All Obituaries

Mary-Anne Hetherman Cole of Guilford, CT passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 23, 2022 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. Mary–Anne was born on July 29, 1958 to Anna Lenky and Robert James Hetherman and grew up in Wethersfield, CT. She worked for many years in the insurance industry. Mary-Anne was an excellent cook, an avid reader, and always a helping hand. She is remembered for her laugh and her love of animals.   Mary-Anne is survived by her husband of 41 years,...

John M. Merriman, the Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale, died in New Haven surrounded by his family on May 22, 2022, after a prolonged illness. John, as he insisted on being called, was a renowned historian who wrote 10 books on French history as well as a widely used European history textbook and earned the Award for Scholarly Distinction (lifetime achievement) from the American Historical Association in 2017 in recognition of his contributions to the discipline. He touched the...

Mildred (Lynn) Douglas (a.k.a. Millie, Mil, Noni, Betty & "Douglas" at the VA) passed away on April 30th at age 93. Millie was born on August 7th, 1928 to Mildred (Delaney) and Frederick Lynn of West Haven. She adored her siblings Frederick, Robert, Joan, and Dennis. From age 12, Millie knew that nursing was her calling. She graduated from Saint Francis in Hartford in 1949 before working at Grace-New Haven Hospital and private duty assignments. As the Clock Company nurse in New...

  Eugene James Cummiskey, 91, passed away on April 30, 2022 at The Guilford House in Guilford, CT.  He was born on October 24, 1930 in Portland, Maine to James Eugene Cummiskey and Ruby Nasson Cummiskey.  Gene grew up in Portland, Maine, and graduated from Deering High School in 1948.  He graduated from Harvard in 1952 and attended Wharton School.   For ten years, he was immersed in the insurance industry - First at The Continental Insurance Company in New York...

Southwick, Steven M., M.D., one of the world’s leading experts on psychological traumatization and human resilience died on April 20, 2022 at the age of 73. At the time of his death, Steven was the Glenn H. Greenberg Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, PTSD and Resilience at the Yale School of Medicine and Medical Director Emeritus of the Clinical Neuroscience Division of the National Center for PTSD of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. A groundbreaking psychiatric researcher, he...

  God in his divine providence came early Good Friday morning for Joseph Dixon Brown Sr. to go home after a long illness. Joseph was born February 7, 1936 to Alberta and Saul Brown. His employment included the United Illuminating Co. and Southern CT State University where he retired from. While working at southern he taught electronics at Eli Whitney at night. He leaves to mourn April Walker, a friend, his daughter Kathaleen Puryear, his son Joseph Brown Jr., a granddaughter Renee, a...

Sara Suleri Goodyear, the preeminent Pakistani-American cultural and literary critic and memoirist, author of Meatless Days, died in Bellingham, WA on March 20, 2022, at the age of sixty-eight.    An emeritus professor of English at Yale University (1984-2008) and an internationally renowned scholar, Sara’s work has crucially helped to shape the burgeoning field of postcolonial literary and cultural thought. Her memoir Meatless Days (1989, University of Chicago), which...

  Melinda (Peterson) Ricker, age 62, lifelong resident of Guilford, CT, passed away after a brief illness on March 15, 2022, surrounded by her loving family.  Melinda, eldest child of the late Nils and Rochelle Peterson, was born on April 2, 1959 in New Haven CT. A graduate of Guilford High School and Central Connecticut State College, Melinda enjoyed a professional career in banking, eventually retiring to focus her love and time on her family, her home and her gardens. She was...

                          The Rev. Eleanor Lee McGee Street, a trailblazer in the Episcopal Church whose unauthorized ordination to the priesthood helped open the denomination to female clergy, died at her home in Hamden, CT on February 21 after a long illness. She was 78.                Ms. McGee...

  Lawrence M. Noble, Jr. of Guilford, CT passed away peacefully on February 21, 2022, at Yale-New Haven Hospital surrounded by his loving family.  He was predeceased by his second wife, Joanna L. Noble and his first wife and mother of his three children, Helen R. Noble.       Mr. Noble was born in New Haven, CT on March 28, 1931.  He graduated from St. Paul’s School in 1948 and spent the following year at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. ...