Obituaries

Hazel Keyser

Hazel Keyser

Jun 5, 2009

Waterbury; Hazel M. Keyser, 86 of Hill St. Passed away on Friday June 5, 2009 at St. Mary's Hospital. She was the wife of the late Robert W. Keyser. Mrs. Keyser was born in Fairfield on May 29, 1923. She was the daughter of the late Newton and Florence (Lynch) Leas. She lived in Waterbury her whole life and was...

Edward Evonciw

Edward Evonciw

Jun 3, 2009

Edward Evonciw 97 of Prospect St. Passed away on June 3, 2009 at the Waterbury Hospital after a long illness. He was the husband of Ann (Haywood) Evonciw. Mr. Evonciw was born in Austria on May 6, 1912 and was the son of the late Andrew and Anna Evonciw. He was a machinist for the U.S. Steel Co. until his...

Joan Pollard

Joan Pollard

Jun 2, 2009

SIMSBURY; Joan (Kelly) Pollard, 70, who resided at Harborside Health Care in Simsbury for the past 2 years, passed away Tuesday June 2, 2009 at Saint Francis Hospital in Hartford. Joan was born November 1, 1938 in Waterbury a daughter of the late John and Mary (Neville) Kelly. She was a graduate of Waterbury Catholic High School and Saint Joseph's...

William Rehbein

William Rehbein

Jun 2, 2009

Cheshire ' William P. Rehbein, 59, of Moss Farm Rd. passed away Tuesday June 2, 2009 at the Hospital of Central Connecticut at Bradley Memorial in Southington. He was the husband of Kathleen V. (Vernon) Rehbein. Mr. Rehbein was born May 5, 1950 in Southington, the son of Lucille (Paquette) Rehbein and the late William G. Rehbein. He was a...

Jean Pflueger

Jean Pflueger

Jun 1, 2009

Wolfeboro, NH -Jean "Teetee" Stanco Pflueger, 87, of Wolfeboro, formally of Cheshire, CT, passed away, peacefully, on Monday June 1, 2009. She was the wife of the late Otto Pflueger. She was born on March 9, 1922, in Waterbury, CT, the daughter of the late Pasquale and Lucy (Diorio) Stanco. Having lived most of her life in Cheshire, she was...

Jean Jarvis

Jean Jarvis

May 31, 2009

NAUGATUCK- Mrs. Jean Dorothy (Sutliffe)(Murgatory) Jarvis, 81, of 131 School St., Naugatuck, died early Sunday May 31, 2009 at the Waterbury Hospital. She was the widow of Howard Murgatory and Edward Jarvis. Mrs. Jarvis was born in Northfield, July 11, 1927, a daughter of the late Floyd and Jeanette (Curtiss) Sutliffe and had been a Naugatuck resident for the past...

Mary Friez

Mary Friez

May 31, 2009

Mary E. (Hobbie) Friez, 88, of 74 Edgewood Ave, Watertown, passed away May 31, 2009 at her residence. She was the wife of Henry J. Friez. Mary was born September 11, 1920 in Waterbury; she was the daughter of late Ward D. Sr. and Anna M. (O'Neill) Hobbie. Mary attended Post Secretarial College where she received her degree. Mary was...

Eleanor Petuch

Eleanor Petuch

May 30, 2009

Mrs. Eleanor M. (Cavanaugh) Petuch, 90, of Cheshire passed away Saturday May 30, 2009 at her home. She was the widow of Walter M. Petuch, Sr. Mrs. Petuch was born October 26, 1918 in New Haven a daughter of the late Patrick and Agnes (Cummings) Cavanaugh and has been a Cheshire resident for the past 41 years. She was educated...

Theodore Ciemier

Theodore Ciemier

May 29, 2009

Theodore S. Ciemier 88, passed away on Friday May 29, 2009 at the Masonic Home in Wallingford. He was the husband of Frances (Tamalavage) Ciemier Mr. Ciemier was born in New Haven on November 8, 1920 and was the son of the late Michael and Sophie Ciemier. He was a WWII Air force veteran and a P.O.W in Germany. After...

Infant Isabella Caraballo

Infant Isabella Caraballo

May 29, 2009

WATERBURY- Isabella Amelise Caraballo, Infant daughter of Hector and Jochlynn (Thomas) Caraballo, of 160 Easton Ave., Waterbury, died at birth Friday May 29, 2009 at Mid-State Medical Center, Meriden. Besides her parents, she leaves a sister Chloe M. Caraballo of Waterbury; her Paternal grandparents Hector Caraballo and his wife, Monica (Salgado) Caraballo of Philadelphia and Brenda E.(Mendez) Villegas and her...

Phyllis Osias

Phyllis Osias

May 27, 2009

Cheshire ' Phyllis S. Osias, passed away May 27, 2009 at the Highlands Health care Center. She was the wife of Jack Osias. Mrs. Osias was a modern history teacher at Cheshire High School for 22 years. Her reputation as a competent and exceptional teacher was well recognized by her fellow faculty and students. Phyllis moved from New York City...

Anthony Handi

Anthony Handi

May 26, 2009

Cheshire ' Anthony J. Handi, 79, of Contour Dr., passed away May 26, 2009 at Masonicare in Wallingford. He was the husband of Dorothy (Mastrantonio) Handi. Tony was born June 5, 1929 in Brooklyn the son of the late Albert and Jennie (Celantano) Handi. He was a longtime Cheshire resident having moved to town in 1969 from the Naugatuck Valley....

Keith Clayton

Keith Clayton

May 26, 2009

Keith E. Clayton, 60, of 1485 Highland Ave, formerly of Arlington, VT passed away May 26, 2009 after a courageous battle with brain cancer. He was the husband of Lynn (Baker) Clayton whom he was married to for 40 years. Keith was born September 18, 1948 in Bennington, VT son of Kenneth Sr. and Jeannette (Woodard) Clayton. He graduated from...

Adela Landau

Adela Landau

May 24, 2009

BEDFORD, NH- Mrs.Adela (Lipsez) Landau, 88, of 37 Ridgewood Rd., Bedford, NH, died early Sunday morning May 24, 2009 at Catholic Medical Center, Manchester, NH. She was the wife of Edward Landau. Mrs. Landau was born in the Ukraine, May 2, 1921, daughter of the late Jacob and Veronica Lipsez. She had been a resident of Bedford for the past...

Ella Danaher

Ella Danaher

May 23, 2009

Waterbury - Ella Danaher, 84, of East Main Street, passed away Saturday evening May 23, 2009 at Bristol Hospital. She was the wife of the late Francis P. Danaher. Mrs. Danaher was born October 11, 1924 in Thomaston, the daughter of the late Martin and Sophia (Beruk) Marlak. She graduated from Thomaston High School Class of 1942 and was a...

Tessie Stevens

Tessie Stevens

May 23, 2009

Naugatuck ' Tessie Stevens, 94, formerly of Conrad St., passed away Saturday May 23, 2009 at Orange Health Care Center in Orange. She was the wife of the late George Stevens. Mrs. Stevens was born December 4, 1914 in Waterbury. She was a longtime Naugatuck resident who loved her family. She was employed at U.S. Rubber Co. in Naugatuck, Risdon...

Irene Abrantes

Irene Abrantes

May 21, 2009

Naugatuck - Mrs. Irene de Jesus Abrantes, 95, of Naugatuck and Lisbon, Portugal, passed away on Thursday May 21 at the Beacon Brook Health Center in Naugatuck. She was married to the late Ivo da Conceicao Abrantes and they resided in Lisbon for the most part of their lives. They were married for 62 years. She was born to the...

Deborah Surkis

Deborah Surkis

May 21, 2009

Deborah Leah (Matzkin) Surkis, 78, of Bloomfield, passed away on Thursday, May 21, 2009 at the Hebrew Home in West Hartford. Deborah was born August 12, 1930 in Waterbury, CT to Emanuel and Jean (Madnick) Matzkin. She received both her B.A. and M.S. in mathematics from New York University, and then entered the emerging field of mathematical programming for digital...

Thomas Simpson

Thomas Simpson

May 19, 2009

Mr. Thomas James Simpson, 58 of Waterbury, passed away Tuesday May 19, 2009 at his home. Mr. Simpson was born April 28, 1951 in Waterbury, a son of the late Frank and Mary (Bordner) Simpson and was a longtime Waterbury resident. He was a US Army veteran and managed an antique store in Waterbury's east end for many years. He...

Thomas Curtis

Thomas Curtis

May 19, 2009

Tom Curtis, a charismatic and inspirational man, beloved by all who knew him, died after a sudden and unexpected illness on Tuesday, May 19, 2009, in San Francisco, the city he loved so dearly. He was 46. Tom used to say "This is not a dress rehearsal" when referring to life. Appropriate, in one sense, for a man who took...