Obituaries

Patricia Gode

Patricia Gode

Jul 10, 2012

CHESHIRE - Patricia Gode, 61, passed away Tuesday evening July 10, 2012 at her home. She was the wife of the late Peter A. Gode. Pat was born April 24, 1951 in Waterbury the daughter of the late William Ferguson. She was a longtime Cheshire resident where she was an Administrative Assistant for the Cheshire Fire Department until her retirement...

Thomas Pronovost

Thomas Pronovost

Jul 7, 2012

WATERBURY- Thomas J. Pronovost, 50, passed away Saturday July 7, 2012 in the VITAS unit of St. Mary's Hospital. He was born March 20, 1962 in Waterbury son of Francis J. Sr. and the late Barbara (Milot) Pronovost. Thomas was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier Grammar School, and Sacred Heart High School. He was employed at the Waterbury Firefighters...

Justine Peterson

Justine Peterson

Jul 6, 2012

CHESHIRE- Justine Hassett Peterson of Cheshire Conn., a master gardener and former president of the Nauset Garden Club on Cape Cod, died Friday at 84. Born in New Haven, she was the daughter of Justin and Kathryn (Cleary) Hassett and was the wife of Roger Peterson of Cheshire for the past 62 years. Mrs. Peterson attended the University of Connecticut...

Marion Moruska

Marion Moruska

Jul 5, 2012

NAUGATUCK- Mrs. Marion (Boyd) Moruska, 87, of Naugatuck, passed away Thursday morning July 5, 2012 at the Waterbury Hospital. She was the widow of George Moruska. Mrs. Moruska was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, June 21, 1925, a daughter of the late William and Jean (McVie) Boyd and immigrated to this country with her family as a young child, settling in...

Renardo Ricci

Renardo Ricci

Jul 4, 2012

CHESHIRE -Renardo A. Ricci, 90, passed away on July 4, 2012 at Masonic Home in Wallingford. A longtime resident of Cheshire, he was born in New Haven, Connecticut on November 21, 1921 the son of the late Americo and Arduina (Roberti) Ricci. He was predeceased by his wife of 60 years, Catherine DiMezza Ricci, Brother Alterio Ricci and sister Florence...

Everett 'Ev' Cassagneres

Everett 'Ev' Cassagneres

Jul 3, 2012

CHESHIRE - Everett 'Ev' Cassagneres, 84, passed away Monday, July 2nd, at his home in Cheshire. Born to Eugene and Alta (Bryan)Cassagneres on February 7, 1928, in New Haven, Ev grew up in the Westville neighborhood, spending summers at White Silver Sands near Tweed Airport in East Haven. Ev is survived by his former wife of 39 years, Eline O....

Wesley Dickson

Wesley Dickson

Jul 3, 2012

WATERBURY- Mr. Wesley Lawrence Dickson, 90, of Waterbury passed away peacefully on Tuesday July 3, 2012 in the VITAS unit of St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. Dickson was born July 8, 1921 the son of the late John and Lillian (Bosworth) Dickson. Mr. Dickson was a Veteran of World War II serving in the United States Marine Corp., 3rd Division, seeing...

Victoria Moore

Victoria Moore

Jun 29, 2012

CHESHIRE - Victoria D. Moore, 55, passed away Friday June 29, 2012 at Mid-State Medical center in Meriden. She was the wife of Wenli Huang. Victoria was born October 17, 1956 in Medina, OH, the daughter of the late Robert D. and Shirlea (Hudson) Moore. She was a Registered Nurse for MidState Medical Center as well as being a licensed...

Claudia Nardi

Claudia Nardi

Jun 28, 2012

BLOOMFIELD - Claudia Ann Nardi, 53, passed away June 28, 2012 at Wintonbury Care Center. Claudia was born February 20, 1959 in Middletown, the daughter of the late Joseph L. and Edith P. (Mikalunas) Nardi. She was a longtime Middlefield, CT resident before moving to Bloomfield in 2003. Claudia is survived by her brother Robert and his wife Marla of...

Lawrence Cross

Lawrence Cross

Jun 27, 2012

CHESHIRE - Lawrence Allan Cross Jr., LCDR USN Ret., passed away on June 27th, 2012 due to complications arising from Parkinson's Disease. He was the husband of Anne Purdom Cross. Larry was born on May 17, 1939 in Ann Arbor, MI, the son of the late Lawrence Allan Cross and Camille (Wells) Cross. He obtained his BS in Physics and...

Elsa Bradford

Elsa Bradford

Jun 25, 2012

MERIDEN - Elsa Hotchkiss Bradford, 80, of Meriden, Conn., and Nantucket, Mass., died peacefully at home on Sunday. A descendant of Samuel Hotchkiss, who was a settler of the New Haven Colony, and of early settlers of Cheshire, CT, she was the daughter of the late Paul Tyler and Clara Kurtz Hotchkiss of Cheshire, and the widow of Samuel Bradford...

John Higgs

John Higgs

Jun 25, 2012

WATERBURY- Mr. John Emanuel Higgs, 87 of Waterbury, passed away Monday June 25, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was the husband of the late Sylvia (Roberts) Higgs. Mr. Higgs was born in Key West, Fl. July 11, 1924, a son of the late Charles and Marie Higgs, and had been a Waterbury resident for the past 5 years, moving...

Robert Raddatz

Robert Raddatz

Jun 24, 2012

BETHANY - Robert W. Raddatz, 86, passed away June 24, 2012 at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was born in Chicago, IL, October 21, 1925 one of five children. His wife Jean of 55 years is deceased, as well as his parents and four siblings. He is survived by seven children: Leslie, Rob, Lowrie, Royce, Will, Randy and Wendell, residing...

Robert McIlvin

Robert McIlvin

Jun 23, 2012

CHESHIRE- Robert Keith McIlvin of Cheshire, Connecticut, died on Saturday June 23, 2012 at age 92 after a long illness. He is survived by his wife, Marian M. McIlvin, his daughter, Lori Sampatacos of Oceanside, California, his son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Carol McIlvin of Loxahatchee, Florida, three grandchildren, one great-grandchild and several nieces and nephews. Born in Lynn, Massachusetts,...

Christine Venslovas

Christine Venslovas

Jun 22, 2012

CHESHIRE- Christine Ann Venslovas, 63, passed away Friday June 22, 2012 at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford after succumbing to her battle with ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). She was surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Edward D. Venslovas and the mother of Christina I. (Venslovas) Avigne. She was born February 14, 1949 in Waterbury, daughter of...

Nancy Dayton

Nancy Dayton

Jun 21, 2012

CHESHIRE- Nancy Louise (Anderson) Dayton passed peacefully on Thursday, June 21, 2012 at Elim Park in Cheshire, Ct. She was the widow of Arthur Bliss Dayton, Jr. to whom she cherished 59 years of wedded bliss. She was born at Waterbury Hospital on June 15, 1927 to Gunard Edward Anderson and Melanie (Lingenheld) Anderson. Nancy grew up in Naugatuck graduating...

Helen Goldfracht

Helen Goldfracht

Jun 21, 2012

WATERBURY-Helen (Bear) Goldfracht, a life-long resident of Waterbury, died Thursday the 21st of June after a long illness at Beechwood Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in New London, CT. The daughter of Waterbury residents Rose (Schwartzman) and Samuel Bear, she was a graduate of Crosby High School. She continued her education at Post Junior College, the Perry Business School, and the...

Richard Johnson

Richard Johnson

Jun 21, 2012

CHESHIRE- Richard N. Johnson, 82, passed away Thursday June 21, 2012 at his residence. He was the husband of June (Mottram) Johnson. He was born February 19, 1930 in Hartford, son of the late Chester Milton and Helen (Burnham) Johnson. Richard was a graduate of Crosby High School Class of 1949. He served in the United States Army during the...

Margaret Clossick

Margaret Clossick

Jun 18, 2012

Meriden - Margaret E. Clossick, 80, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 18, 2012 at the Connecticut Baptist Home in Meriden, CT where she had lived the past 10 years. Ms. Clossick was born on February 24, 1932 in New Haven, the daughter of the late William and Bridget Clossick. She graduated from the Hospital of St Raphael School of...

Coral Whitney

Coral Whitney

Jun 17, 2012

WATERBURY- Coral E. Whitney, 85, passed away Sunday, June 17, 2012 at St. Mary's Hospital after a brief illness. She was born July 25, 1926 in Coral Gables, FL daughter of the late Russell C. and Emily Helen (Shumaker) Payne. Coral was a free spirit and creative soul, as evidenced by her talent for painting, both in oils and watercolors....

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