Obituaries

Phyllis Esposito

Phyllis Esposito

Mar 11, 2011

MIDDLETOWN - Phyllis Esposito, 90, formerly of Rumberg Road in Cheshire. passed away Friday March 11, 2011 at Waters Edge Center for Health and Rehab in Middletown. She was the wife of the late Albert Esposito. Mrs. Esposito was born September 28, 1920 in Woodbridge the daughter of the late Jack and Victoria (Carasone) Lorusso. She lived most of her...

William Kirklin

William Kirklin

Mar 11, 2011

Naugatuck - Mr. William Richard "Dick" Kirklin, age 90, of 44 Patricia Lane, died Friday March 11, 2011 at the Glendale Center in Naugatuck. He was the widower of Julianne (Ross) Kirklin. Mr. Kirklin was born in Muncie, Indiana on March 15,1920 son of the late Curtis and Fern (Smith) Kirklin. He was retired from the Varior Companies where he...

Elaine Curran

Elaine Curran

Mar 11, 2011

Naugatuck-Elaine R. (Roudie) Curran, 85 passed away with her family at her side at St. Mary's Hospital on Friday, March 11, 2011. She was the loving wife of James F. Curran for 64 years. Elaine was born on March 15, 1920 in Meriden. She was a Wallingford native the daugher of the late Thomas and Anna Roudie. She was a...

Robert Sagendorf Sr

Robert Sagendorf Sr

Mar 10, 2011

Robert H. Sagendorf Sr., 109 Spruce Drive, Naugatuck quietly passed away March 10, 2011 at Waterbury Hospital. He was the widower of Shirley Lee (Benson) Sagendorf. "Big Bob" was a devoted and loving husband, father and grandfather who served his county in the United States Army from 1953-1955, being deployed in Korea where he was a Headquarters radio operator. He...

Alexis Pickus

Alexis Pickus

Mar 9, 2011

CHESHIRE- Alexis I. Pickus, 61, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2011 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She was the wife of Jerome D. Pickus. Alexis was born November 27, 1949 and was the daughter of Irene (Wulff) and the late Alexander Sikeritzky. She was a graduate of West Haven High School. Besides her husband and mother, Alexis is survived by...

Margaret Anderson

Margaret Anderson

Mar 7, 2011

HAMDEN; Mrs. Margaret "Pege" (Murphy) (Lovett) Anderson, 86 formerly of Hamden and Waterbury passed away Monday March 7, 2011 at Valerie Manor in Torrington. She was the widow of Joseph Lovett who was killed in action in France during WWII. Mrs. Anderson was born April 28, 1924 in Waterbury a daughter of the late Thomas and Katherine (Ladden) Murphy and...

Chester Polakowski

Chester Polakowski

Mar 7, 2011

Prospect-Chester Polakowski, 82, formerly of Naugatuck, passed away on Monday, March 7, 2011 surrounded by his loving family at the Paradigm Healthcare Center in Prospect. Chester was born on October 7, 1928 in Naugatuck, a son of the late Stanley and Rose Polakowski. He was retired from Uniroyal Footwear Division where he worked for 30 years. He was a veteran...

James Johnson

James Johnson

Feb 26, 2011

WATERBURY; Mr. James C. "Doc" Johnson, Sr. 86 of Waterbury passed away Saturday February 26, 2011 at Saint Mary's Hospital. Mr. Johnson was born March 11, 1924 in Waterbury the son of the late Charles L. and Madeline (Lattimer) Johnson and lived in Waterbury most of his life. He was a graduate of Bunker Hill Grammar School as well as...

Harold Evon

Harold Evon

Feb 26, 2011

Forestport, NY - Mr. Harold H. Evon, 76, of O'Brien Road formerly of Waterbury died at his home February 26, 2011 after a short illness. He was born on December 14, 1934, in Waterbury, Connecticut a son of Eugene and Beatrice Moore Evon. He entered the U.S. Navy in 1955 and was discharged in 1958. He then was in the...

Denise Dinnis

Denise Dinnis

Feb 25, 2011

CHESHIRE - Denise "Denni" A. Dinnis, 56, passed away Friday February 25, 2011 at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury from complications arising from pneumonia. Mrs. Dinnis was born December 11, 1954 in Patterson, NJ the daughter of the Ann J. (Aub) Muise and the late J. Harry Muise. She married James "Jim" A. Dinnis , on October 5, 1974 in...

Robert Burns

Robert Burns

Feb 25, 2011

Naugatuck - Mr. Robert J. Burns, age 86, of 151 May St., died Friday February 25, 2011 at the Glendale Center in Naugatuck. He was the husband of Jeanne (Chiswell) Burns. Mr. Burns was born in Naugatuck on April 28,1924 a son of the late Thomas and Mary (Hyland) Burns. He was retired from the Bristol Babcock Company where he...

Alphonse Zulpa

Alphonse Zulpa

Feb 24, 2011

Naugatuck-Alphonse A Zulpa, age 90, passed away on Thursday, February 24, 2011. He was the widower of Dorothy (Johnson) Zulpa and the widower of his first wife Rita (Griffin) Zulpa. Mr. Zulpa was born on April 26, 1920 in Waterbury, a son of the late Adam and Marcela (Adomaitis) Zulpa. He was retired from Johnson Metal Hose after 20 years...

Olivia Cabral

Olivia Cabral

Feb 21, 2011

Mrs. Olivia Cabral Naugatuck Glass retiree NAUGATUCK - Mrs. Olivia Marques Pereira Cabral, 86, of 69 Highland Ave., died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at Saint Mary's Hospital. She was the widow of Jaime M. Cabral. Mrs. Cabral was born in Pinheiro da Bemposta, Portugal, on July 5, 1924, a daughter of the late Domingos Pereira Da Silva and Eugenia Marques....

Vivian D'Aversa

Vivian D'Aversa

Feb 18, 2011

Sayre, PA-Vivian F. D'Aversa, 61, passed away on Friday, February 18, 2011 at Robert Packard Hospital in PA. Vivian was born on January 13, 1950 in Waterbury a daughter of Anthony D'Aversa and the late Anita (Enos) D'Aversa. Besides her father, she is survived by two sons, Allen D'Aversa of Newport, NY and Andrew D'Aversa of Westfield, PA, one sister,...

Jeannine Bruneau

Jeannine Bruneau

Feb 17, 2011

Naugatuck - Mrs. Jeannine Giselle (Auger) Bruneau, age 77, passed away peacefully on Thursday February 17,2011 at St. Mary's Hospital surrounded by her family. Mrs. Bruneau was the daughter of the late Charles and Marie Ange Auger of West Glover, Vermont. She lived in Connecticut for 48 years and was retired from Sheldon Precision where she worked as a quality...

Kathryn Smilo

Kathryn Smilo

Feb 17, 2011

NAUGATUCK - Mrs. Kathryn L. (West) Smilo, 72, passed away Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011, at Hartford Hospital. She was the loving wife of Alan Richard Smilo. Mrs. Smilo was born in Concord, New Hampshire September 10, 1938, a daughter of the late Adah (Stevens) and Herbert West of Chichester, New Hampshire. She was a graduate of Keene State Teachers College...

Adolph Sidoruk

Adolph Sidoruk

Feb 16, 2011

SOUTHINGTON; Mr. Adolph "Sid", "Al" Sidoruk, 86 of Southington, formerly of Cheshire passed away Wednesday February 16, 2011 at the Hospital of Central Connecticut at Bradley Memorial in Southington. He was the husband of Frances (Namaka) Sidoruk. Mr. Sidoruk was born in Brooklyn, New York a son of the late Frank and Mary (Chodorowska) Sidoruk and was a longtime Cheshire...

Alfred Roncarti

Alfred Roncarti

Feb 16, 2011

OAKVILLE; Mr. Alfred S. Roncarti, 82 of Oakville formerly of Waterbury, passed away Wednesday February 16, 2011 at the Alzheimer's Resource Center in Plantsville. Mr. Roncarti was born December 10, 1928 in Waterbury a son of the late Amedeo and Clementina Ida (Falavena) Roncarti and was a lifelong area resident. He was a graduate of Washington Grammar School and attended...

Mary Champagne

Mary Champagne

Feb 15, 2011

Prospect-Mary Eleanor Champagne, 86, passed away on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 in her home. Eleanor was born on August 14, 1924 in Waterbury a daughter of the late Edward C. and Mae (Farrell) Champagne. She worked as a commercial artist for SNET for 37 years before retiring. She was a graduate of the Paier School of Art and of Waterbury...

Margarite Rubino

Margarite Rubino

Feb 15, 2011

CHESHIRE - Margarite F. Rubino, 90, passed away Tuesday February 15, 2011 at the Hospital of St Raphael in New Haven. Mrs. Rubino was born March 1, 1920 in New Haven the daughter of the late Pasquale and Mary (Christoforo) Errico. She was an Inspector for Seamless Rubber Company in New Haven for over 35 years. After her retirement, she...