Obituaries

Sylvia Weisman

Sylvia Weisman

Apr 8, 2014

WATERBURY- Mrs. Sylvia (Stark) Weisman, 83, of Waterbury, passed away Tuesday morning April 8, 22014 at the Waterbury Hospital. She was the widow of Sherman I. Weisman, who passed away in 2009 after 57 years of marriage. Mrs. Weisman was born in Far Rockaway, Queens, N.Y., May 4, 1930, a daughter of the late Harry and Rae (Snow) Stark and...

Andrew Coleman

Andrew Coleman

Apr 8, 2014

Andrew Davis Coleman, Esq., 65, son of Burr F. Coleman and Bertha Davis Coleman, passed away April 8, 2014 in Charleston, S.C. Andy was born February 4, 1949 and graduated in 1966 from Bishop Gibbons High School in Schenectady, N.Y. In 1970, Andy graduated from The College of the Holy Cross and married his high school sweetheart, Catherine "Cathy" Cronin,...

Gerardo Zarra

Gerardo Zarra

Apr 5, 2014

Gerardo Vito Zarra, 80, passed away Saturday, April 5, 2014 while vacationing in Clearwater, FL. He was the loving husband of Natalina Zarra. Mr. Zarra was born June 27, 1933 in Teora, Italy, the son of the late Salvatore A. and Filomena Ciccone. He was a longtime Cheshire resident moving from Italy in 1960. He was the owner of Cheshire...

Michael Garnett

Michael Garnett

Apr 4, 2014

Naugatuck-Michael J. Garnett, 54, passed away on Friday, March 4, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was the husband of Teresa (Etrio) Garnett. Mr. Garnett was born on February 16, 1960 in Hartford, a son of Patricia Garnett. He served honorably in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as an information technician for a software company. He was a Eucharistic...

Aurea Tavares

Aurea Tavares

Apr 3, 2014

Aurea Tavares Worked at Uniroyal, Naugatuck Glass WATERBURY — Aurea DeJesus Lopes Tavares, 84, passed away on Thursday, April 3, 2014, at Waterbury Hospital. She was the wife of the late Joao A. Tavares. She was predeceased by two brothers, Leonel Alves and Antonio Rodrigues, and her nephew, John Alves. Mrs. Tavares was born on Jan. 7, 1930, in Ferreiroz...

Russell Langhans

Russell Langhans

Apr 3, 2014

Naugatuck-Russell J. Langhans 66 passed away on Thursday April 3, 2014 at St. Mary’s Hospital Vitas Unit surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Linda ( Lanouette) Langhans. Russell was born in Bridgeport on May 20, 1947 and is the son of Florence Langhans of Largo, Fl. and the late Joseph J. Langhans. Russell worked for Crowley...

Irene Wollschlager

Irene Wollschlager

Apr 3, 2014

CHESHIRE- Irene B. Wollschlager, 88, passed away Thursday April 3, 2014 at The Masonic Health Care Center in Wallingford. She was predeceased by her husband Warren J. Wollschlager Sr. She was born January 22, 1926 in Meriden, daughter of the late Joseph and Victoria (Stolcman) Banaszewski. Irene graduated with a RN degree in 1945 from the Meriden Hospital School of...

Robert Belden

Robert Belden

Apr 2, 2014

Robert Harold Belden, passed away on Wednesday, April 2, 2014 at Waterbury Hospital. Bob was born in Hartford on Sept. 25, 1932 to Harold (Poppy) and Helen Cannon Belden. He graduated from St. John’s Preparatory School in Danvers, MA in 1952. He was a graduate of Providence College in 1956. He was a proud American who served in the United...

Freda Singer

Freda Singer

Apr 1, 2014

WATERBURY- Freda Singer, 95, Holocaust survivor Waterbury lost a unique connection to World War II yesterday. Freda Singer was born in Ostrowiecz, Poland, on August 25, 1918, daughter of Alte Shulman, a Jewish tailor, and Rachel (Altkuchen) Shulman. Isolated in the Jewish section of Ostrowiecz, she loved sweet fresh-churned butter, goose, salted fish stored in wooden barrels, and the simple...

Beatrice Carlson

Beatrice Carlson

Mar 30, 2014

NAUGATUCK - Beatrice (Fenn) Carlson, 99, passed away Sunday March 30, 3014 at her home. She was the beloved wife of Norman Joseph Carlson to whom she was married for 64 years. Born on January 19, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Pauline Anderson Fenn and Robert William Fenn. A native of Naugatuck, Beatrice was a graduate of...

Pearl Warner

Pearl Warner

Mar 30, 2014

WATERBURY- Pearl Schilling Warner, 93, passed away Sunday March 30, 2014 in the VITAS unit of St. Mary's Hospital. She was the widow of Albert Warner Sr. She was born March 24, 1921 in Waterbury daughter of the late Joseph G. and Stella (Sills) Schilling. Pearl early in her marriage worked at Naugatuck Rubber and later in life at Bradlees....

William MacAlpine

William MacAlpine

Mar 30, 2014

CHESHIRE - William MacAlpine, 92, passed away Sunday, March 30, 2014 at the VITAS Unit at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury. He was the husband of Evelyn L. (Hanscom) MacAlpine. Mr. MacAlpine was born December 17, 1921 at Waterbury, CT the son of the late William and the late Tilly (Mulholland) MacAlpine Sr. He was employed for many years as...

William Allen Sr

William Allen Sr

Mar 29, 2014

Naugatuck-William R. Allen, Sr. 67, passed away suddenly in his home on March 29, 2014. Known and loved as Bill or Pop. Bill was born on December 9, 1946 in Bridgeport, the son of the late Horace and Lillian Allen. He is predeceased by a brother Harold Allen. Bill recently retired from Stop & Shop but was probably best known...

Terry Ward

Terry Ward

Mar 29, 2014

Terry Preston Ward, age 55, of Cheshire entered into rest on Saturday, March 29, 2014 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. For over 20 years he was the devoted husband and father of Karen Kinchla Ward and Preston Kendall Ward. Terry was born on October 22, 1958 in Fayetteville, NC, son of the late Clifford Zane and Eunella...

Albert Dehippolytis

Albert Dehippolytis

Mar 28, 2014

Waterbury- Albert J. deHippolytis, 84, passed away on March 28, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was the husband of the late Lydia (Torreli) deHippolytis. Albert was born on February 18, 1930 in Bronx, NY a son of the late Bartholomew deHippolytis and Susanna (Sabetelli) deHippolytis. He was retired from Acme Steel Rule Die Corp.where he worked as a salesman...

Bernard Stubbs

Bernard Stubbs

Mar 27, 2014

Naugatuck- Bernard C. Stubbs Jr., 93, passed away Thursday March 27, 2014 at Waterbury Hospital. He was the husband of the late Catherine "Kitty" Matthews. Mr. Stubbs was born in Patten, Maine, August 16, 1920, son of the late Bernard C. and Flocie (Williams) Stubbs Sr. He was a U.S Army Veteran serving in World War II and went on...

Eleanor Bunger

Eleanor Bunger

Mar 26, 2014

Eleanor B. Bunger, age 84, of Cheshire entered into rest on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 at her home in Elim Park Place with her devoted husband Donald by her side. Eleanor was born on November 3, 1929 in Jersey City, NJ , daughter of the late Frank and Blanche Brown Ross. She was a graduate of Dumont High School and...

Patrick  Valletta

Patrick Valletta

Mar 23, 2014

Naugatuck-Patrick Valletta, 92, passed away on Sunday, March 23, 2014 at St. Mary's Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of the late Ann (Martin) Valletta. Mr. Valletta was born on March 30, 1921 in Waterbury a son of the late Donato Valletta and Josephine (Gugliotti) Valletta. He was retired from the US Postal Service where he...

Dorothy Jones-Pope

Dorothy Jones-Pope

Mar 23, 2014

CHESHIRE- Dorothy Jones-Pope, 92, passed away Sunday March 23, 2014 at her residence. She was born July 31, 1921 daughter of the late John R. and Evangeline (Cooper) Gramm. Widow of H. Lawrence Pope of North Haven, Dorothy is survived by a daughter Sheryle Seybold and her husband Steve, of Maryland, 3 Step daughters, Sylvia Nichols and her husband Bruce...

Kathleen Broadrick

Kathleen Broadrick

Mar 19, 2014

Naugatuck-Kathleen Broadrick, 67, passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2014 surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Steven Broadrick . Kathleen was born on December 7, 1946 in Waterbury a daughter of the late Edward Johnson and Catherine (Kelly) Johnson. She was the owner of Bea's Flower Shop in Naugatuck for many years before retiring....