Obituaries

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...

Anne Stotz

Anne Stotz

Feb 15, 2011

NAUGATUCK- Mrs. Anne (Rozum) (Dietrich) Stotz, 96, of Naugatuck, passed away Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011 at Masonicare of Wallingford. She was the widow of the late Ralph Stotz. Mrs. Stotz was born in Waterbury, April 14, 1914, a daughter of the late Thomas and Florence (Swigar) Rozum and was a Naugatuck resident since 1957. During World War II, she served...

Robert Nixon

Robert Nixon

Feb 14, 2011

Robert H. “Bob” Nixon Sailor, Firefighter, Family Man NAUGATUCK - Robert H. “Bob” Nixon, 88, lifelong resident of Naugatuck, died Monday night, February 14, 2011, with his family at his side. Bob was born on January 31, 1923, in Waterbury, son of the late Emmett and Carrie (Mills) Nixon. He received his primary and secondary educations in the Naugatuck school...

Donald Fowler

Donald Fowler

Feb 13, 2011

CHESHIRE - Donald K. Fowler, 91, passed away Sunday February 13, 2011 at Bradley Memorial Hospital in Southington. He was the husband of Nancy (Omicioli) Fowler. Mr. Fowler was born June 27, 1919 in Hamden, the son of the late Charles and Lillian (Bly) Fowler. He was a 1937 graduate of Hamden High School and spent four years in the...

Cyril Mellette

Cyril Mellette

Feb 12, 2011

MIDDLEBURY- Mr. Cyril "Cy" W. Mellette, Jr., 85 of Middlebury, passes away early Saturday morning Feb. 12, 2011, at the Candlewood Rehabilitation Center in New Milford. He was the loving husband of Elsie (Northrop) Mellette. Cy was born in Waterbury, son of the late Cyril Mellette, Sr. and the late Beatrice (Demers) (Mellette) Furlotte and was a graduate of Wilby...

Jacqueline Olander

Jacqueline Olander

Feb 11, 2011

WALLINGFORD - Jacqueline M. Olander, 82, passed away Friday February 11, 2011 at Masonicare Health Center in Wallingford surrounded by family. Mrs. Olander was born July 8, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY the daughter of the late Peter and Frances (Powell) Benfari. She lived in Kingston, New York before settling in Connecticut. Jacqui worked as a bookkeeper and later as an...

Liberdade Fernandes

Liberdade Fernandes

Feb 10, 2011

Ms. Liberdade R. Fernandes Retired seamstress WATERBURY — Ms. Liberdade R. Fernandes, 68, of 990 West Main St., died Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011, in Waterbury. Ms. Fernandes was born in Lisbon, Portugal, on April 28, 1942, a daughter of the late Martiniano and Maria Joaquina Fernandes. She retired after working as a seamstress for many years, and was a communicant...

Hazel Hall

Hazel Hall

Feb 9, 2011

NAUGATUCK- Mrs. Hazel Irene (Davis) Hall, 103, formerly of Naugatuck, passed away Wednesday evening Feb. 9, 2011 at the Waterbury Hospital. She was the widow of the late Charles E. Hall who passed away in 1962. Mrs. Hall was born in Danville, PA, May 12, 1907, a daughter of the late Elizabeth Davis and was a Naugatuck resident for many...