1952-1954 during the Korean War. After his honorable discharge he owned and...
Phyllis Pieper
May 27, 2022
Mrs. Phyllis (Hickey) Pieper, 93, wife of the late George H. Pieper, passed away on May 27, 2022 at her home on Clintonville Road, North Haven. She was the loving mother of Sharon Pieper Lettick and her husband Steven of Branford, Kathleen Pieper Altmann of Fairfield, Richard Pieper and Roberta of North Haven, and Paul Pieper and his wife...
William M. Schaeffer
May 25, 2022
William M. Schaeffer, 89, of Southington, passed away on May 25, 2022. Born in Meriden on April 8, 1933, he was the son of the late William E. and Minnie Gerschefski Schaeffer. He was predeceased by his brother Warren Schaeffer, and his late wife Dorothy LaCroix Schaeffer. He was a US Army veteran. He retired in 1999 from Modern...
Drew V. Mcdermott
May 25, 2022
Drew V. McDermott, an emeritus professor of computer science at Yale University, passed away on May 25, 2022. The eldest of 5 children, whose father was an agricultural economist and whose mother was an editor, he flourished in an environment that fostered curiosity and independence. With his parents' encouragement, he became fascinated with history, philosophy, and science.
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