Lisa L. Adkins
Sep 13, 2025
Lisa L. Adkins, 66, of Portland, loving wife of William Adkins, passed away on September 13, 2025, at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown, CT. She was born in Bridgeport on July 15, 1959, a daughter of the late Gilbert and Lorraine Keating Clark. In addition to her husband Bill, she is survived by her sisters, Diane Miller and Corinne Clark....
Liselotte M. Davis
Sep 11, 2025
Liselotte Mielau Davis, born March 11, 1935 in Schartau, Germany, passed away in her home on September 11, 2025. After leaving East Germany and attending the Freie Universitat in Berlin, she immigrated to the U.S. in 1957. She first settled in Massachusetts, then moved to North Haven, CT in 1961. She lived in Old Lyme, New...
Alfred Lechner
Sep 10, 2025
It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of our Dad, Alfred Lechner, who passed away peacefully on September 10, 2025, at the age of 99. Dad resided at the Masonicare complex in Wallingford, Connecticut, where he and our Mom moved to in 2006. He was born in New York City on August 18, 1926 to Frida...
Phyllis Leavstrom Mikhail
Sep 6, 2025
Phyllis Esther Leavstrom Mikhail passed away on September 6, 2025. Phyllis was born on October 10, 1944, in New Haven, Connecticut, to Norman and Esther (Anderson) Leavstrom.
After graduating from East Haven High School, Phyllis put herself through college. She earned a Bachelor of Science from Central Connecticut State College and a Master of Science from Southern...
Audrey Ellen Jane Loukides
Aug 30, 2025
Audrey Ellen Jane Loukides, 96, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on 30 August 2025. She was born on Mersea Island in England on November 9, 1928, the fifth of eight children of Ernest and Ida Weller, Sr. After enduring WWII on Mersea, she immigrated with her family to the United States in 1948. They lived...
Claire Angela Hendricks
Aug 30, 2025
Claire Angela Hendricks, 82, of Hamden, passed away August 30, 2025. She was born December 10, 1942 in Jamaica to the late Frederick Jackson and the late Lilly A. Francis. She leaves behind her longtime companion, Maury Steigman of Hamden, and cousins, Joseph and Gloria Somers, Sr. of Miami, FL, Joseph Somers, Jr. of Atlanta, GA, Charles...
Martin Dirk Hartog, Ph.D
Aug 29, 2025
Martin Dirk Hartog (Marty), Ph.D, 75, of Hamden, husband of Therese L. Bennett (Terri), passed away at Yale-New Haven Hospital on August 29, 2025. Marty was born in 1950 to parents Dirk and Elsie Hartog (Koenig) and grew up in Mount Vernon, NY.
Marty graduated from Mount Vernon High School and received his Bachelor's in Mathematics from...
Helen A. Becker
Aug 26, 2025
Helen A. Becker, 95, wife of the late Louis Becker, Jr., passed away at The Willows of Autumn Lake, in Woodbridge on August 26, 2025 with her devoted daughter and son-in-law by her side. Born in Montague, MA November 8, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Paul and Anastasia Ostroski Klepacki. She was the loving mother of...
Edward T. Otremba, Sr.
Aug 25, 2025
On Monday, August 25, 2025, the world lost a great man: Edward T. Otremba, Sr., who died peacefully at home in North Haven at the amazing age of 105. A devoted and loving husband, son-in-law, father, uncle, grandfather, great-grandfather, friend, and WWII veteran, Ed was quick to sing or whistle a melody and share a memory of days gone...
Richard F. Stefanec
Aug 24, 2025
Richard F. Stefanec, 79, husband of 54 years of the late Margaret Townsend Stefanec, passed away on August 24, 2025. Born in Bridgeport on February 1, 1946, he is the son of the late Helen (née Klimas) (born August 24, 1918) and Frank Stefanec. He is survived by his only child, Laura.
He attended Quinnipiac University studying...
Elizabeth Cushman Gumbart
Aug 21, 2025
Elizabeth Cushman Gumbart, 93, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 21, 2025. She was a resident of Elim Park Place in Cheshire, CT for the final 15 years of her life after 45 years in North Haven, CT. Born on April 17, 1932, to the late Rufus P. Cushman, Jr., and Clara Morse Cushman in Providence, RI, Betsy was...
Jung Sook Chang
Aug 20, 2025
Jung Sook Chang, 85, wife of Jin Suk Chang of Bridgeport, passed away on August 20, 2025. Born in Seoul, South Korea on September 21, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Changjin Park and Bong Yoon Cha. In addition to her husband, she is survived by her loving sons, Yong Chang, of Shelton and Yongmin Chang, of...
Migdalia Febles
Aug 16, 2025
Migdalia Febles, 61, of Meriden, passed away on August 16, 2025, at Midstate Medical Center. She was born in Meriden on May 25, 1964, a daughter of the late Santos and Maria Agosto Febles. Migdalia is survived by her sons, Juan Carlos Rodriguez Febles and his wife Leslie Bernard Vazquez, Emmanuel Jose Rodriguez Febles and his wife Maraida Acevedo,...
Anand Baghel
Aug 15, 2025
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Anand Baghel, a beloved husband, father, son, brother, and friend, who left us on August 15, 2025 at the age of 55.
Born on February 6, 1970 in India, Anand lived a life defined by love, kindness, and dedication to his family. He built his life...
Mary Sarah Bales
Aug 14, 2025
Mary Sarah Bales, age 100, born May 6, 1925 in Grant County, Kansas to the late George and Charlotte Bales, passed away at her home in Hamden, Connecticut on August 14, 2025. She is preceded in death by her sisters, Lorie Hatcher and Doris Kimbrel, brother, Calvin Bales, and half-siblings, Fred Bales, Geneva Larkin, Verl and Melvin Larkin. Survived...
Margaret A. Cambino
Aug 13, 2025
Margaret A. Cambino, 87, of Hamden, formerly of West Haven, passed away August 13, 2025. Margaret was predeceased by her loving husband, John Cambino. She was born in New Haven, Connecticut on December 15, 1937 to the late Salvatore and Concetta Pistone Giordano. She grew up and spent most of her life in West Haven, moving to Hamden in...
James Emmett Crowley
Aug 13, 2025
James Emmett Crowley of Derby, CT, son of the late John Joseph Crowley and Josephine Roy Crowley of Hamden, CT, passed away on August 13th at his home. He is survived by Diane Wilkes, the mother of his two sons, John Crowley of Ansonia, CT and Brian Crowley and his wife Amanda of Worcester, MA, and his sister, Janet,...
Richard K. Donabedian, Md
Aug 11, 2025
Professor Emeritus Richard Kasper Donabedian, MD, a longtime faculty member in the Department of Laboratory Medicine at Yale School of Medicine, passed away at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, Connecticut, at the age of 89. Dr. Donabedian grew up in Worcester, Massachusetts, profoundly influenced by his mother, a survivor of the Armenian genocide-a legacy that instilled in him enduring values...
Arolyn Ruth Bolton Lake
Aug 3, 2025
Arolyn Ruth Bolton Lake was a loving and independent mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, daughter, cousin, and friend. An original and deep thinker, Lyn was known among her loved ones for creating various forms of art using media such as stained glass, paper and ink, and watercolors. She loved the outdoors, gardening, innovative ideas, and was an extensive reader and...
Michael Carlos David Tomlinson
Jul 28, 2025
Michael Carlos David Tomlinson, 78, loving husband of the late Diane McNeill Carvalho Tomlinson, who recently passed away on June 2, 2025, died unexpectedly on July 28, 2025, in Griffin Hospital surrounded by friends and family. He was also predeceased by his first wife, Pauline Tomlinson, who passed away on July 26, 2004. He was born in New Haven...
