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February 8, 2012
Michael P. "Mickey" Pedini, 55, of Branford, died in New Haven on Feb. 3. He was the beloved companion of Lisa Demayo. Mr. Pedini was born in New Haven on Nov.11, 1956, son of the late Anthony and Dorothy Fisher Pedini. He was self-employed as...
February 7, 2012
Edward Charles Currie, 89, of East Haven, husband of Ruth Barnes Currie, died at his home on Feb. 6. Mr. Currie was born in New Haven on Nov. 18, 1922, son of the late Allyn F. and Ann Neary Currie. He had served as a B-25 pilot in the U.S. Army Air...
February 7, 2012
Donald Franklyn Snow, Jr., 64, of Madison, died Feb. 3 after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Gail Snow. Donald was born on July 5, 1947 in Danbury, son of the late Donald F. Snow, Sr. and the late Mary K. Snow. He graduated from New Milford...
February 7, 2012
Edward S. Scherr, M.D., beloved husband of Janet Thompson Scherr of Branford, died in Branford on Feb. 3. Dr. Scherr was born on Oct. 26, 1930 in Bronx, New York, son of the late Max and Helen Salkowitz Scherr. He was a graduate of Marshall...
February 7, 2012
Thomas B. Yester, 89, retired Captain, U.S. Army, died peacefully at his home on Feb. 3, surrounded by his family, with his loyal dog Max by his side. Captain Yester was born in Branford on Dec. 29, 1922, son of the late Constant and Yacenta Yester,...
February 7, 2012
John R. Crowe, 91, formerly of Branford, died in Southington on Feb. 1. He was the husband of the late Hilda Hayno Crowe. Mr. Crowe was born on April 30, 1920 in Sheldon Springs, Vermont, son of the late Robert W. and Alice Stephenson Crowe. He...
February 3, 2012
Gertrude Dittman Estrom, 93, of Branford, died Jan. 31 at the Connecticut Hospice. She was the loving wife of the late Carl H. Estrom. Gertrude was born in Meriden on Dec. 18, 1918, daughter of the late Robert and Catherine Cavanaugh Dittman. Besides being...
February 3, 2012
Germaine M. Daigle Branchini, 86, of Branford, died in New Haven on Feb. 2. She was the wife of the late Harry Branchini. Mrs. Branchini was born on June 19, 1925 in West Springfield, Massachusetts, daughter of the late Ferdinand and Eva Provencal Daigle.
February 3, 2012
Josephine E. Zingarella (Proto) Osso, 84, of State St., North Haven, formerly of Shelton and Branford, died peacefully on Jan. 31 at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She was the wife of the late Ernest P. Osso and the late Michael C. Proto. ...
February 3, 2012
Adele Larson, 89, a lifelong resident of Branford, died on Jan. 28. She was the wife of the late Eric Larson. "Del" was born in her beloved Branford, on Oct. 1, 1922, the youngest child (and only daughter) born to the late Martin and Dora (Karlowich)...
February 3, 2012
Paula Guarino, 93, of Branford, formerly of Queens, New York, died at Yale-New Haven Hospital on Jan. 28. She was the wife of the late Frank Guarino. Paula was born on April 11, 1918, daughter of the late Paul and Rosalia Cottone. She had worked for the OSS...
February 3, 2012
Michael T. Smaga, 90, of Branford, died on Jan. 25 after a brief illness. He was the beloved husband of Emily Smaga. Mr. Smaga served in the U.S. Army Air Corps in World War II and for many years was the owner of New Haven Electric Machine Company until...
January 26, 2012
Maria Carmel Marciano, 63, died at her home in California on Jan. 19. She was the beloved wife of Don Collins. Maria was born in New Haven on Dec. 11, 1948, daughter of Thomas A. Marciano of Guilford and the late Carmel Possidente Marciano. She grew up in...
January 26, 2012
Nancy Jean Altrui, 82, formerly of Branford, died on Jan. 25. She was the wife of the late Salvatore Altrui. Nancy was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, on June 19, 1929, daughter of the late Frederick Hartgen and Harriet Putnam Hartgen. She was a graduate of...
January 19, 2012
Lawrence C. O’Keefe, 71, of Branford, died at Village Green of Wallingford on Jan. 18, after a lengthy illness. He was the husband of Barbara Bishop O’Keefe. Larry was born in New Haven on Oct. 28, 1940, son of the late Lawrence P. O’Keefe and...
January 19, 2012
Eugene S. Sansone, 87, formerly of 22 Hopson Ave., Branford, died in New Haven on Jan. 15. He was the husband of the late Eleanor Sanford Sansone. Mr. Sansone was born in Branford on Dec. 23, 1924, son of the late Louis and Margaret Bontatibus Sansone. He had...
January 17, 2012
Alice R. Edman, 79, of Madison, died Jan. 13 at the Hospital of St. Raphael. She was the beloved wife of Paul K. Edman. Alice was born in Hartford on Sept. 23, 1932, daughter of the late Thomas I., Sr. and Dorothy Elizabeth (Brown) Crilly. A graduate of...
January 16, 2012
Leslie (Altieri) Padian, 46, of Branford, beloved wife and mother, died Jan. 11 after a long and courageous battle with juvenile diabetes. She was the wife of James P. Padian, Jr. and the mother of Max Padian, the greatest joy of her life. Leslie was born in New...
January 11, 2012
Colleen Cossette, 64, wife of Robert G. Cossette of Branford, died in New Haven on Jan. 7. She was born in Rhodesia on June 14, 1947, daughter of the late Jack and Eunice van-der-Westzuin Brook. She had lived in South Africa for many years until moving to...
January 9, 2012
Shirley M. Dion Copperthite, 90, of Branford, died in Branford on Jan. 8. She was the wife of the late Robert L. Copperthite, Sr. Shirley was born on Aug. 10, 1921, daughter of the late Wilfred and Evelyn Mallet Dion. She was a 1939 graduate of East...
January 9, 2012
Jean Harrison Russell, 88, of East Main St., Branford, died on Jan. 5 at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford. Mrs. Russell was born in New Haven on March 18, 1923, daughter of the late Irving Nelson and E. Marion Bradley Harrison. Her happiest days were...
January 9, 2012
Margaret Sandry Konz, 97, of Guilford, formerly of Branford, died in Guilford on Jan. 2. She was the wife of the late Emil J. Konz. Mrs. Konz was born on Nov. 22, 1914, daughter of the late Michael and Susan Hornyak Sandry. She had worked for...
January 6, 2012
Sandy St. Clair, 68, of St. James Plantation, Southport, North Carolina, died at her home on Dec. 30 surrounded by family and friends, after a lengthy battle with ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease. She was the wife of 46 years to Stillman St. Clair. Sandy was born...
January 5, 2012
Doreen Abrams Knickerbocker, 65, of Branford, died peacefully on Jan. 2 at the Hospital of St. Raphael. Doreen was born in New Haven on Dec. 24, 1946, daughter of the late William and Dorothy Dwyer Abrams. She spent her last birthday on Christmas Eve...
January 5, 2012
Frank Tyska, 89, of Branford, died peacefully with family by his side on Jan. 3 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. He was the husband of the late Laina Alanen Tyska. Frank was born in New Haven on Jan. 7, 1922, son of the late Frank and Anna Obiedganska Tyska.
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