Obituaries

Dorothy Martin

Dorothy Martin

Jan 9, 2009

Dorothy Martin 94, Formerly of Prospect Towers died January 9, 2009 at the Abbott Terrace Health Center. She was the wife of the late Burnham L. Martin. Dorothy was born in Waterbury on May 4, 1914. She was the daughter of the late James and Josephine (Sweeny) Vance. She attended Local schools. She retired from the Scovill MFG. Co after...

Colleen Moriarty

Colleen Moriarty

Jan 7, 2009

Colleen Mariah Moriarty, 21 of Waterbury passed away Wednesday January 7, 2009 at Saint Mary's Hospital. Colleen was born May 7, 1987 in Waterbury, the daughter of William J. Moriarty and Donna M. (Fredsall) Keating and was a lifelong Waterbury resident. She was a 2001 graduate of St. Margaret's School and a 2005 graduate of Sacred Heart High School. Colleen...

Martha Hayes

Martha Hayes

Jan 7, 2009

Mrs. Martha (Beck) Hayes, 94, formerly of 3208 Ashlar Village, Wallingford and a former Naugatuck resident, died Wednesday Jan. 7, 2009 at the Masonic Geriatric Care Center in Wallingford. She was the widow of John W. Hayes, Jr. who died in 1981. Mrs. Hayes was born in Philadelphia, PA, Mar. 8, 1914, a daughter of the late George and Harriet...

Henry Andersen

Henry Andersen

Jan 6, 2009

Cheshire ' Henry I. Andersen, 92, of Cook Hill Rd. passed away January 6, 2009 at Elim Park. He was the husband of Myrtle (Petersen) Andersen. Mr. Andersen was born January 12, 1916 in Brooklyn, NY the son of the late Anders I. and Elise (Bentzen) Andersen. Immediately after WWI Mr. Andersen's family returned to Norway with the intention of...

Leona Bredickas

Leona Bredickas

Jan 5, 2009

Leona Bredickas, 90, of 94 Brubaker Road, Cheshire passed away Monday January 5, 2009 at The Arden House in Hamden. She was predeceased by her husband Edward G. Bredickas. Leona was born September 19, 1918 in Shenandoah, PA and was the daughter of the late Isaac and Catherine Thomas. Leona is survived by a son Edward Bredickas of Cheshire, a...

Rose Anderson

Rose Anderson

Jan 3, 2009

Rose E. (Carey) Anderson, 92, of Naugatuck, CT, a 43 year resident of Naugatuck, and a former Staten Island resident, passed away Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009 at Waterbury Hospital, Waterbury, CT, surrounded by her family. Born and raised Rose Carey in Manhattan, she went to Julia Richman High School. She married native Staten Islander Ed Anderson in 1939, and they...

Margaret Higgiston

Margaret Higgiston

Jan 3, 2009

Margaret T. Higgiston, 92, formerly of Chipman Street, past peacefully into God's Grace on Saturday January 3, 2009 at the Bucks Hill Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, which became a family to her. Miss Higgiston was born on November 2, 1916 in Waterbury, a daughter of the late Michael and Attracta (Loftus) Higgiston and was a lifelong Waterbury resident. She attended...

Emma Spohn

Emma Spohn

Jan 3, 2009

Emma M. Spohn, 97, died Saturday, Jan.3, 2009, at Elim Park Baptist Home, Cheshire, where she was a resident for over 20 years. She was born June 1, 1911 in Reutlingen, Germany, the daughter of Gustav and Emma (Steinhilber) Spohn. She immigrated in 1928 to the United States from Ofterdingen, Germany, sailing with her family aboard the Derfflinger, then settled...

Laura Bannett

Laura Bannett

Jan 3, 2009

SOUTHBURY- Mrs. Laura (Bennett) Bannett, 90, formerly of Manor Rd., Southbury, died early Saturday morning, Jan.3, 2009 at River Glen Health Care Center, Southbury. She was the widow of Louis F. Bannett. Mrs. Bannett was born in Watertown, May 14, 1918, a daughter of the late John C. and Grace (Fish) Bennett. She was a member of the South Britain...

Lucille Beatrice

Lucille Beatrice

Dec 31, 2008

Mrs. Lucille K. (Coppola) Beatrice, 87, of Waterbury formerly of New York died Wednesday December 31, 2008 at Waterbury Hospital. She was the widow of Domenic S. Beatrice. Lucille was born April 26, 1921 in Mount Vernon, New York a daughter of the late Emilio and Marie (Perrillo) Coppola. She was an EKG Technician at Montefiore Hospital for many years...

John Mraz

John Mraz

Dec 29, 2008

Mr. John E. Mraz, 87, of Waterbury died Monday December 29, 2008 at the Abbott Terrace Health Center after a short illness. He was the husband of Betty Jane (Pryor) Mraz and the late Patricia (McLaughlin) Mraz. Mr. Mraz was born September 15, 1921 in Waterbury a son of the late John W. and Mary (Delaney) Mraz and was a...

Howard Latzen

Howard Latzen

Dec 29, 2008

WATERBURY- Mr. Howard P. Latzen, 71, of 35 Chestnut Ave., Waterbury, died Dec. 29, 2008 at the Waterbury Hospital. Mr. Latzen was born in New York City, April 6, 1937 and was educated in the New York school system. He was a Waterbury resident since 1972, moving here from New York. He was a self employed Antiques Dealer. He leaves...

R. Craig Gardner

R. Craig Gardner

Dec 29, 2008

Craig Gardner died in Waterbury on December 29th, he was 62. He is survived by one son, Kyle Gardner of San Francisco, CA; sisters Cynthia Wallace of Webster, NY, Jane Walsh of Escondido, CA and Laura Swenson of Melbourne, FL; his former wife, Miriam Gardner-Frum of Deep River, CT and many cousins, nieces and nephews. He was a farmer, artist,...

Edmund Brucato

Edmund Brucato

Dec 29, 2008

Waterbury ' Edmund J. Brucato Jr., 66, of Vernon St. and formerly of Cheshire, Prospect and Woodbury passed away Monday December 29, 2008 in Virginia. Mr. Brucato was born December 3, 1942 in Waterbury, the son of the late Edmund J. and Dorothy (Reihl) Brucato Sr. He was President of Brucato Manufacturing in Waterbury until his retirement in 2008. He...

Margaret Deveikis

Margaret Deveikis

Dec 28, 2008

Mrs. Margaret R. (Sullivan) Deveikis, 76, of Oakville died Sunday December 28, 2008 at her home. Mrs. Deveikis was born February 25, 1932 in Waterbury, the daughter of the late Richard Sullivan and Catherine (Neville) (Sullivan) Shea and had also lived in Florida and Alabama. She was a graduate of Sacred Heart High School and was a Retail Manager and...

Eric Weinstein

Eric Weinstein

Dec 27, 2008

WATERBURY: Mr. Eric Weinstein, 43, of 119 Middle St., Waterbury, died Saturday Dec. 27, 2008 at the Waterbury Hospital. He was born in the Bronx, N.Y., a son of Florence (Abzug)(Marin) Weinstein and the late Saul Marin and had been a Waterbury resident for the past 15 years, moving here from Norwalk. Besides his Mother of Pembroke Pines, FL, he...

Dorothy Hawkins

Dorothy Hawkins

Dec 27, 2008

Dorothy F. (Jenzell) Hawkins, 89, formerly of 22 Fairview Lane Naugatuck, died Saturday December 27,2008 at Abbott Terrace Health Center in Waterbury. She was the widow of John E. Hawkins. Mrs. Hawkins was born in Naugatuck, February 19, 1919 a daughter of the late Edward and Madeline (Pranitis) Jenzell. She attended local schools and graduated from Naugatuck High School. She...

Gertrude Cumming

Gertrude Cumming

Dec 26, 2008

Cheshire - Gertrude M. Cumming, 90, of Cook Hill Rd. passed away Friday morning December 26, 2008. She was the wife of E. Perry Cumming. Mrs. Cumming was born September 12, 1918 in Bridgeport, the daughter of the late Eli and Mary (Knees) McLellan. She was predeceased by her brothers Ernest and Robert McLellan. Trudy was foremost a loving wife,...

Leona Scannell

Leona Scannell

Dec 26, 2008

Middlebury ' Mrs. Leona Scannell, 73, of 500 Woodside Avenue passed away peacefully on Friday Dec 26th at Beacon Brook Health Center in Naugatuck after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of the late Robert T. Scannell. Leona was born March 23, 1935 in Mahanoy City Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary (Drigan)Barnish....

Doris Rasmussen

Doris Rasmussen

Dec 25, 2008

NAUGATUCK- Mrs. Doris E. (Johnson)(Anderson) Rasmussen, 93, formerly of Birch Lane, died Christmas Day, Dec. 25th, 2008 at Cheshire House in Waterbury. She was the widow of Paul F. Anderson and Wesley A. Rasmussen. Mrs. Rasmussen was born in Naugatuck, Mar. 10, 1915, the youngest of seven children of Theodore and Elizabeth (Persson) Johnson and was a lifelong Naugatuck resident....

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