James E. Northrop, age 51 of Bridgeport, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at St. Vincent's Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport the son of the late William E. Northrop and Martha Northrop who currently resides in Bridgeport, he had been a lifelong area resident. James was employed for many years in the hospitality and food service business. He was a true lover of all kinds of animals, and in his youth, was a member of the CT Audubon Society. James became a baptized and confirmed Roman...
James E. Northrop, age 51 of Bridgeport, passed away Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at St. Vincent's Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport the son of the late William E. Northrop and Martha Northrop who currently resides in Bridgeport, he had been a lifelong area resident. James was employed for many years in the hospitality and food service business. He was a true lover of all kinds of animals, and in his youth, was a member of the CT Audubon Society. James became a baptized and confirmed Roman...
Genevieve T. (Sapinski) Kosinski, 92 of Wallingford died at the Masonic Home in Wallingford with her family by her side on March 13, 2014. Beloved wife of the late Joseph N. Kosinski ,who passed away in 2012. Genevieve was born in Old Westbury, New York, daughter of the late John & Katherine (Kaniewski) Sapinski and had been a resident of Essex and East Hampton before moving to Wallingford. She was a parishioner of Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Essex and had sung in the choir for many years....
Robert "Bob" Isaac Jones, 65, of West Granby, beloved husband for 27 years of Suzanne L. (Beman) Jones, passed away peacefully on Thursday, (March 13, 2014) with his family by his side. Born in New York, NY on October 14, 1948, son of the late Robert D. and Viola M. (Lawton) Jones, he was raised in New York City and had lived in Chicopee, MA for over 20 years before moving to West Granby in 2001. After moving to the Springfield, MA area as a young man, Bob started his career in the printing...
Wanda (Puchala) Zadrozny entered into eternal peace on Thursday, March 13, 2014. As a dearly beloved mother to her daughter and son-in-law, Martha and Marty Grant, she is remembered in a most remarkable way by her prized grandsons, Adam Grant and his fiancé Jenni Smith and Benjamin Grant. Wanda is remembered for her ageless grace, tenacity and beautiful complexion. Born July 29, 1921 in New Britain, CT, Wanda's love of classic literature and history as a young girl was reflected in her work...
Prospect - Mrs. Ruby (Russell) DeCosta, age 98, of Prospect, died Friday March 14, 2014 at Waterbury Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of Ernest DeCosta.
Mrs. DeCosta was born at her family homestead in Bethany on June 25,1915 a daughter of the late Arthur and Olive (Short) Russell. She was retired from Sears where she had worked for many years as a head cashier and was a very active member of the Prospect Congregational Church. She was a member of the Prospect...
Dorothy C. (Eddy) Carey, 81, of Newington, died peacefully on Friday, March 14, 2014, with family by her side. Born in Hartford, daughter of the late Charlotte (Rowley) Eddy and Vincent L. Eddy, she was a lifelong Newington resident. Dottie was formerly employed by Bates File Manufacturing, Newington, and the State of CT Teachers Retirement Department. In 1995, she retired from the Town of Newington after 19 years of employment and continued to work part-time in the Assessor's Office until 2013...
Jo-Ann (King) Iverson, 70, of Hartford, our beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, went to be with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 after battling with declining health for the past year. She is reunited with her husband, Joseph "Bubba" Iverson as well as her two sisters Ruth E. King and Roberta E. King, and a brother Norman C. King. Jo-Ann was born in Hartford on February 26, 1944 and was the fourth of nine children born of the late James and...
Helen T. Coger, 84, of New Haven died peacefully on the 14th day of March 2014 after a long illness. Born in Wilmington, DE on November 2, 1929 to the late George and Nettie Benson Macklin. Moved to New Haven in 1932. Wife of the late Stephen Coger. Helen leaves five children, daughters, Deborah Sands Parker (Glen) of Oklahoma City, OK and Brenda Sands Jaske (Juhani) of Hamden; sons, Stephen Coger of New Haven and Adam and Randolf Coger both of New York; sister, Georgianna Miller of New...
John D. Sable, 67, of Deep River died on March 14, 2014 at Yale-New Haven Hospital after a long and courageous battle. Beloved husband of Jane (French) Sable. John was born in Chicago, IL, son of the late John and Evelyn (Koch) Sable and had lived in Connecticut for the past 38 years. He attended Aurora University in Illinois and graduated from Quinnipiac Law School. He served our nation in the U.S. Army, during the Vietnam War in Istanbul, Turkey. John went on to practice real estate law for...
Olga Korba, 89, a longtime resident of Newington, passed away at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury on Saturday, March 15, 2014. Olga was born on January 3, 1925 in Poland. She was the daughter of the late Dymitr and Maria (Trusz) Popowicz and the wife of the late Maciej Korba. She was a member of Ss. Cyril & Methodius Church in Hartford and in her leisure time, she enjoyed cooking, gardening, reading and dancing. Olga's greatest joy in life was being a mother, grandmother and great grandmother...
Maria (Giuliano) Fichera, 73, of Hartford, died peacefully on Saturday, March 15, 2014, surrounded by her loving family. Born in Lentini, Sicily, Italy, to the late Josephine (Ruffino) and Salvatore Giuliano, she was raised in Melilli, Sicily, and moved to the United States at the age of 14. She was a longtime Hartford resident and made many lifelong friends. Maria was a hardworking woman, employed at Pratt & Whitney and Colt Manufacturing from where she retired. She enjoyed cooking for her...
Eleanor C. Howe, wife of the late David W. Howe, Jr., of Cumpstone Dr, Hamden passed away Saturday March 15, 2014 after a brief illness. She was born in New Haven Sept. 29, 1931, a daughter of the late George A. Conley of Hamden and Blanche Seaman Conley of New Haven, and was a lifelong Hamden resident. She was employed as a court reporter for the Sanders, Gale & Russell Firm and later was employed with Dale Guard Security Systems. She was an active member of the Tuesday Night Card Club for...
Roger Trudeau, 84, of South Windsor, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family on Saturday, March 15, 2014, at Vernon Manor Health Care Center. Roger was born on May 12, 1929 in Somerset, Massachusetts, to the late Omer and Phema (Poisson) Trudeau. As a young man, he worked at his father's dental laboratory in Somerset. He joined the U.S. Naval Reserves where he served 8 years. Roger graduated from the University of Massachusetts-¬Dartmouth with a bachelor's degree in Electrical...
STOCINIS. Elizabeth Stocinis, 82 of East Windsor passed away Thursday (March 13, 2014) at Kimberly Hall Healthcare Facility, Windsor. Elizabeth the daughter of Lavina G. Reilly and John Joseph Reilly, was born on June 30, 1931. Elizabeth was one of eleven children. She attended Weaver High School and graduated in 1949. Upon graduation Liz worked for Travelers for a short time, where she was introduced to her husband Russell Stocinis. They were married in 1952 and had two daughters Diane...
Miles Grant Blakeslee, Jr. 84, husband of 60 years of Joyce Oswald Blakeslee, passed away peacefully in his home the morning of March 15, 2014. Grandson of Watson Stiles Woodruff, former CT Senator, and of D.A. Blakeslee, former Lt. Gov. of CT. He was born in New Haven, CT November 23, 1929 a son of the late M. Grant and Catherine Woodruff Blakeslee and resided in Ft. Myers, FL, and North Haven, CT. Father of Catherine Woodruff Blakeslee Reynolds (Richard) of North Branford, Wendy Jane...
Ann Margaret Behler, 78, wife of the late Robert J. Behler, passed away on March 15, 2014 at Masonic Healthcare Center. She was born in Manchester, NH on January 26, 1936 to the late Morton and Anna Wehinger Lord. Ann grew up in New Hampshire before settling in Bethany with her husband to raise their family. The Masonic Home in Wallingford became their home after retirement. Ann was a Registered Nurse having gone to school at Elliot Hospital School of Nursing in New Hampshire before working at...
William C. Bauer, 88, formerly of Avon, husband of Charlotte (Wygant) Bauer, passed away Sunday, March 16, 2014. Born in New Britain, son of the late Carl and Sophie (Kaminsky) Bauer, he lived in New Haven before moving to Avon where his family made their home for 45 years. He served in the US Navy during W.W. II and was Director of Plant Engineering for the Stanley Works, New Britain before his retirement. Mr. Bauer was a member of the West Avon Congregational Church. Besides his wife...
James J. Vaccariello, 93, of Glastonbury, passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2014. He was the beloved husband of the late Edith C. (Rich) Vaccariello. Born in Rutland, Vermont, son of the late Frank and Frances (Garofano) Vaccariello, he moved to New Britain in 1936 and lived in Newington for 22 years before most recently relocating to Glastonbury. James honorably served in the U.S. Army during World War II and was formerly employed at Pyramid Plastics, and Landers, Frary and Clark for many...
John Joseph Rice, Jr., 51 passed away on Sunday, March 16, 2012 at his home in West Hartford. Born in Hartford, he was the son of Mary (Seymour) Rice and the late John Joseph Rice, Sr. John served his country honorably in the United States Air Force. He graduated from Central Connecticut State University with a degree in Construction Engineering and thereafter spent his professional career working in the construction industry. Early on in his career, John was involved in constructing the...
