Obituaries

David Maknis

David Maknis

May 3, 2013

MIDDLEBURY- Mr. David Walter Maknis, 61, of Middlebury, passed away Friday May 3, 2013 at the Waterbury Hospital. David was born in Waterbury, Sept. 20, 1951, a son of Mrs. Elizabeth (Baranauskas) Maknis and the late Walter A. Maknis and was raised in Woodbury. He was educated in the Woodbury school system and was a graduate of Woodbury High School....

Richard Stokes

Richard Stokes

May 3, 2013

Richard A. Stokes Retired toolmaker OAKVILLE - Richard A. Stokes, 68, passed away on Friday, May 3, 2013 at Waterbury Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was the husband of Mary Anne (Pym) Stokes, who passed after 32 years of marriage. Mr. Stokes was born on Sept. 28, 1944 in Waterbury, a son of the late Albert Stokes and...

Anne Butler

Anne Butler

May 2, 2013

NAUGATUCK -Mrs. Anne M. (McGroary) Butler, 74, of Naugatuck, passed away early Thursday morning May 2, 2013 at. She was the wife of the late William Butler III who passed away in 1993 after 32 years of marriage. Anne was born September 14, 1938 in Waterbury, the daughter of the late John and Iva (Goodrich) McGroary, and was the step-daughter...

Helen Kirk

Helen Kirk

May 1, 2013

NAUGATUCK- Mrs. Helen (Toth) Kirk, 93, passed away Wednesday morning May 1, 2013 at Glendale Heath Care Center, surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Donald C. Kirk Sr., who passed away in 2009 after 69 years of marriage. Mrs. Kirk was born in Naugatuck, June 28, 1919, daughter of the late John and Emma (Margitich) Toth...

Larry Crighton

Larry Crighton

Apr 29, 2013

CHESHIRE- Lawrence W. Crighton, passed away on his 69th birthday, at The Highlands Health Care Center in Cheshire. He was born April 29, 1944 in Waterbury, CT, son of the late David and Judith (Dillon) Crighton. Lawrence was employed as an auto mechanic at Wallingford Audi prior to his illness. He served in the U. S. Air Force as a...

Carolina Cagno

Carolina Cagno

Apr 29, 2013

Naugatuck-Carolina (Caprio) Cagno, 87, passed away on Monday, April 29, 2013 at Waterbury Hospital. She was the wife of Vito Cagno. Mrs. Cagno was born on February 12, 1926 in Providence, RI a daughter of the late Luigi Caprio and Filomena (Cagno) Caprio. She was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She was predeceased by one son, Noel Cagno....

Louis Moniz

Louis Moniz

Apr 29, 2013

NAUGATUCK- Mr. Louis A. Moniz, 91, of Naugatuck, passed away early Monday morning April 29, 2013 at the Vitas Hospice unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Waterbury. He was the husband of the late Beverly (Steeves) Moniz, who passed away in 1987 after 39 years of marriage. Mr. Moniz was born in Bristol, RI, March 17, 1922, a son of the...

Alice Reckmack

Alice Reckmack

Apr 28, 2013

CHESHIRE- Alice Reckmack a Cheshire resident for over seventy years passed away peacefully Sunday April 28, 2013 at the Southington Care Center. She was predeceased by her husband Robert P. Reckmack. She was born November 13, 1921 in Naugatuck daughter of the late Alexander and Jennie (Mikulski) Smolinski. Alice was a retiree from New Departure in Bristol where she worked...

Lance Burleigh

Lance Burleigh

Apr 26, 2013

OAKVILLE- Mr. Lance Allen Burleigh, 49, of Oakville, passed away at the Waterbury Hospital Friday April 26, 2013, after a brief illness. Lance was born in Newport, R.I., Sept. 30, 1963, a son of Ann (Angel) Burleigh-Willey of Texas and the late Gerald Burleigh, II and had been a Thomaston resident prior to moving to Oakville. He was a graduate...

Antoniette Johnson

Antoniette Johnson

Apr 25, 2013

NAUGATUCK- Mrs. Antoinette L. "Toni" Johnson, 76, of Naugatuck, passed away at the Smilo Cancer Center at Yale-New Haven Hospital in New Haven early Thursday morning April 25, 2013. She was the wife of Allan W. Johnson. Mrs. Johnson was born in Waterbury, Feb. 22, 1937, a daughter of the late John and Philomena (Salerno) Salerno and was a Naugatuck...

Barbara Centinaro

Barbara Centinaro

Apr 24, 2013

Naugatuck-Barbara (Miller) Centinaro, 72, passed away on Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at Waterbury Hospital. She was the wife of Joseph Centinaro. Mrs. Centinaro was born on February 3, 1941 in Waterbury a daughter of the late Buch Miller and Thelma (Crystal) and was also raised by her uncle Sarge Tower in Woodbury . She was retired from Condor Pacific where...

William Simpson

William Simpson

Apr 23, 2013

WATERBURY- William H. Simpson, 85, passed away Tuesday April 23, 2013 at his residence. He was born February 25, 1928 in Waterbury son of the late Harry James and Lena M. (Tranker) Simpson. William was a Shipping Clerk at Howland Hughes for twenty nine years prior to his retirement. He was an active member in the Christ Episcopal Church Men's...

David Cunningham

David Cunningham

Apr 23, 2013

CLERMONT, FL - David Michael Cunningham Sr. passed away peacefully on April 23, 2013 at the Mike Conley Hospice House in Clermont surrounded by his loving family. He was the beloved husband of Judy (Birge) Cunningham of Clermont, FL, formerly of Cheshire. He was born in South Bend, IN on December 22, 1936 to the late Richard John and Mary...

Christine Courchesne

Christine Courchesne

Apr 23, 2013

Naugatuck-Christine M. Courchesne, age 75, passed away on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of Marcel Courchesne. Christine was born on November 27, 1937 in Waterbury a daughter of the late Joseph Lambo and Florence (Marciano) Lambo. She was retired from Eyelet Crafter where she worked for many years. She enjoyed...

Roger Peterson

Roger Peterson

Apr 23, 2013

CHESHIRE- Roger Nils Peterson, 90, of Cheshire, Conn., a retired telephone company manager and World War II veteran died Tuesday at Masonicare Hospice in Wallingford, Conn., after a long illness. Born in Bristol, Mr. Peterson was the seventh child in a family of 10 whose parents, Nils and Martha, immigrated to America from Helsingborg, Sweden. Mr. Peterson attended local schools,...

Infant Loreli Dey

Infant Loreli Dey

Apr 20, 2013

BEACON FALLS- Loreli Grace Dey, infant daughter of Erik and Megan (Smith) Dey, of Beacon Falls, passed away at Birth Saturday April 20, 2013 at Danbury Hospital. Besides her parents, she leaves her maternal grandparents, David and Peggy (Obbink) Smith of Swanzey, N.H. and her paternal grandparents, Jim and Lois (Weiglein) Dye of New Milford and several aunts, uncles, and...

Shirley 'sis' Stock

Shirley 'sis' Stock

Apr 20, 2013

WATERBURY- Miss Shirley Ann Stock "sis", 76, of Waterbury passed away Saturday, April 20, 2013 at St. Mary's Hospital. Everyone knew her for her baking and cooking. She said she was an unclaimed treasure. Miss Stock was born in Waterbury on May 3, 1936 a daughter of the late George T. Stock and Williamina (Ross) Stock. She worked for S.N.E.T/...

Adrian Brouillette

Adrian Brouillette

Apr 19, 2013

Waterbury-Adrian E. Brouillette, age 89, passed away on Friday, April 19, 2013 at Waterbury Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He leaves his loving wife of 60 years Janice (Pudvar) Brouillette Adrian was born on October 24, 1923 in St. Albans, VT a son of the late Arthur and Rose (Bovat) Brouillette. He was a retired employee of the Kerite...

Corienne Traver

Corienne Traver

Apr 19, 2013

Corienne E. (Parker) Traver, passed away Friday, April 19,2013, at the home of her daughter and son in law in Glendale, AZ, She was the widow of the late Claude Traver who passed away in 1991. Mrs. Traver was born in Waterbury, CT, the only child of L.Rhett and Phoebe ( LaDue) Parker was a graduate of Naugatuck High School...

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Kathleen Fitzpatrick

Apr 19, 2013

CHESHIRE - Kathleen Fitzpatrick, 80, passed away Friday April 19, 2013 at the Highlands Healthcare Center. She was the wife of Edward S. Fitzpatrick. Mrs. Fitzpatrick was born September 26, 1932 in Aclare, County Sligo Ireland, the daughter of the late James and Margaret (Calvey) Cunney. She was a longtime resident of Queens, New York,having emigrated from Ireland in 1949....