All Obituaries

  Mary Jane Sterling Gordy Bill passed away peacefully on Sunday, August 28, 2022 at age 84.  She was born on February 16, 1938 to Charles and Dorothy Sterling Gordy of Woodbridge, CT.  A pretty, athletic and vivacious young woman who loved tennis and horses, Mary Jane attended Smith College.  In 1967 she married Peter Griswold Bill, who died on March 13, 2015.  As a kind and loving mother and wife, Mary Jane delighted in volunteering at Worthington Hooker...

Karen Cynthia (KC) Osborn, 70, lifelong resident of Branford passed away on August 27, 2022.  Born on November 9, 1951, in New Haven, daughter of the late S. Robert and Lois Osborn.  Pre-deceased by Brother-In-Law Bob Henninger. Karen is survived by her treasured sisters Marilyn Henninger of Clinton, Gail (Michael) Pappas of Guilford, and Wendy (Mike) McDermott of Clinton; Nieces and Nephews Amanda and Mike Yoders, Rebecca and Jim Dumais, Andrew and Casey Pappas, Sarah and Tim...

On Tuesday, August 24, 2022, Ruben Miguel Rivera, Jr, “Mikey”, longtime resident of Guilford, Connecticut, but most recently of Newburgh, New York, passed away peacefully at Mt. Sinai Hospital. Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on September 30, 1967. Son of Luz Plaza and Ruben (Olga) Miguel Rivera; Father of Christian Hansen. Brother of Henry Rivera, Lisa Shepard (Rivera), Elias Maldonado, Jr., Rogelio Maldonado, Angelo Rivera, Ruben Rivera, Jr., Noel Rivera and David Rivera; along...

  On August 23, 2022, Bridget Anne Leary, 72, of Edgewater New Jersey, died at the Connecticut Hospice after a short illness.  Born in New Haven on July 11,1950, to Rita R. and Thomas G. Leary, Bridget grew up in East Haven.  In 1972 she graduated Albertus Magus College with a degree in chemistry.  Bridget subsequently moved to Colorado, Nebraska and most recently New Jersey.  She was an IT professional and a world traveler who was proud to have visited over 60...

     The Rev. Canon Constance C. Coles, of Clinton, Connecticut, and New York, New York, died at age 77 in Yale New Haven Hospital on August 10 after a brief illness resulting from pancreatic cancer otherwise undetected.       A most gentle and modest woman – with a will of iron – Constance sought to serve and honor God by serving and honoring, with joy, every person she encountered throughout her life.    ...

May Young Pollen, of Hamden, CT, passed away peacefully on July 24, 2022 at the age of 97. She was born in New Haven, CT in 1925 to Scottish immigrants James and Helen (Kissock) Young. Over the years May held positions at the New Haven Register, Perkins and Lee Company, and Yale University. Her proudest accomplishment by far was raising her five children. To everyone who knew her, May was known to be a loving mother and a proud grandmother and great grandmother.  She was an avid reader...

  Reverend Robert E Deming died after a short illness on July 11th.  He was the beloved husband of the late Carolyn Evans Deming.  Father of Elizabeth Anne Deming and adopted son Thomas Poirier Jr.  He was predeceased by his son David Andrew Deming.  Brother of Ronald Orson Deming and Henry Albert Deming.  He was born on January 26th 1942 in Warwick RI.  He was the son of the late Edwin Albert Deming and Violet Elizabeth Hendrikson Deming Cilley.  He...

  Henry Wesley Powell died on July 9, surrounded by his family. Hank was born in New Haven on December 25, 1937, to Charles Wesley Powell and Rose Setian Powell. After receiving a B.A. from Yale in 1959, Hank served for three years in the Army before embarking on a long career of scholarship, teaching, and coaching. He completed master’s degrees from Yale and NYU and a doctorate in English Literature from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he then directed the...

  Ira Gordon Colby, III, known as Terry, was born in New Haven CT on July 7, 1934 to Ira Gordon Colby, Jr. and Mary Tatnall Colby. He grew up in Woodbridge, attended local schools and The Foote School, graduated in 1952 from The Taft School, headed to Dartmouth, and enlisted in the Army in 1955. He received his honorable discharge in 1958, returned to his Dartmouth class of 1956 but graduated in 1959 and later that year married Penelope Betts Colby. Together they moved to Virginia...

Susan Randall Breitling Tucker of New Haven, Connecticut, died at home on July 2, 2022, surrounded by the warm embrace and love of her family, after a protracted battle with kidney cancer. Susan was born on June 19, 1945 in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, a quiet, verdant suburb of Philadelphia. She attended Nether Providence High School there and graduated in 1963. She graduated from Lake Erie College in Painesville, Ohio in 1967 and ultimately earned a Master's Degree in Library Science...