Monday, April 12, 2021
Guilford Obituaries
Obituaries • Published April 07, 2021 01:24 p.m.
Joseph Michael ‘Mike’ Biddle
Joseph Michael “Mike” Biddle, 74, of Waterford was called home on March 30. A faithful husband, loving father/grandfather, and successful passionate educator, he will be missed by...
Obituaries • Published April 06, 2021 03:17 p.m.
Mary Jane Killian
Mary Jane Killian, 96, a longtime Guilford resident, passed away peacefully at Connecticut Hospice, Branford, on April 3. She was the wife of the late Carl W. Killian, who died in November 2018....
Obituaries • Published March 31, 2021 04:15 p.m.
Linda ‘Lynn’ Lucille Staba
On March 23, Linda “Lynn” Lucille Staba (née Pacanowski), longtime resident of Guilford and native Chicagoan, passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by family. Lynn was...
Obituaries • Published March 31, 2021 10:25 a.m.
Betty A. (Johnston) Marshall
Betty A. (Johnston) Marshall, 98, of Guilford, previously of Palm Coast and Jacksonville, Florida, and Newington, passed away peacefully on March 25, with her devoted children by her side. Betty...
Obituaries • Published March 30, 2021 04:02 p.m.
Louis A. Pongetti
Louis A. Pongetti, 93, of Guilford entered into a peaceful rest on Nov. 3, 2020. He was born Sept. 18, 1927, in New Haven to the late Louis Pongetti and Mary (Grestini) Pongetti. He was the...
Obituaries • Published March 24, 2021 01:39 p.m.
Jerome F. ‘Pops’ Barretta
Thursday, March 18, 2021, Jerome F. “Pops” Barretta, longtime resident of Guilford passed away at St. Raphael Campus at Yale.Husband of the late Marilyn (Carrubba) Barretta,...
Obituaries • Published March 24, 2021 12:37 p.m.
Robert ‘Sonny’ Abel
Robert “Sonny” Abel passed away peacefully on March 22, at the Sister Anne Virginie Grimes Health Center in New Haven. Robert was born in New Haven on May 16, 1930, the son of the...
Obituaries • Published March 24, 2021 12:35 p.m.
Steven Charles Wright
Steven Charles Wright, of Guilford, husband of Susan Griffin Wright, died March 20, from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease....
Obituaries • Published March 18, 2021 11:27 a.m.
Thomas Wayne ‘Wayno’ Downey
Thomas Wayne “Wayno” Downey, 86, passed away on March 11. He was the husband and life partner of his high school sweetheart, Joan Helen Rabbitt Downey, for more than 60 years. Born...
Obituaries • Published March 18, 2021 11:26 a.m.
Leslie Mathews Phillips
Leslie Mathews Phillips, longtime resident of Guilford and most recently of North Branford, passed away March 8 at Evergreen Woods, North Branford. The wife of the late Duncan M. Phillips, Leslie...
Obituaries • Published March 18, 2021 11:26 a.m.
Robert J. Peterson
Robert J. Peterson, 73, of Guilford, passed away on March 10 at Yale New Haven Hospital surrounded by his wife and children. Bob was born in Detroit, Michigan, son of the late Charles R. Peterson...
Obituaries • Published March 18, 2021 11:25 a.m.
Alice (DeBay) Melillo
Alice (DeBay) Melillo of Preston formerly longtime resident of Guilford passed away peacefully on March 7 at her home with her family by side.The wife of Allen P. Norden, Mrs. Melillo was...
Obituaries • Published March 10, 2021 04:48 p.m.
Marie (Titta) Walker
Marie (Titta) Walker, 89, longtime resident of Madison and most recently Guilford, passed away with family by her side at Yale New Haven Hospital on March 1. She was surrounded by love and knew...
Obituaries • Published March 02, 2021 04:56 p.m.
John D. Leslie, Jr.
John D. Leslie, Jr., longtime resident of Guilford, passed away on Feb. 12.The fiancé companion of Janice P. Hooghkirk, Mr. Leslie was born in Meriden on May 5, 1936, son of the late...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 24, 2021 04:35 p.m.
A. Robert Fischer
A. Robert Fischer died Feb. 13 in Texas surrounded by his family. Rob fought a long battle with cancer and ultimately passed due to ARDS/COVID-19. Rob was born on April 21, 1957, in Greenwich, the ...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 24, 2021 12:16 p.m.
George Meoli
How lucky we were to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard. It is with great sadness and heavy hearts to say that we lost George Meoli on Feb. 19, surrounded by his family.George ...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 23, 2021 05:02 p.m.
Juan Alberto Diaz
Juan Alberto Diaz, 86, died in his home from melanoma on Feb. 19 in Guilford. He was born in Honda, Colombia on Nov. 19, 1934, the son of Julio Alberto Diaz and Beatriz Amaya.Juan taught...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 17, 2021 04:40 p.m.
Mary Louise Murphy
Sister Corde Maria Murphy, O.P. (Mary Louise Murphy), 82, died peacefully in the hospital after a brief illness. She was a solemnly professed nun at the Dominican Monastery of Our Lady of Grace,...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 17, 2021 04:35 p.m.
James C. Scheimann
James C. Scheimann of Guilford, formerly of Michigan City, Indiana, passed away at his home on Feb. 2. James was born in Valparaiso, Indiana on Sept. 4, 1961, son of the late Richard and Lois...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 17, 2021 04:08 p.m.
Robert Williams Owen
Robert Williams Owen passed away peacefully at Branford Hospice on Feb. 8. He was born in New York City, N.Y., son of Edwin and Clarice (Williams) Owen. His family moved to Hamden where he...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 17, 2021 11:46 a.m.
Nancy Ann Panaroni Federico
Nancy Ann Panaroni Federico, 95, longtime resident of Guilford passed away peacefully on Feb. 10. She was the beloved wife of the late Philip Federico. Nancy was born in Branford July 21, 1925,...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 10, 2021 01:37 p.m.
June Yale Crouter Chittick
June Yale Crouter Chittick died at home surrounded by family on Feb. 5, after a long illness with COPD. Born July 27, 1929, in Burlington, Vermont, June married Robert James Chittick days after...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 09, 2021 12:26 p.m.
Scott M. Steahle
Scott M. Steahle passed away Feb. 2 from complication of diabetes. Scott was born in Derby on Oct. 17, 1970, son of Aida (Ferrante) Steahle and the late Eugene P. Steahle.He was the loving...
Obituaries • Published Feb. 03, 2021 11:20 a.m.
Phillip Clarkin
Phillip Clarkin, longtime resident of Guilford, passed away Jan. 28 at Bristol Hospital.The husband of Patricia (Donovan) Clarkin, Mr. Clarkin was born in Barnstable, Massachusetts on Oct....
Obituaries • Published Feb. 03, 2021 11:20 a.m.
Allen R. Albee
Allen R. “Al” Albee longtime resident of Guilford, passed away Jan. 27 at Connecticut Hospice, Branford. Mr. Albee was born in New Haven Jan 12, 1943, son of the late Allen Webster...