Richard T. Pilchen
Oct 31, 2020
Richard T. "Dick" Pilchen was a man who made the most of life, often quoting this line from his beloved Auntie Mame: "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!" On the morning of October 31, 2020, Dick departed from the banquet table peacefully, his faithful dogs Nala & Rutheford by his side. Dick was...
Maria Luisa Lopes Borges
Oct 29, 2020
Maria Luisa ("Mima") Lopes Borges passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on October 29, 2020. She was born on February 19, 1927 on the island of Santiago, Cape Verde Islands. Her parents were Arcenio Lopes and Henriqueta Lopes Varela. She was predeceased by her husband, Manuel Lopes Borges and her brothers, Jose Lopes and Manuel Lopes. She immigrated...
Louise R. Shimchick
Oct 28, 2020
Louise R. Shimchick entered into Eternal Life on October 28, 2020. She died at home in Morningside alongside Walter, her husband of sixty-six years, who lay asleep at her side. Louise had been cared for in her last days by daughter Cindy Agro (Mrs. Joseph Agro) and son David Shimchick under the guidance of Connecticut Hospice, with support from...
George A. Meinsen
Oct 27, 2020
George A. Meinsen, age 97, a lifelong resident of Hamden, passed away on October 27, 2020. Born in New Haven on September 14, 1923, he was a son of the late George H. Meinsen & Anna Bortniak Meinsen. George was predeceased by his wife Rosemarie "Bo" Corbett Meinsen; his daughter Mary Meinsen; and his brothers, L. Robert & Lawrence...
Carmen L. Arocho
Oct 23, 2020
Carmen Lizzette Arocho, age 54, of Meriden, passed away on October 23, 2020. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico on September 6, 1966, she was the daughter of the late Carmelo Arocho and Sonia DeJesus. She is survived by her children; Jessica Burdacki and her husband Theodore, Jasmine Segundo, Luis Rivera, and Jessenia Rivera, siblings; Sonia Arocho, Migdalia Arocho, Juan...
Priscilla Kenney
Oct 21, 2020
Priscilla Blake (Smith) Kenney, 86, of Bethany passed away at St. Raphael's Hospital on October 21, 2020. Priscilla was born in Greenwich, daughter of the late Alden W. and Charlotte E. Smith. Her family moved to New Haven when she was in the 3rd grade, when her father became Chief Editorial Writer for the New Haven Register. She attended...
Joel Sheridan Baird
Oct 19, 2020
Joel Sheridan Baird, 83, of Hamden, died October 19, 2020 in home hospice. He was born December 7, 1936 in Cleveland, Ohio, son of the late John Harold Baird and Janice L. Stecker Baird. Joel is survived by his beloved wife Christine A. Libby Baird; his cherished daughters, Lesley Sheridan Baird, of Springfield MA, Anne B. (Mark) Stewart, of...
Trelson L. Mapp
Oct 19, 2020
Trelson Lusanos Mapp, 40, of Barrouallie, St. Vincent, Grenadines, passed away in Hamden, Connecticut on October 19, 2020 after a courageous battle with Leukemia. Born in St. Vincent on July 11, 1980, a son of the late Kenroy and Maria Wickham Mapp, he is survived by his loving sisters; Zinnee Whiteman, Salene Mapp, and Petra Hope, many...
Angelo Rafael Santos
Oct 17, 2020
Angelo Rafael Santos, 63, of West Haven, passed away on October 17, 2020. Born in New Haven on December 2, 1956, a son of the late Rafael and Maria LaLuz Santos, he is survived by his daughter Jessica Santos, son Maxton Witte Santos, siblings; Jose, Iris, and Aida Santos, Maritza Santos-Pernal (John), Moises and Damari Santos, niece and nephew...
Blanche Helen Dest
Oct 16, 2020
Blanche Helen Dest, 95, wife of the late Joseph Dest, passed away at Yale-New Haven Hospital on October 16, 2020, with her loving children by her side. Born in New Haven on June 16, 1925 to the late Pasquale and Mary Franco Denegris. A lifelong resident of Hamden, Blanche had worked as a seamstress for J. Press in New...
Deborah H. Selden
Oct 16, 2020
Deborah Holston Selden, 73, of Hamden, passed away peacefully on October 16, 2020 at The Connecticut Hospice. Deb was born in Jackson, MS on May 1, 1947 to the late Rev. James and Bennie Hunnicutt Holston. She had been a speech pathologist for over 50 years, having received her Bachelor's degree from Oklahoma College for Women, did her graduate...
Dolores A. Martell
Oct 14, 2020
Dolores Ann Martell, age 71, of Enfield, CT passed away peacefully on October 14, 2020 at the St. Mary Home in West Hartford, CT. Born on April 4, 1949 to Theresa (Martell) Zimmerman and the late Louis F. Martell in Morrisville, Vermont. In addition to her mother, Dolores is survived by her two loving sons, Kyle Verespie of Meriden,...
Robert Joseph Mowad
Oct 12, 2020
Robert J. Mowad, age 74, of Torrington, CT passed away on October 12, 2020 at Litchfield Woods Rehab and Nursing Home after a long illness. He was born in Waterbury, Connecticut on August 2, 1946. Robert was predeceased by his mother, Nazla Mowad, and his loving wife, Ruthann Pontolillo Mowad. Robert is survived by his sister Frances Merithew of...
Rosemary Sansevero
Oct 5, 2020
Rosemary E. (Buller) Sansevero, 64, of Durham, died Oct. 5, 2020, after making the most of the 24 years she was gifted following a heart transplant in 1996. She was a native of North Haven, born Sept. 17, 1956 to the late Marie (Pagnam) Buller and William B. Buller. Rosemary graduated from North Haven High School and worked for...
Raymond Gordon Hawes
Oct 3, 2020
Raymond Gordon Hawes, age 92, of Elim Park, Cheshire, passed away on October 3, 2020 at the West Haven VA Hospital. Ray was born in Providence, RI on November 28, 1927, son of the late Russell Cheney and Amey Mahala Peck Hawes. He was married to his wife of 64 years, the late Betty Jane Nelson Hawes. Ray is...
Gabriel J. Zurolo
Oct 2, 2020
Gabriel John Zurolo, 85, of Hamden, husband of Joan (Quinn) Zurolo, entered into eternal life Oct. 2, 2020 on the Feast of the Guardian Angels at his home. Loving father of Mary (Gary) Walsh, Mark (Lesley) Zurolo, all of Hamden and brother of Carmela (Jack) Lee, of Wallingford, Carmin (Susan) Zurolo, Eugene (Bonnie) Zurolo, of Cheshire and John (late...
Helen Chillman
Oct 1, 2020
Helen Chillman, 93, of Branford, passed away at her residence on October 1, 2020. Born in Pittsfield, MA on June 21, 1927 to the late James and Dorothy Dawes Chillman. Helen identified with New England for her entire life. As a child, she would travel to Cummington, MA to visit family, and her association with that community continued throughout...
Charlene H. Fusaris
Sep 25, 2020
Charlene Herta Fusaris (née Ahlers) of Hamden passed away unexpectedly on September 25, 2020 at the age of 59. Charlene was born on November 23, 1960 in New Haven and was raised in Hamden. She graduated from Hamden High School in 1978 and continued to reside in Hamden until her death. She was the loving daughter of the late...
Meredith A. Fahey
Sep 25, 2020
Meredith A. Fahey, Hamden CT, died Friday, September 25, 2020, at Yale New Haven Hospital at the age of 73. Meredith was born to Bartley and Marienne Fahey in Stamford, CT, the second of five children, and was lucky to be not only surrounded by her loving immediate family , but also to grow up in close proximity to...
Lucille Jedlicka
Sep 18, 2020
Lucille Jedlicka, 89, of New Milford, loving wife of the late Harold Jedlicka, passed away on September 18, 2020 at New Milford Hospital. Born in Hamden, CT on October 17, 1930, a daughter of the late George and Grace Dorman Remington, she is survived by her daughters; Barbara Kostecki (Frank Raimundo) of Danbury, Carla Petrillo (John Petrillo) of Brookfield,...
