Obituaries

William Horgan

William Horgan

Aug 14, 2011

MANCHESTER- William "Bill" F. Horgan, 94, formerly of Waterbury passed away Sunday August 14, 2011 at Manchester Manor Nursing Home. He was born February 27, 1917 in Waterbury son of the late Anna (O'Brien) and Daniel Horgan. Bill was a veteran serving in the United States Navy during World War II in the South Pacific. Prior to his retirement he...

Thomas DeSantis

Thomas DeSantis

Aug 13, 2011

CHESHIRE- Thomas M. DeSantis, 90, passed away Saturday August 13, 2011 at his home surrounded by his family after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. He was the husband of Lorraine (Thorn) DeSantis. Mr. DeSantis was born February 9, 1921 in Waterbury the son of the late Aniello and Louisa (Carpentieri) DeSantis. He was attended Waterbury schools and lived in...

Mabel Schuster

Mabel Schuster

Aug 13, 2011

WATERBURY- Mabel B. Schuster, 90, died August 13, 2011. She was the wife of the late Robert B. Schuster who died in 1970. She was born on November 30, 1920, in Waterbury, CT where she was a lifelong resident. Mabel was an Assistant Vice President and a Trust Officer at Colonial Bancorp. She was a parishioner of St. John's Episcopal...

Lillian Brown

Lillian Brown

Aug 12, 2011

SOUTHBURY- Mrs. Lillian (Bennett) Brown, 93, of Southbury, passed away early Friday morning Aug. 12, 2011 at the River Glen Rehabilitation Center in Southbury. She was the widow of the late Eric Edwards Brown. Mrs. Brown was born in Watertown, May 14, 1918, a daughter of the late John Cornelius Bennett and the late Grace Fish Bennett and was a...

Jeremy Christensen

Jeremy Christensen

Aug 12, 2011

Waterbury - Jeremy Christensen, age 4 years, passed away Friday August 12, 2011 at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Jeremy was born in New Haven on June 3, 2007 a son of Stephen and Jennifer (Chandler) Christensen of Waterbury. Besides his parents, Jeremy is survived by two sisters Samantha Christensen and Sabrina Hobson-Lago both of Waterbury, his paternal grandparents: Cathy Thompson...

Aida Bilbao

Aida Bilbao

Aug 11, 2011

St. Petersburg, Florida - Mrs. Aida (Garcia) Bilbao, age 94, of St. Petersburg, formerly of Naugatuck, died Thursday August 11,2011. She was the widow of Alexander Bilbao. Mrs. Bilbao was born in Ludlow, MA. on May 4,1917 daughter of the late Joaquim and Senhorina (Pereira) Garcia. She was retired from the T.F. Butterfield Company in Naugatuck where she had worked...

Catherine Mcverry

Catherine Mcverry

Aug 11, 2011

Mrs. Catherine E. McVerry St. Francis School teacher NAUGATUCK — Catherine E. (McCabe) McVerry, beloved wife of the late Aidan P. McVerry, passed away on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2011, at Saint Mary's Hospital in Waterbury. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of the late James McCabe and Elizabeth (Coyne) McCabe. She was educated in the Hartford schools and was...

Francis Lombard

Francis Lombard

Aug 11, 2011

Naugatuck-Francis Joseph Lombard, 85, passed away on Thursday, August 11, 2011 at home surrounded by his loving family. He was the widower of Anna Mae (Hendricks) Lombard the love of his life. Mr. Lombard was born on July 3, 1926 in Millville a son of the late Francis J. and Anne Alice (Bartlett) Lombard. He was a WW2 Veteran having...

Peter Wallace

Peter Wallace

Aug 9, 2011

CHESHIRE- Peter Geoffrey Wallace passed away on Tuesday, August 9, 2011 after a short illness. He was 64 years old. Peter was born December 27, 1946 in Waterbury, CT and was the son of the late Dr. Irving Edward Wallace and Rosalind Duesler Wallace Hathaway. He attended Kingsbury School in Waterbury, Cheshire Academy and the University of New Haven, where...

Joan Kevorkian

Joan Kevorkian

Aug 8, 2011

CHESHIRE - Joan C. (Hagood) Kevorkian, 68, beloved wife of Lt. Col. U.S. Army (Ret.) Harold "Hal" Kevorkian, passed away Monday August 8, 2011 at the Alzheimer's Resource Center of Connecticut (A.R.C.C.) in Plantsville with her loving family by her side. Born May 1, 1943 in Meriden, Joan was the devoted daughter of the late Joseph F. and Susan E....

John Turner

John Turner

Aug 7, 2011

CHESHIRE; John Lawrence Turner, 22, of Cheshire, CT passed away on August 7, 2011. John was born on September 25, 1988 in New Haven, CT. He moved to Cheshire with his family at the age of 2. He attended Cheshire public schools and was a 2006 graduate of Cheshire High School. John enjoyed music and was a member of the...

Albino Timoteo

Albino Timoteo

Aug 7, 2011

Naugatuck - Mr. Albino DaSilva Timoteo, age 96, died Sunday August 7,2011 at St. Mary's Hospital. He was the husband for 65 years of Maria (Henriques) Timoteo. Mr. Timoteo was born in Murtosa, Portugal on January 25,1915 a son of the late Manuel and Isabella Timoteo. He came to the United States in 1960 and worked at the W.J. Megin...

Joseph Thompson Sr

Joseph Thompson Sr

Aug 6, 2011

Bridgeport - Mr. Joseph Albert Thompson, Sr., age 51, died unexpectedly at his home on Saturday August 6,2011. Mr. Thompson was born in Lawrence, Ma. on October 30,1959 a son of Mary Jane (Condo) Thompson of Maine and the late Vinson Thompson Sr. He was employed as a painter at Nick's Painting. Besides his Mother, Mr. Thompson is survived by...

Adele Poulin

Adele Poulin

Aug 6, 2011

Naugatuck-Adele (Stasonis) Poulin, 91, passed away on Saturday, August 6, 2011 at Waterbury Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was the widow of Edward J. Poulin . Mrs. Poulin was born on September 15, 1919 in Naugatuck a daughter of the late Victor and Margaret Stasonis. She was retired from Lewis Engineering and Kmart where she worked for many...

Harriett Clark

Harriett Clark

Aug 6, 2011

MIDDLEBURY - Harriett Clark, 92, died August 6, 2011 after suffering a heart attack at home. She was the wife of the late Russell G. Clark who died in 1978. A lifelong Middlebury resident, she was the daughter of Charles P. and Mildred Harper. She lived for nearly 70 years in the Clark family home on North Street. Mrs. Clark...

Thomas Mariano

Thomas Mariano

Aug 4, 2011

NAUGATUCK- Mr. Thomas J. Mariano, 60, of Naugatuck, passed away on Thursday morning August 4, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital. Mr. Mariano was born in Waterbury, Aug. 10, 1950, a son of the late William F. and Albina (Chadarcewicz) Mariano and was a Naugatuck resident for over 35 years. He was employed by Student Transportation of America as Safety Director...

Richard Swan

Richard Swan

Aug 3, 2011

RHINEBECK, N.Y. - Mr. Richard William Swan, 88, of Rhinebeck, N.Y. and a former Naugatuck resident, passed away early Wednesday morning Aug. 3, 2011 at the North Dutchess Hospital in Rhinebeck. Mr. Swan was born in Johnstown, PA, Mar. 14, 1923 the son of the late Howard and Mary (Tuckey) Swan and moved to Naugatuck in the early 30's. He...

Sandra Mitchell

Sandra Mitchell

Aug 2, 2011

Oxford-Sandra L. (LaBonte) Mitchell, 64, passed away on Tuesday, August 2, 2011 at home surrounded by her loving family. Sandra was born on November 17, 1946 in Waterbury a daughter of the late Lawrence and Gertrude (Miller) LaBonte. She retired from Seamans where she worked for many years. She is survived by three daughters, Bonnie Mitchell of Oxford, Lynn Valerde...

Mary Palizay

Mary Palizay

Aug 1, 2011

Mrs. Mary Palizay G. Fox retiree NAUGATUCK — Mary (Myhalyk) Palizay, 86, passed away on Monday, Aug. 1, 2011, at Waterbury Hospital with her loving family at her side. She was the wife of Richard W. Palizay. Mrs. Palizay was born in Elmira, N.Y., a daughter of the late John and Victoria (Terniski) Myhalyk. She was retired from the G....

Franklin Smith

Franklin Smith

Jul 29, 2011

Franklin I. Smith Wallingford, CT Franklin Irving Smith passed away July 29, 2011after a short illness. He was the son of the late Irving and Gladys Candee Smith and the beloved husband of 50 years to the late Emma Bennett Smith. He was born March 18, 1924 in Naugatuck where he lived most of his life. He wintered in Port...