Gian P. Guardo
Sep 7, 2018
Gian P. Guardo, 49, of North Haven passed away suddenly Friday, Sept. 7, 2018. He was born in New Haven on January 13, 1969, son of the late Joseph A. Guardo and the late Alesandra Aguilera Guardo. He was the brother of Pamela Guardo Hall of Denver, Joseph Guardo of New York City, and the late Adrian Guardo. He also...
Walter H. Schenck
Sep 6, 2018
Walter H. Schenck, 77, loving husband of Gay Alexander Schenck, passed away on September 6, 2018. He was born in Passaic, NJ on October 6, 1940 to the late Walter and Clara Crabtree Schenck. Along with his wife, he is survived by his sons Jonathan Schenck and his wife Stephanie Benziger, and Adam Schenck and his wife Spenta Cama, his...
Phyllis Bai
Sep 6, 2018
MIDDLETOWN, RHODE ISLAND-Phyllis Rosamond (Maxwell) Bai, formerly of Old Saybrook, passed away on September 6, 2018 after a short illness at age 95. Phyllis was born in Quincy, MA on October 11, 1922 to the late Robert and Teresa (McKeon) Maxwell, the youngest of their six children. She is predeceased by her husband John Andrew Bai and her siblings; Robert,...
Judith Kniffin-Shattuck
Sep 3, 2018
Judith Kniffin-Shattuck of New Haven passed peacefully on September 3, 2018, at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Judith, born on February 3, 1948, was the daughter of the late Harold and Mildred Vaughan Kniffin. She graduated from Hillhouse High School and received a BA from Michigan University with additional graduate and under graduate work at Vassar, the New School, and Boston...
Maria Ottilia Koel
Sep 3, 2018
Maria Ottilia Koel 'Otti', age 95, of Hamden, wife of the late Ake Ilmar Koel, passed away on September 3, 2018 at Whitney Center. She was born in Komarom, Hungary on April 3, 1923 to the late Gabor and Ethel Heidler Nemeth. After completing college at the University of Toronto, where she met her husband Ake, and The Catholic University...
Grace Gertz
Aug 28, 2018
Grace Rose Gertz, 94, of Hamden, passed away peacefully on August 28, 2018 at Arden House. She was the wife of the late Arthur Gertz. Grace was born in New Haven on December 19, 1923 to the late Antonio and Mary Ciccarelli Nazzaro. She grew up in New Haven before moving to Hamden as a teenager. She went on to...
Richard A. Ziemba
Aug 26, 2018
Richard Anthony Ziemba, 81, of Hillside Ave., Branford, husband of the late Frances Plympton Ziemba, passed away suddenly August 26, 2018. He was the loving father of Karen (Frank) Majkut of Hopkinton, RI, Brenda (Stuart) Magoveny of Northford, and Michele (Dave) Bolduc of North Haven. Brother of Irene Lewis of Milford, CT and Bernice Zedalis of VA. Richard is also...
Geraldine Jeri' Giaimo
Aug 24, 2018
Geraldine (Jeri) C. (Antonucci) Giaimo, age 80, of Cheshire, formerly of East Haven, loving wife of the late Hon. Thomas J. Giaimo, passed away on August 24, 2018 at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital. She was born in New Haven on July 6, 1938 to the late James and Anna (LaMonica) Antonucci. Loving mother of Maryanne...
Lawrence J. Denardis
Aug 24, 2018
CONGRESSMAN LAWRENCE J. DeNARDIS Lawrence Joseph DeNardis, age 80, of Hamden, CT, passed away peacefully on August 24th at Yale-New Haven Hospital surrounded by his family. Dr. DeNardis was born in New Haven, CT on March 18, 1938, the son of the late Lawrence and Elena (Battaglia) DeNardis. He graduated from Hamden High School in 1956 where he met Mary...
Ernest N. Schaper
Aug 20, 2018
Ernest N. Schaper, 85, passed away peacefully at his home on August 20, 2018. He was the beloved husband of the late Shirley Lane Schaper. Born in State Center, Iowa on July 10, 1933, Ernie was the son of the late Vernon and Gertrude Miller Schaper. He grew up on the farm in Iowa before becoming a Merchant Marine and...
Nancy J. Alusitz
Aug 18, 2018
Nancy J. (Metrelis) Alusitz, 91, passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on August 18, 2018 at One MacDonough Place in Middletown, CT. She was the beloved wife of the late William O. Alusitz. Born in New Haven, CT on November 20, 1926, Nancy was the daughter of the late Peter and Louise (Brainerd) Metrelis. She graduated from Meriden High...
William H. Chambers
Aug 17, 2018
William H. Chambers, age 66, of East Haven, passed away at Yale-New Haven Hospital on August 17, 2018. Born in New Haven on March 31, 1952, he was a son of the late Walter H. and Mary (Andrews) Chambers. He is survived by his daughters; Tabitha & her husband Ivan Torres of East Haven and Dawn Farrell of Port St....
Shirley I. Yucker
Aug 15, 2018
Shirley Isobell Yucker, age 87, of Cheshire, loving wife of the late Robert H. Yucker, passed away on August 15, 2018 at her home at Elim Park Baptist Home. She was born on September 9, 1930 to the late William and Mary Lindsay Turkington. She is survived by her daughter Maryann Mott (Geoffrey) and her son Robert W. Yucker. After...
Rosemary 'Mary' Civitello
Aug 11, 2018
Rosemary 'Mary' Civitello, 91, passed away peacefully August 11, 2018 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She was born in New Haven on November 11, 1926 and raised in New Haven. Mary graduated from Commercial High School with honors and subsequently earned an MS degree from Southern CT State University. She was a beloved special reading teacher for many years at...
Marilyn S. Turnburke
Aug 6, 2018
Marilyn Simons Turnburke, 89, passed away peacefully on August 6, 2018 at Whitney Center in Hamden, CT. Born in Providence, RI on April 30, 1929, Marilyn was the daughter of the late Francis and Dorothy Holt Simons and a graduate of Wellesley College. Marilyn was a resident of Largo and Indian Shores, FL for 25 years, where she was a...
Ralph J. O'Connor
Aug 3, 2018
Ralph J. O'Connor, age 89, of Hamden CT passed away peacefully at St. Raphael's Hospital on August 3rd, 2018 surrounded by his family. Ralph was born in New Haven on December 2, 1928 to the late Michael F. and Mary G. (Dunleavy) O'Connor. Ralph is survived by his loving wife, Catherine (Colombell) O'Connor. Ralph is also survived by his four...
Janet Larsen
Jul 31, 2018
Janet Andersen Larsen, 86, passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 31st, 2018 at Hospice in Branford. She was the daughter of the late Horace P. and Mildred B. Andersen. Janet was a lifelong resident of Hamden, graduating from Hamden High School in 1949, and Quinnipiac College in 1971. She worked a number of years as a dental secretary. Janet is...
Barbara Walker Hogan
Jul 29, 2018
Barbara Walker Hogan, age 90, recently of Wallingford, passed away at her home on July 29, 2018. Born in New Haven on January 16, 1928, she was a daughter of the late William & Florence (Starks) Walker. Barbara was the widow of John J. Hogan, mother of the late Thomas Hogan, and sister of the late Charlotte Walker & Robert...
George Hunter, Sr.
Jul 29, 2018
George Hunter Sr., age 92, of New Haven, passed away on July 29, 2018 at Arden House, Hamden. He was born in New York, NY on April 25, 1926 to the late Isabelle Galting Sharp. George is survived by his daughters; Dianna Parish (Jesse), Patricia Parker, Deborah Hunter, Denise White, Kim Johnson (Raymond), Charlene Holloway (Larry), and Mary Frances Williams,...
Joan D. Bates
Jul 28, 2018
Joan D. Bates, 89, of Wallingford, wife of the late Robert N. Bates, passed away at MidState Medical Center on July 28, 2018 with family by her side. Born in Bridgeport on January 12, 1929 to the late Thomas and Louise Conklin Daniels. Joan will be missed by her daughters, Lynda Bates-Stepe (Atis Stepe) of Islip, NY and Lorraine Mayer...
