Friday, January 15, 2021
Old Saybrook Obituaries
Obituaries • Published Oct. 14, 2020 07:29 p.m.
Donald W. Benjamin
Donald W. Benjamin, age 70, entered into eternal rest on Oct. 2 with his family near. Don was the beloved husband of Sharon F. Benjamin (Dominice) and a 30-year resident of Old Saybrook. Born in...
Obituaries • Published Oct. 07, 2020 04:52 p.m.
David Taylor MacKay
David Taylor MacKay of Madison, son of the late Donald and Ruth MacKay, passed away Sept. 27 after an arduous battle with interstitial lung disease. He is survived by his children Dawn MacKay...
Obituaries • Published Sep. 22, 2020 02:27 p.m.
Mary T. Dodson
Mary T. Dodson, 85, of Old Saybrook, wife of Ernest J. Dodson, passed away on Sept. 19 at her home after a brief illness. She was born April 19, 1935, in Tarrytown, New York. She was the daughter...
Obituaries • Published Sep. 17, 2020 09:38 a.m.
Elizabeth Moriarty
Elizabeth Moriarty, born in Old Saybrook April 27, 1928, to Meyer and Josephine Hansen, passed from this world July 25, 2020. She was the wife of Jack Moriarty for 29 years; sister of Dennis...
Obituaries • Published Sep. 10, 2020 06:17 p.m.
Lorraine Z. Klappholz
Lorraine Z. Klappholz, 89, of Old Saybrook, wife of the late Lowell Klappholz, passed away on Sept. 6 at Yale-New Haven Hospital after a brief illness. She was born June 18, 1931, in Bayonne, New...
Obituaries • Published Aug. 27, 2020 07:39 p.m.
Katherine S. Dubuc
Katherine S. Dubuc, of Old Saybrook, passed peacefully and unexpectedly on Aug. 22.Katherine was born in New York City to the late Edward Nicholas Smith and Katherine Elizabeth Smith. She...
Obituaries • Published Aug. 20, 2020 06:34 p.m.
Kristen Jude (Gerthoffer) Woodmansee
Kristen Jude (Gerthoffer) Woodmansee, 54, of Old Saybrook, passed away on Aug. 16 after a three-year battle with cancer.Kristen was born Sept. 11, 1965, in Syracuse, New York, the youngest...
Obituaries • Published Aug. 06, 2020 05:14 p.m.
Robert Peter Marx
Robert Peter Marx of Old Saybrook died on July 24 at the age of 83. He was born on Nov. 7, 1936, to Albert Marx and Esther Fahrenkrug Marx in OshKosh, Wisconsin. He attended schools in Saginaw,...
Obituaries • Published July 29, 2020 04:16 p.m.
Sharon B. Caulfield
Sharon B. Caulfield died on July 18 at the hospice at Middlesex Hospital after a brief illness. She was predeceased by her husband Robert Caulfield, whom she married in 1998, and her brothers...
Obituaries • Published July 29, 2020 04:06 p.m.
MaryEllin (Salz) Street
MaryEllin (Salz) Street passed peacefully on July 10 in Port Charlotte, Florida. She was 92. Ellin was born on Jan. 1, 1928, in the Bronx, New York to John and Elizabeth Black.After...
Obituaries • Published July 15, 2020 04:18 p.m.
Carolyn Jane Sloan True
Carolyn Jane Sloan True, age 78, of Old Saybrook went to eternal rest peacefully on July 12 at the Guilford House in Guilford after a long illness with family by her side.Carolyn was born...
Obituaries • Published July 08, 2020 09:50 p.m.
John George Ellis
John George Ellis, 95, of Old Saybrook, passed away at his home on July 1. John was born in Northampton, Massachusetts, on Oct. 2, 1924, to the late John and Emma Ellis.When he was five...
Obituaries • Published July 08, 2020 09:11 p.m.
Richard Joseph Tonks
Richard Joseph Tonks, 78, of Brush Hill Road, Lyme, died June 22in Yale- New Haven Hospital after a brief illness.Mr. Tonks was born on July 30, 1941 in Melrose, Massachusetts, the son of...
Obituaries • Published June 24, 2020 08:21 p.m.
John A. Mulligan
Legendary Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) John A. Mulligan of the Connecticut State Police (CSP) died of cancer at age 78 on June 18. John succumbed to bone and lung cancer, but only after one hell of a...
Obituaries • Published June 17, 2020 07:50 p.m.
Julia K. Comerford
Julia K. Comerford, 94, daughter of the late Josephine and Adam Koprek of Stoneham, Massachusetts, died peacefully on June 7 after a brief illness. She was predeceased by her husband James...
Obituaries • Published June 17, 2020 12:02 p.m.
Virginia A. Newton
Virginia A. Newton succumbed to complications from COVID-19 on June 1 at the age of 83. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, she lived most of her adult life in Connecticut. The last 15 years she...
Obituaries • Published June 11, 2020 08:32 p.m.
Esther Owens Watrous
Esther Owens Watrous passed away early on May 28 due to complications from COVID-19. She died peacefully and contented, a few days after being reunited with her son and daughter-in-law after a...
Obituaries • Published June 10, 2020 08:31 p.m.
Betty L. Hoar
Betty L. Hoar, 86, of Old Saybrook and previously Essex, passed away May 30 at Apple Health & Rehabilitation from complications of Covid-19. She was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on July 29,...
Obituaries • Published June 03, 2020 08:35 p.m.
Michael J. Satmary
Michael J. Satmary, 81, of Cornfield Point in Old Saybrook died peacefully on March 20 in the arms of his loving wife, Paula M. Satmary. The only child of Michael and Catherine Satmary, he grew up ...
Obituaries • Published June 03, 2020 06 p.m.
Dorothy H. Apell
Dorothy H. Apell, 97, formerly of Guilford and Madison, passed away peacefully on May 23 at Aaron Manor in Chester of the COVID-19 virus. Dorothy was born Sept. 5, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. She...
Obituaries • Published June 02, 2020 04:04 p.m.
William Anderson Darrow, Jr.
William Anderson Darrow, Jr., (Bill) passed away on May 30. He was the son of William and Mabel (Blore) Darrow, born on April 26, 1946. Bill always said his dad, Willie, was his mentor.Bill ...
Obituaries • Published May 19, 2020 02:11 p.m.
Robert Clinton Card
Robert Clinton Card, 94, of Old Saybrook died May 10 at Bride Brook Nursing Home in Niantic.He was born in Willimantic, the son of Alfred and Ida Belle (Adams) Card. Living in South Windham,...
Obituaries • Published May 18, 2020 02:47 p.m.
Adam Jacques Knobelsdorff
Adam Jacques Knobelsdorff, 83, of Old Saybrook, passed away peacefully at home on April 16 from long-standing heart disease. He was surrounded by his devoted wife and children.Adam was born ...
Obituaries • Published May 14, 2020 02:35 p.m.
Bette Joyce DelGiorno, PhD
Bette Joyce DelGiorno, PhD, 88, of Old Saybrook passed away peacefully on May 10 at home with her family by her side.Bette was born on March 5, 1932, in Meriden to William and Anne...
Obituaries • Published May 13, 2020 04:56 p.m.
Norma Jean Wysocki
Norma Jean Wysocki, age 87, of Old Saybrook passed away on May 5 at the Gladeview Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center in Old Saybrook. She was the beloved wife of the late Frederick Wallace...