Obituaries
Janice Gugliotti
May 23, 2020
Janice Gugliotti, 66, passed away peacefully, Saturday May 23, 2020, at VITAS at St. Mary’s Hospital. Janice was born December 24, 1953, in Waterbury, the daughter of the late Howard and Jean (Koosa) Toomey. She was a lifelong Waterbury resident where she was employed at Shoprite. Janice is survived by her daughter Amy Paternoster and her husband Steve and their...
Frederick "Fast Freddy" Freer
May 23, 2020
NAUGATUCK – Frederick “Fast Freddy” Freer, 66, passed away Saturday, May 23, 2020, at his home. He was the longtime companion of Beverly Clark. Fred was born March 19, 1954, in Trumbull, the son of the late Donald and Barbara (Hayden) Freer Sr. He was a Corrections Officer for the State of CT, retiring in April of 2001. He was...
Ann Massaro
May 23, 2020
HAMDEN - Ann Massaro, 78, passed away on Saturday, May 23, 2020, at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Mrs. Massaro was born March 15, 1942, in Waterbury, daughter of the late Edward and Anna (Radasso) D’Ambrisi. She was a retired dental assistant. She was a longtime Hamden resident who previously resided in Cheshire where she was a graduate of Cheshire High School,...
Joaquim Santos
May 22, 2020
Joaquim G. Santos 1935 - 2020 Naugatuck, CT Joaquim G. Santos, 84, husband of Laura (Martins) Santos, died peacefully on May 22, 2020 at Waterbury Hospital. Joaquim was born on November 11, 1935 in UL, Oliveira de Azemeis, Portugal a son of the late Francisco and Albertina (Gomes) Santos and had lived in Naugatuck for the past 50 years. He...
Joseph A. Ferry
May 21, 2020
CHESHIRE – Deputy Police Chief Joseph A. Ferry Sr. (Ret.), passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020, at his home. Son of the late Joseph and Rose (Valenti) Ferry. Beloved husband of Anna (Maratea) Ferry (53yrs) and loving father of Joseph and Dee Ferry of Wallingford, Felicia Ferry of Southington, and Greg and Elizabeth Ferry of Avon. Proudest poppy ever of...
Tillman H. Foster
May 21, 2020
CHESHIRE – Tillman Howard Foster, 63, passed away Thursday, May 21, 2020, at The Hospital of Central Connecticut - New Britain. He was lifelong resident of Cheshire. Mr. Foster was born October 11, 1956, in New Haven, son of the late Ebenezer and Shirley (Smith) Foster. He was Associate Health Analyst for the Department of Healthcare Strategies for the Connecticut...
Dennis Fowler Sr
May 21, 2020
Dennis Arthur Fowler, Sr. 1949 - 2020 Bethany, CT Dennis Arthur Fowler, Sr., of Bethany, CT passed away on May 21, 2020. Dennis was born on January 28, 1949 in Newport, NH a son of the late George Ellsworth Fowler and Catherine (Smiar) Fowler and had lived in Bethany for most of his life. He was an avid NASCAR fan...
Richard C. Mayo
May 18, 2020
New Haven - Richard C. Mayo, 53, passed suddenly at his home on May, 18th, 2020. Richard was born in New Haven, April 5, 1967, the son of the late Joseph Mayo and Mary (Clark) Mayo of Cheshire. He was raised in Cheshire and returned to New Haven in his adult life. He was a DJ, lover of music and...
Christopher D. Mott
May 17, 2020
Christopher D. Mott, age 37, of Manchester, Connecticut, passed away on May 17, 2020. He was a long-time resident of Oxford before moving to Manchester. Chris was very talented at many things and enjoyed playing golf, playing tournament pool, fishing, anything motorcycles, including racing them and working on cars. He enjoyed his job of many years as a building and...
Wayne Adams
May 16, 2020
Daytona Beach, FL Wayne W. Adams, 77, died May 16, 2020 at Adventhealth Hospital in Daytona Beach, FL. Wayne was born in Waterbury, CT son of the late Gaston and Elizabeth (Geigle) Adams. Wayne was raised in Naugatuck and he graduated from St. Francis School and Naugatuck High School. For many years Wayne owned and operated Adams Chevron on the...
Joanne Rondestvedt
May 15, 2020
Joanne Worley Rondestvedt died March 15 of complications resulting from the COVID-19 virus. She was 92 years old. Jo Worley was born on August 5, 1927 to F.E. Worley and Ruth Potter Worley in Hamden, CT. She was graduated from Pembroke College (now Brown University) in 1949 and received her Masters of Social Work from the Smith College School of...
Cory “BIG MURPH” Murphy
May 15, 2020
WATERBURY – Cory M. Murphy, 43, passed away, Friday, May 15, 2020. Cory “BIG MURPH” was born October 22, 1976, in Derby, the son of the late Ronald Murphy and Kathleen (Wasik) Sidoti-Mazza. He was a longtime Waterbury resident and attended Albertus Magnus College. He was employed by Sikorsky Aircraft for more than 20 years, a Hydraulic Technician and member...
Salvatore "Sal" DiGrazia
May 15, 2020
Salvatore “Sal” DiGrazia, age 65, of Oxford passed away on Friday, May 15, 2020. He was born on June 2, 1954 to Danti and Louise DiGrazia in Brooklyn, New York, where he spent his childhood years. During his youth, Sal was a member of Boy Scout Troop 66 and earned the honorable rank of Eagle at the age of 16....
Adam Swierbitowicz
May 15, 2020
Adam Swierbitowicz 1925 - 2020 Naugatuck, CT Adam Swierbitowicz, 94, passed away on May 15, 2020 of natural causes. Adam was born on December 16, 1925 a son of the late Henry and Helen (Brazicki) Swierbitowicz and he worked at the Eastern Company and the Naugatuck Board of Education, before retiring in 1997. Adam leaves his sister, Dolores Wisniewski, his...
Robert Gill
May 13, 2020
HAMDEN - Robert Gill, 78, passed away peacefully, Wednesday, May 13, 2020, at his home. He was the husband of Carol (Petrucci) Gill. It all started on a crisp fall day, September 23, 1941. An exceptional man was born that day, the son of the late Charles and Elizabeth (Wilson) Gill, but in 1941 no one knew the irreverent and...
Carolyn Wilcox
May 10, 2020
Carolyn H. (Sargeant) Wilcox 1931 - 2020 Naugatuck, CT Carolyn (Sargeant) Wilcox, 88, the widow of Robert Wilcox, passed away on May 10, 2020 at Gaylord Hospital in Wallingford surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Wilcox was born on June 5, 1931 in Union City, CT the daughter of the late Elliot and Helen (McDermott) Sargeant and had lived in...
Patricia Hutt
May 9, 2020
Patricia Ann Hutt 1932 - 2020 Naugatuck, CT Patricia Ann (Martin) Hutt, 88, the widow of Robert E. Hutt, died peacefully on May 9, 2020 at Shady Knoll Health Care Center in Seymour. Patricia was born on February 21, 1932 in Seymour, CT a daughter of the late Stephen J. and Susan (Kobon) Martin. During her professional career, Patricia worked...
Lorraine Anasovitch
May 9, 2020
Lorraine Phillips Anasovitch 1931 - 2020 Naugatuck, CT Lorraine Phillips Anasovitch, affectionately known by some as “JoJo”, died on Saturday, May 9th, 2020, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury, CT of a COVID19 outbreak at a nursing home in Waterbury, CT. She was born on a cold, wintry night on December 24, 1931, a Christmas gift from God. She was...
Irene Parry Gross
May 9, 2020
WATERBURY- Irene Parry Gross, 100, passed away quietly at her home surrounded by her loving family on May 9, 2020. She was the widow of John Parry and Frank Gross. Irene was born August 15, 1919 in Manchester, NH. She was the daughter of the late Andrew and Ana (Aagaard) Conda. Irene was a graduate of Wilby High School, Class...
Claire Bellemare
May 8, 2020
Naugatuck, CT Claire M. Bellemare, 83, wife of the late Joseph R. “Rich” Bellemare for 64 years, passed away peacefully on Friday May 8, 2020 at the St Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury. Claire was born in Wilkes-Barre, PA and made her home with Rich in Naugatuck where they welcomed 8 children. She devoted her life to taking care of her...




