Obituaries

Thelma Zackin

Thelma Zackin

Nov 29, 2009

Miss Thelma B. Zackin, 102, of 355 Bloomfield Ave., West Hartford, died Sunday November 29, 2009 at the Hebrew Home and Hospital, West Hartford. Miss Zackin was born in Waterbury, May 29, 1907, a daughter of the late Louis and Dora (Brody) Zackin and was a resident of Waterbury for most of her life until moving to West Hartford. She...

William Gager

William Gager

Nov 29, 2009

William W. Gager, Jr., 83, of Cheshire, died Sunday, November 29, 2009. Mr. Gager was the husband of Eleanor (Welton) Gager. Mr. Gager was born February 18, 1926 in Waterbury, son of the late Atty. William W. Gager, Sr. and Dorothy Hall Gager. He was predeceased in 1926 by a sister, Elizabeth Gager. A quiet and unassuming member of what...

Monique Collin

Monique Collin

Nov 29, 2009

Waterbury- Monique (Gelinas) Collin, 82, of 2221 East Main Street, passed away on Sunday, November 29, 2009 at St. Mary's Hospital after a long illness. She was the widow of Lucien Collin. Mrs. Collin was born on October 15, 1927 in St. Matthieu, Quebec, Canada a daughter of the late Athanase and Albertine (Deziel) Gelinas. Monique loved to travel, crocheting...

Walter Harris

Walter Harris

Nov 29, 2009

THOMASTON- Walter Donald Harris, 91,of 97 Edgewood Ave. Thomaston, passed away Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Waterbury Hospital. He was the husband of Maude (Farive) (Mowery) Harris Dr. Harris was born on February 16, 1918 in Nashville, Ohio a son of the late William and Ida (Ulman) Harris. He received his bachelor's degree at the College of Wooster, and then...

Marjorie Reeve

Marjorie Reeve

Nov 29, 2009

Marjorie W. Reeve - Age 89, died in peace with grace at the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Allan and Beverly Reeve, in Pittsford, New York, on November 29, 2009 of lung cancer. Born Marjorie Mae Wilkinson on February 15, 1920, in Plainview, Texas, she graduated with a BS degree from West Texas State University in Canyon, Texas with...

Maria Branco

Maria Branco

Nov 29, 2009

Naugatuck-Mrs. Maria Adelia (Vieira) Branco,73 , of 169 Wedgewood Dr. , died Sunday, November 29, 2009 at Waterbury Hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of Nuno O. Branco Sr. Mrs. Branco was born July 27, 1936 in Monte, Murtosa, Portugal, daughter of the late Joao and Belmira ( Oliveira) Vieira. She was a former employee of the...

Barbara Tucker

Barbara Tucker

Nov 28, 2009

Mother Grandmother Great-Grandmother" Barbara Jane (Dickens) Tucker of 65 Eldridge Street, Waterbury died on Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Hartford Hospital after a brief illness. She was born October 26, 1920 in Waterbury the daughter of the late Laurence A. and Madeleine C. (Menold) Dickens. She was the widow of James F. Tucker, Sr. She was a communicant of The...

Elizabeth Hotaling

Elizabeth Hotaling

Nov 28, 2009

Prospect-Mrs. Elizabeth "Betty" ( Williams) Hotaling, 88, of 19 Sherwood Dr., died Saturday, November 28, 2009 at Waterbury Hospital after a brief illness. She was the widow of Lavern Hotaling. Mrs. Hotaling was born on November 16, 1921 in Frankfort N.Y. a daughter of the late David and Mary (Emrich) Williams.She was a former employee of U.S. Surgical in North...

Mary Citati

Mary Citati

Nov 26, 2009

NAUGATUCK - With dignity and grace, as she lived her life, Mrs. James (Mary) Citati, 98 years young, beloved mother of Terri Rung, bid farewell to all whom she loved so dearly on Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. The widow of James Citati, who died in 1979, Mary, upon the death of her husband, continued to fulfill the legacy of love...

John Sullivan

John Sullivan

Nov 26, 2009

Prospect, CT 06712 Phone (203) 729-4334 ● Fax (203) 729-4336 26 Waterbury Rd. Buckmiller Brothers Funeral Home Prospect - Mr. John J. Sullivan, 79, died Thursday November 26, peacefully at home with his family. He was the devoted husband of Nancy (Ann Bruder) Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan was born on January 7, 1930 in Waterbury, son of the late Thomas E....

Bernard DiDomizio

Bernard DiDomizio

Nov 25, 2009

Bernard "Bernie" M. DiDomizio, 72, passed away November 25, 2009 at home after a brave battle with cancer. Bernard was born October 15, 1937 and was the son of the late Anthony "Grumpy" and Olivine "Tulip" (Sullivan) DiDomizio. Bernie worked as a mechanic for many years as well as Century Brass, Sikorsky, and The Lewis Tree Service. He was a...

Thomas Marczewski

Thomas Marczewski

Nov 25, 2009

Prospect - Mr. Thomas Charles Marczewski, age 68, of 170 Scott Road, died Wednesday November 25,2009 at Hartford Hospital after a brief illness. Mr. Marczewski was born in Derby on March 18,1941 son of the late Charles and Antonina (Ksiazak) Marczewski. He was a graduate of Baylor University and was retired from the State of Connecticut Treasury Department where he...

Dorothy Swanson

Dorothy Swanson

Nov 23, 2009

Cheshire - Dorothy Graham Swanson, 88, wife of the late Arthur J. Swanson Jr., peacefully departed this life on Monday November 23, 2009 in the early morning hours at her home after a period of failing health. She was surrounded by loved ones and cared for by her daughter, Suzanne; son-in-law, Jim and her beloved grandson, Jared. She was grateful...

Ellen Garrity

Ellen Garrity

Nov 21, 2009

" Ellen Creem Garrity" "....loving mother and grandmother...." Ellen Jane Creem Garrity, 88, wife of the late William P. Garrity, died November 21, 2009 in Wolcott. Daughter of Daniel and Mary McGrath Creem. Ellen was born on May 10, 1921 in Waterbury, where she lived until moving to Wolcott in 1968. She graduated from Sacred Heart Grammar and Sacret Heart...

Dolores Schroeder

Dolores Schroeder

Nov 20, 2009

Naugatuck - Mrs. Dolores Ann (Shandrowski) Schroeder, age 68, of 49 Shadduck Road, died Friday November 20,2009 at the Glendale Center in Naugatuck after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Mrs. Schroeder was born in Bridgeport, Ct. on August 20,1941 a daughter of the late Theodore Stanley and Anna Margaret (Brezina) Shandrowski. She was retired from the State of...

Joseph Pereira

Joseph Pereira

Nov 19, 2009

Joseph A. Pereira Century 21 Realtor WATERBURY — Joseph A. Pereira, 61, of 31 Eastwood Ave., passed away unexpectedly on Nov. 19, 2009. Mr. Pereira was born in New Bedford, Mass., a son of the late Joseph M. and Maria Pereira on July 25, 1948. He was a realtor for Century 21 for many years. He was predeceased by his...

Dorothy Grish

Dorothy Grish

Nov 19, 2009

Dorothy (Kelsey) Grish, 76, a 53 year resident of Prospect, passed away on November 19 at St. Mary’s Hospital with her family at her side. Born in Huntington Station, Long Island, NY, she was the daughter of the late Charles and Dorothy Kelsey. She spent her formative years as a lab technician in NY and met her future husband through...

David Williams

David Williams

Nov 19, 2009

Mr. David S. Williams, 56 of Cheshire passed away at the Highlands Health Care Center in Cheshire. David was born February 16, 1953 in Waterbury, a son of the late Edward D. and Ann Marie (Bristol) Williams and has lived in Cheshire for many years. He was a graduate of Humiston Grammar School and Cheshire High School. He had worked...

James Wilkas

James Wilkas

Nov 15, 2009

Naugatuck-James Albert Wilkas, 77 of 213 Melbourne Street, husband of Eleanor (Mangine) Wilkas, died at St. Mary's Hospital on November 15, 2009 after a long illness. Mr. Wilkas was born on June 5, 1932 in Naugatuck a son of the late James August and Julia (Butkus) Wilkas. He was a retired engineer for Anamet-American Brass were he had worked for...

Edwin Christie

Edwin Christie

Nov 15, 2009

MANCHESTER, Vt. - Edwin M. Christie, 67, a former resident of Naugatuck, Conn., and more recently of Manchester, Vt., died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, at his residence. Born in Waterbury, Conn., Sept. 4, 1942, he was the son of the late William and Helen Joyce (McCullum) Christie. Ed received his education in the Naugatuck schools. He married the former Margaret...