Marjorie J. Brenner
Mar 21, 2019
Marjorie J. Brenner, 90, passed away peacefully on March 21, 2019 at Apple Rehab Coccomo with family by her side. She was the beloved wife of the late Reinald Brenner Jr. Marjorie was born in Meriden on November 1, 1928, daughter of the late Laurent and Augusta Gerhing Galarneau. Marjorie led a life caring for others. She was a nurse...
David H. Mcgalliard
Mar 20, 2019
David H. McGalliard, 92, of Cheshire, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2019 at his residence. He was born in Newark, NJ on February 17, 1927. He lived in New Jersey for twenty-one years and graduated from Millburn High School in 1944. He served in the U.S. Navy for eighteen months, after which he enrolled in Rutgers University. In 1948...
Dorothy H. Jarboe
Mar 20, 2019
Dorothy (Hoff) Jarboe, 95, of Colchester, formerly of E. Killingly and Southington, loving wife of the late Thomas Jarboe, passed away peacefully on March 20, 2019 with her family by her side. Dorothy was born in Meriden, CT on March 8, 1924 to the late Albert and Augusta (Wilk) Hoff. After graduating high school, Dorothy worked in retail and manufacturing...
Admiral Gerald E. Thomas
Mar 20, 2019
Gerald Eustis Thomas, 89, a retired Rear Admiral and U.S. Ambassador passed away on March 20, 2019 in New Haven, CT. He was the second black officer to achieve the rank of Admiral in the United States Navy. Admiral Thomas was born in Natick, Massachusetts on June 23, 1929, the son of Walter W. and Leila L. (Jacobs) Thomas. He...
Richard S. Pogonelski
Mar 18, 2019
Richard S. Pogonelski, 36, of Hamden, passed away unexpectedly on March 18, 2019. Born in New Haven on July 13, 1982, he was the son of Mary Beth (O'Connor) Stewart and the late Richard C. Pogonelski; stepson of Robert Stewart; maternal grandson of Mary Elizabeth (Braden) O'Connor and the late William T. O'Connor Sr.; brother of Ryan Pogonelski and his...
Craig Murray Trauner
Mar 18, 2019
Craig Murray Trauner, 49, of Branford, passed away on March 18, 2019. Born in New Haven on October 12, 1969 to the late Elizabeth-Ann Murray Trauner. Craig had a creative spirit and enjoyed writing music and poetry. For many years he had been a member of the International Society of Poets. One of his many accomplishments was having his poetry...
Margaret M. Conti
Mar 16, 2019
Margaret M. Conti, age 60, of New Haven, passed away on March 16, 2019 after a brief illness. Margaret was born in Brooklyn, NY on April 9, 1958, a daughter of Joan (Swan) Merenda of New Haven and the late Domenic Merenda. She is also survived by her sons, Frank Conti Sr. of New Haven, Joseph Conti of Branford, and...
James I. Macwilliam
Mar 13, 2019
James Ibsen MacWilliam passed away peacefully at the age of 71 on March 13, 2019 after a courageous six-year battle with cancer. His daughters and sons-in-law, Susan and Asher Nichols and Devon and Jesse Villarreal, join with all those who knew and loved him in mourning his death. Jim was born on October 16, 1947, in New Haven, Connecticut. His...
Elizabeth Walker
Mar 12, 2019
The family of Elizabeth Ezell Walker bid her farewell on March 12, 2019 at the age of 102. Elizabeth was the wife of Cesar C. Walker for 54 years. She was born in Tuskegee, AL on August 3, 1916, daughter of the late Levi and Carrie Slaughter Ezell. She came to Connecticut with her sister in 1942, working for the...
Jeanne S. Rowe
Mar 10, 2019
Jeanne Sevison Rowe, 93, of Hamden, died on 10 March 2019. She was the loving wife of Daniel S. Rowe, MD. They were married for 61 years and were active members of the Yale community since 1966. Raised in Shamokin, PA, Jeanne graduated from West Chester University. An accomplished pianist, she was a voice and music teacher who sang in...
Dawn C. Flanagan
Mar 6, 2019
Dawn C. Flanagan, age 75, longtime resident of Hamden, loving wife of over 50 years to Robert Flanagan, passed away at Masonicare in Wallingford with her family by her side on March 6, 2019. She was born in New Haven on July 25, 1943 to the late George and Doris Dwyer Jerolman. Along with her husband Robert she leaves her...
Hildegarde Peterson
Mar 3, 2019
Hildegarde Schenk Peterson, age 88, passed away peacefully on March 3, 2019 at home with her daughter in Branford. She was a lifetime resident of Hamden. Hilda was born in New Haven March 6, 1930 to the late Edward and Rosina Marie (Korn) Schenk. She attended area schools and was a graduate of Hamden High School. She retired from the...
Jane A. Doak
Mar 1, 2019
MERIDEN - Jane Adams Doak passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning hours on Friday, March 1, 2019 at her home. She was born in Syracuse, NY on January 3, 1926, daughter of the late Harriet Adams and James Henry Doak, and was in her 94th year when she died. After graduating from The Meriden High School,...
Atty. Joseph C. Lee
Feb 26, 2019
Atty. Joseph Crane Lee, 79, of Hamden, passed away at CT Hospice on February 26, 2019. He was born in New Haven on December 8, 1939 to the late Joseph Scully and Marion Crane Lee. Joe will be remembered as a devoted husband of 56 years to his wife, Mary Jo Carney Lee; loving father to his children and their...
Barbara L. 'Tweetie' Kluck
Feb 24, 2019
Barbara Lowell 'Tweetie' Kluck, 90, wife of the late Edward A. Kluck, of Hamden passed peacefully away February 24, 2019 in her home. She was born in Waterbury on May 23, 1928, a daughter of the late Walter W. and Aletha Wells Lowell, Sr., and had resided in Hamden for many years. Barbara graduated from the Northfield School for Girls...
Marie I. Johnson
Feb 21, 2019
Marie Irene Johnson, 78, of Meriden, passed away on February 21, 2019. She was born in South Berwick, Maine on June 27, 1940 to the late Irene Elliot. She leaves behind her brother Richard Chandler; sisters Claudia Chandler-Murray and Norma Jean Chandler-Murray; daughter Melba Leary and her husband Lonnie Leary; sons John Chandler, David Johnson, Michael Johnson, Phil Johnson and...
Emily W. Belanger
Feb 21, 2019
Emily W. Belanger of Middletown, wife of the late Regis A. Belanger, died on February 21, 2019 at Pilgrim Manor after a brief illness. Born in Meriden on June 21, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Emily Worthington and Thomas Jones, Sr. She resided in Meriden for most of her life until moving to Middletown in September 2017,...
Shirley Jean Deleonardo
Feb 20, 2019
Shirley Jean DeLeonardo, 92, of Hamden, passed away peacefully on February 20, 2019. She was born in New Haven on July 19, 1926 to the late George and Esther Anderson Sullis. Shirley grew up in New Haven before attending the Stone Academy. She had been a resident of Hamden for over 60 years and was a longtime parishioner of Grace...
Eleanor Modena
Feb 20, 2019
Eleanor Modena, age 90, of North Haven passed away at Connecticut Hospice after a brief illness on February 20, 2019. Eleanor was born in New Haven on August 17, 1928. She was the daughter of the late Henry and Marie Pekari. She grew up in Hamden and graduated from Hamden High School. She worked for the New Haven Police Dept....
Ernesto Nesto' Hernandez
Feb 19, 2019
Ernesto 'Nesto' Hernandez, 79, of Meriden, loving husband of 58 years to Angelita Muniz Hernandez, passed away on February 19, 2019 at Midstate Medical Center. He was born in Aguada, Puerto Rico on June 10, 1939 to the late Francisco and Maria Perez Hernandez. Along with his wife, he is survived by his daughter Maritza Rivera, son Ernest 'Tito' Hernandez...
