Stanley Insler
Jan 4, 2019
It is with great sadness that the Insler family mourns the passing of Stanley Insler, the Salisbury Professor Emeritus of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology at Yale. Son of Clara and Frank Insler, Stanley was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. He attended the Bronx High School of Science, leaving at 16 to attend Columbia University on a Ford...
Dorris H. Rochette
Jan 3, 2019
Dorris H. Rochette, 99, wife of the late Joseph A. Rochette, passed away on January 3rd, 2019. She was born in Meriden on August 13, 1919, the daughter of the late Ernest (Smoke) and Mary (Ficken) Hallbach. She attended Meriden schools and graduated from Meriden High School in 1937. She was a member of Westwood Ct #5 Order of Amaranth...
Helen A. Drew
Jan 1, 2019
Helen A. Drew, 92, wife of Edward J. Drew of Wilmington, NC, passed away January 1, 2019. Always known for her keen sense of humor, legendary dinner parties and positive outlook on life, she was born in Bridgeport, a daughter of the late Anthony M. and Veronica Josaitis Wallace. She had lived in New Haven and Hamden for many years...
Mary Mcgouldrick Slater
Dec 30, 2018
Mary McGouldrick Slater, 55, of Hamden, loving wife of Robert D. Slater, Jr., passed away on December 30, 2018 after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in West Hartford on March 24, 1963 to the late John and Beverly Seaward McGouldrick. Along with her husband, she is survived by her brother Michael McGouldrick, daughters Megan Alling and Melissa...
Marcia Forbes Leake
Dec 29, 2018
Marcia Forbes Leake, 96, of Guilford, formerly of Orange and West Haven, passed away at home on December 29, 2018. She was born in New Haven on November 8, 1922 to the late Ernest and Mary Torello Forbes. She is survived by her daughters Nancy Leake and Susan Lender, son Jeffrey Leake and his wife Catherine, grandchildren Kristen Montanez and...
Virginia L. Stevens
Dec 29, 2018
Virginia L. Stevens passed away on Saturday, December 29, 2018. Born in Massachusetts, Virginia moved to her grandmother's house in Cheshire; where she resided until marrying her high school sweetheart, Lee H. Stevens, to whom she remained married to until his passing in 2011. They moved to South Meriden, where they resided for most of their life. While raising two...
Marjorie Viner Wilkinson
Dec 26, 2018
Marjorie Viner Wilkinson, 93, of Wallingford, formerly a longtime resident of Hamden, passed away at Masonic Healthcare Center on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. She was the wife of the late Harold E. Wilkinson. Born in Albany, Australia on October 14, 1925, she was a daughter of the late Denzil B. and Ellen (Exeter) McKail. She is survived by her children;...
Charles Ross Bryant
Dec 23, 2018
Charles Ross Bryant, aged 81, resident of Hamden, son of Charles Winthrop Bryant and Elizabeth Brigham passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by his family on Sunday, December 23, 2018. He graduated from Clark University and went on for his Masters degree at Columbia University. He then worked at the Brooklyn Public Library, before moving to Yale University, where...
Antonio Coppola
Dec 22, 2018
Antonio Coppola, 86, of Hamden passed away peacefully on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at Whitney Manor. He was the beloved husband of Ersilia Friello Coppola. Antonio was born in Ruviano, Italy on July 31, 1932, son of the late Giuseppe and Maria Rosa Ricciuti. He lived in Hamden since 1973. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his...
William T. O'Connor, Sr.
Dec 21, 2018
William T. O'Connor, Sr., age 94, of Hamden, passed away at his home on December 21, 2018. He was the husband of Mary E. (Braden) O'Connor. Born in New Haven on November 10, 1924, he was a son of the late Timothy G. & Marion (Butler) O'Connor. William is survived by his children, Ellen (Lou) Cusano, Mary Beth (Bob) Stewart,...
Guetty Louis-Fin-Pelley
Dec 17, 2018
Guetty Louis-Fin-Pelley, 39, of Hamden passed away on December 17, 2018 at Yale-New Haven Hospital after her courageous battle with cancer. She was the beloved wife of Herbert Pelley. Guetty was born on March 25, 1979 in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, daughter of Gean Guy Louis-Fin and Rose Touze. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart University and worked as a community...
Eleanore Post Mcgaffin
Dec 17, 2018
Eleanore Post McGaffin, age 90, passed away peacefully on December 17, 2018 surrounded by her family. Born in New Haven on July 5, 1928, she was a daughter of the late Harold D. Post, Sr. & Gertrude (Bassett) Post. Eleanore was the widow of William John McGaffin, Sr.; mother of Joyce (Allan) Gagnon, William Jr. (Lila), George Sr. (Irene), Elizabeth...
Evelyn Shia Riordan
Dec 16, 2018
Evelyn Shia Riordan, 89, wife of the late Joseph P. Riordan, passed away December 16, 2018. She was born in New Haven October 5, 1929, a daughter of the late Shukrey and Hesney Ghazel Shia, and was a longtime Hamden resident. Evelyn was employed as a school secretary for the Hamden Board of Education for over 35 years, retiring from...
Catherine M. O'Connor
Dec 15, 2018
Catherine Marie O'Connor, age 84, of Hamden, CT passed away peacefully at Whitney Center in Hamden on December 15, 2018. Catherine was born in New Haven on December 3, 1934, a daughter of the late Adolph & Elizabeth (Wrynn) Colombell. Catherine was predeceased by her loving husband Ralph and her daughter in-law Alicia O'Connor. She is survived by her four...
Richard E. Parks Jr.
Dec 14, 2018
Richard E. Parks Jr. of Hamden, CT passed on December 14, 2018 after a 16 year battle with cancer. He was born in New Haven CT on July 2, 1932 to Richard and Anna Matchett Parks of New Brunswick, Canada. He leaves behind a wonderful companion Elizabeth Smith along with a son Richard E. Parks III and his wife Randy...
John W. 'Jack' Haines
Dec 13, 2018
John W. 'Jack' Haines, of Meriden, loving husband of the late Doris M. (Hoppe) Haines died peacefully December 13, 2018 at the age of 102 at the Connecticut Baptist Home surrounded by his loving family. Jack lived at the Baptist Home for the past 21 years and was their oldest living resident. We greatly thank everyone there for all of...
Christine Covington
Dec 10, 2018
Christine Moye Covington, 'Gramz,' 79, of New Haven, loving wife of the late Conrad B. Covington Sr., passed away on December 10, 2018 at Yale- New Haven Hospital. She was born in New Haven on October 11, 1939 to the late Theodore and Anna Dixon Moye. She is survived by her children, Sheri Moye and Conrad B. Covington Jr., sisters,...
Dorothy Lewis Bredenberg
Dec 10, 2018
Dorothy L. Bredenberg, age 98, of Southbury, formerly of Bethany & Hamden, passed away on December 10, 2018. Born in Jersey City, New Jersey on August 4, 1920, she was a daughter of the late James & Dorothy (Whitney) Lewis. Dorothy was predeceased by her husband LeRoy N. Bredenberg in January, they were married over 80 years. She is survived...
Claudio 'Chuck' F. Juliano
Dec 9, 2018
Claudio 'Chuck' F. Juliano, 79, of Hamden passed away on December 9, 2018 in his home. He was the husband of the late Marianne (Miceli) Juliano for 59 years. Born in New Haven on December 21, 1938, Chuck was son of the late Claudio T. and Felice Franco Juliano. He grew up in New Haven and moved to Hamden in...
Sharon B. Perry
Dec 7, 2018
Sharon B. Perry, age 92, passed away on December 7, 2018 at Elim Park in Cheshire. Born in Milford, CT on September 12, 1926, she was a daughter of the late Frank & Muriel (Totten) Brotherton. Sharon was the widow of Robert Ellis Perry. She was a resident of Hamden for 25 years prior to residing in Randolph Center, VT...
