Russell Hlywa
May 7, 2020
Russell Hlywa, age 76, of Hamden, passed away on May 7, 2020. Born in Derby on September 18, 1943, he was a son of Peter and Rose (Stanchak) Hlywa. Russell was a resident of Ansonia for many years and was a career banker. He is survived by his daughter Rachelle Broderick and her husband Cary of Clinton; his sons...
Betty Ann Pilch
May 7, 2020
Betty Ann Pilch, 65, of Hamden, passed away quietly on May 7, 2020 at Arden House in Hamden, after a 35 year battle with MS and complications from COVID-19. Betty was born July 14, 1954, in Torrington. She was the daughter of the late Lawrence Pilch and Elsie (Keeler) Pilch. Betty graduated from Nonnewaug High School in Woodbury in 1972....
Lois C. Sanderson
May 7, 2020
Lois C. Sanderson, 85, wife of nearly 64 years to Rev. Owen J. Sanderson of Hamden, passed away peacefully at St. Raphael's Hospital on Thursday, May 7, 2020. Born in the Bronx, NY September 14, 1934, she was the daughter of the late Frederick W. Hashagen, Sr. and Grace Bell Hashagen. Loving mother of Linda Sanderson of Colorado Springs, CO...
Joseph Edward Cush
May 6, 2020
February 21, 1984-May 6, 2020 Joseph Edward Cush, 36, died suddenly at his home in Hamden. He is survived by his loving parents, Margaret Mary (Gallagher) Cush and John Francis Cush, Sr., as well as his siblings, Michelle (Chris) Coogan, John Francis Cush, Jr. and Robert (Lauren) Cush. Joseph was the beloved uncle to Maeve, Moira, and Diarmuid. Joseph also...
Arthur C. Fleischmann, Sr.
May 4, 2020
Arthur C. Fleischmann, Sr., aged 95, entered into eternal rest on May 4, 2020, at Masonicare Health & Hospice in Wallingford, CT. He was born May 17, 1924, in Norwood, NJ, to the late Arthur & Pauline (Eckart) Fleischmann. After graduation from Tenafly HS in 1942, he enlisted in the Navy during World War II, serving as a signalman on...
Florence Mckeon-Anderson
May 2, 2020
Florence McKeon-Anderson, 93, of Hamden, passed away on May 2, 2020 at Montowese Health & Rehab Center in North Haven. She was born in the Bronx, NY on December 20, 1926, a daughter of the late Walter and Hanna Nielson Swanson. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia Hoffmann and her husband Warren of Cranford, NJ and Annie McKeon...
Virginia Kaercher Zukunft
May 1, 2020
Virginia Kaercher Zukunft, 98, beloved wife of 65 years to the late Werner P. Zukunft, Lt. Col. USAF (Ret.), passed away peacefully on May 1, 2020 at The Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT. Born in New Haven, CT on October 1, 1921, she was the daughter of the late Carl and Caroline Glass Kaercher. Virginia is survived by her daughter...
Madeline E. Bassett
Apr 29, 2020
Madeline E. Bassett, 102, wife of the late Paul G. Bassett, passed away peacefully April 29, 2020. Loving mother of Priscilla A. (George) Mosher of North Haven, Madeline (Lawlor) Maturo, formerly of Durham, CT, Albert Maturo of Dania, FL, Kenneth (Lauren) Maturo of Northport, FL, Robert (Dianne) Maturo of Sarasota, FL and Ronald Maturo of Wallingford. She is also survived...
Leroy Kenneth Allen, Jr.
Apr 27, 2020
LeRoy Kenneth Allen, Jr., 90, devoted husband of Margaret Luby Allen for 70 years, passed away April 27, 2020 after a brief illness. He was born in New Haven August 29, 1929, a son of the late LeRoy K. and Willa Miller Allen, Sr., and had resided in New Haven for many years. He served in the US Army from...
Louise Reichgott Endel
Apr 27, 2020
Louise Reichgott Endel, 98, formerly of 15 Vista Rd., North Haven died on April 27, 2020 of the COVID 19 virus. Her husband of 56 years, Charles Endel, predeceased her in 2000. Louise's parents, Henry (Yale '14) and Sadie Reichgott met in New Haven and raised their family of four girls in St. Louis, Missouri where Henry became the 1st...
Deborah Lynn Woodtke
Apr 25, 2020
Deborah Lynn Woodtke, age 59, passed away April 25, 2020. Born in Meriden on May 24, 1960, she was a daughter of the late Philip E. Woodtke, Sr. & Ruby (Draper) Woodtke. Deborah is survived by her sisters, Dawn Stetson of Wallingford and Pamela Amato of Florida; her brothers, Philip E. Woodtke, Jr. of Meriden and Kyle Woodtke of New...
Bettina C. Roberts
Apr 24, 2020
Bettina C. (White) Roberts, 76, passed away peacefully on April 24, 2020 at Apple Rehab-Plainville. She was born in New Britain on January 28, 1944, daughter of the late Alfred J. and Constance M. (Lucco) White. Tina, as her friends and family called her, worked at the Meriden Public Library for many years, first at the Circulation desk, later as...
Leighton B. Greenidge
Apr 22, 2020
Leighton Beresford Greenidge, 68, loving husband of 21 years to Elizabeth Suttle Greenidge of Southbury passed away April 22, 2020. Father of Bari (Shanta Schachter) Greenidge, Brian Greenidge, and Ruqqiya (Richard) Greenidge Henson. Grandfather of Leo Greenidge. Brother of Avis (Roy) Walcott, Anthony (Masilla) Greenidge, and Ronald (Cassandra) Greenidge. Brother-in-law of Betty, Jezreene, and David Suttle. Uncle of Michael James,...
Peter Lengyel
Apr 21, 2020
Peter Lengyel, 90, of Woodbridge, died peacefully on April 21, 2020 in his home with his family nearby. He was born on May 24, 1929 in Budapest, Hungary, to the late Mihaly and Alice (Koszeg) Lengyel. Though he and his parents survived the Holocaust, they lost many relatives. Peter was greatly influenced by his grandfather, Maximilian Koszeg, a physician, who...
Nancy C. Olsen
Apr 20, 2020
It is with great sadness that the family of Nancy C. Olsen, age 87, beloved wife of the late Harry W. Olsen (1985) announces her passing on April 20, 2020. Born October 17, 1932 in Manchester, CT, Nancy was the daughter of the late Frank & Claribel (Pirie) Carlson. She was a graduate of Manchester High School Class of '51....
Alexander G. Stamatien
Apr 19, 2020
Alexander George Stamatien, a staple of the West Haven community and beloved patriarch of the Stamatien family, died on April 19, 2020 at Yale-New Haven Hospital due to complications from COVID-19 contracted while at the Willows Healthcare Facility. He was 93. Alexander was born on October 14, 1926, and he was a lifelong resident of West Haven. He married the...
Edmund Reed Rogers, Jr.
Apr 19, 2020
Edmund Reed Rogers Jr. passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020 at the Veterans Administration Medical Center in West Haven, CT. He was the devoted husband of 66 years to Patricia Tinlin Rogers, and was the proud father of four children and grandfather of seven grandchildren. Edmund was born on May 20, 1931 in Holyoke, MA, the only child of...
Willard Bill' Platcow
Apr 18, 2020
Willard S. 'Bill' Platcow, 90, passed away at Yale-New Haven Hospital on April 18, 2020. Born April 2, 1930 and raised in New Haven, he was the son of the late Philip E. Platcow, a former Sixth Ward Alderman of New Haven, and Mollie Penn Platcow. Bill spent most of his adult life in New Haven before moving to Hamden....
Mary C. Malick
Apr 17, 2020
Mary Christine Malick, 95, of Hamden, wife of the late Charles J. Malick, passed away at Connecticut Hospice on Friday, April 17, 2020. Born in New Haven June 23, 1924, she was the daughter of the late John and Ellen Jensen Frederiksen. She is survived by her loving children, Charles (Joanna) Malick Jr. of Indianapolis, IN, Charlene (Michael) Murphy of...
Frank Emley
Apr 16, 2020
Frank Emley passed into glory on April 16, 2020 after 97 years of richly experiencing the gift of life. He was born at home in Hammonton, NJ on December 23, 1922 into a jolly Methodist family with five siblings. He delivered papers and picked blueberries for pocket change and got around town on a bike. The day after Pearl Harbor...
