Obituaries

Oct 18, 2016

HAMDEN - Elizabeth "Weebie" Mapes Clark, 97, passed away peacefully in her sleep on 10/18/2016. She was born in New Haven with an identical twin sister, Catherine, on 2/5/19 to parents Gladys Blakeslee Mapes and Col. Milton C. Mapes. Her Blakeslee ancestors dated back to the Mayflower. On 6/14/41, she married Gordon Clark, also of New Haven and a...

Oct 14, 2016

Albert Duffield, 92, an engineer and man who served others went to his Lord on Friday, Oct. 14th. He was born in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a son of an owner of E.T. Duffield's Dry Goods and Groceries Store.

He worked as an engineer for Winchester, a division of Olin Corporation, for more than 25 years, first in East...

Oct 7, 2016

William D. Stubbs, 76, a longtime resident of New Haven died Friday, October 7th, at Yale-New Haven Hospital after a long illness. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and educated at the University of Chicago, Boston University, and Yale, Mr. Stubbs worked as a financial analyst In New Haven and in Boston. Always interested in community service, he was a volunteer...

Oct 1, 2016

Donald Neal Ansaldo, Jr. of Milford, CT passed away on October 1, 2016. Don was born in New Haven, CT on July 28, 1965 to Don and Jo-Ann (Velleca) Ansaldo. He was raised in Guilford, CT, graduated from Guilford High School, and studied automotive technology at Porter and Chester Institute. Don was a wizard with cars and other machines....

Sep 23, 2016

Nancy L. Hamilton Eglee, 87 of Orleans, MA died September 23, 2016 after a brief illness. She was the wife of the late Donald Read Eglee. Born in Two Rivers, WI July 8, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Katharine Fletcher Hamilton and Edward Pierpont Hamilton, Sr. She was a graduate of Abbot Academy, Andover, MA and...

Aug 24, 2016

HENRY W. JONES, lll, 95, of Wallingford, CT, passed away peacefully at Masonicare Health Center in Wallingford on August 24, 2016, surrounded by his family. He was born in Worcester, MA on November 6, 1920, son of the late Henry W. Jones, Jr. and Elisabeth Prentiss Jones.

Mr. Jones attended the Foote School in New Haven prior...

Aug 19, 2016

Phyllis M. Regan, 97, of Madison, passed away at home on August 19. She was born in Davenport, Iowa on September 27, 1918, the eldest daughter of Edmund S. Male and Doris (Wooley) Male. The family was originally from New Haven and they returned there when Phyllis was an infant. She attended Putnam Avenue Elementary, Hillhouse High School ('34,)...

Aug 15, 2016

Mary J. Santatico, 89, wife of the late Arthur A. Santatico died at her home in Hamden on August 15, 2016. She leaves her daughters Ava Artaiz (Ignacio) and Audrey Dinkeloo (Christiaan) both of Hamden, a sister Gloria DeLieto and grandchildren Spenser and Marcus Artaiz and Sydney and Christiaan Dinkeloo. She is also survived by several nieces and nephews....

Aug 6, 2016

Margaret Tolles DeVore, born to Margaret Jordan Tolles and Arthur Robert Tolles on January 21, 1920, died peacefully in Longmeadow, MA on August 6, 2016.

She grew up in Jamaica Queens, NY and attended John Adams High School where she was a member of the girls' swim team and basketball team. She also attended Browns Business College....

Aug 2, 2016

Joy H. Nichols, born Joy Patricia Hallock on December 30, 1927 in New York City, died peacefully on August 2, 2016. She was surrounded by the love of her son, Timothy P. House, Jr. and the wonderful staff of the Evergreen Woods Health Center in No. Branford CT.

Joy was a prize-winning horseback rider and swimmer in...

Jul 18, 2016

Roger A. Parker, age 78, of Clinton passed away Monday, July 18, 2016, in Guilford. He was a son of the late George and Helen (Wilderman) Parker. Roger was the beloved husband of Catherine H. Parker for 29 wonderful years.

Roger graduated from West Haven High School and the Eli Whitney Technical School with a degree in...

Jul 8, 2016

Alice was born Alice Catherine Sipple on Sept. 17, 1922 in Elgin, Illinois, the youngest of 8 children of Martin Fred Sipple and Clara Adams Sipple. Martin, who emigrated from Germany as a child, was a mailman and a veteran of the Spanish American War. Clara Adam's family came from Rehoboth, Mass. According to legend, at the birth of...

Jul 8, 2016

George J. Kinsley of Clinton, Connecticut passed away peacefully at Connecticut Hospice on July 8, 2016. He was 81 years old. George leaves his beloved family; his wife Judith M. Kinsley, his daughter Stephanie Kinsley Patterson and her children Chelsea Buell Patterson and Christopher George Patterson; his son Jeffrey M. Kinsley and his wife Carol Kinsley; his daughter Martha...

Jul 3, 2016

Marilyn F. Bullis of Madison passed away peacefully July 3rd, 2016, at the age of 84, after a long illness. She was predeceased by her husband Donald S. Bullis and daughter Dianne (Bullis) Snyder. She leaves behind her daughter Elizabeth Bullis-Wiese and husband Rick, two sons, John A. Bullis and his wife Jill, and Bradley B. Bullis and his...

Jun 26, 2016

John Howard Krick, a resident of Masonicare Healthcare Center in Wallingford, passed away on June 26, 2016, at Midstate Medical Center in Meriden after a sudden illness. John was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on November 24th, 1928, son of Howard Vincent Krick and Willa Penn Dorning. He was married to Frances Ann (DeeDee) Somerville from 1953 until her death...

Jun 16, 2016

Elizabeth "Betty" Womer (nee Benson), 87, of North Branford, CT passed away while surrounded by her family at The Connecticut Hospice on Thursday, June 16th due to complications of a recent fall.

Mrs. Womer was born on December 23, 1928 in Troy, NY. The youngest of three children, she was the only daughter of Arthur Wight Benson,...

May 30, 2016

Janet Josephine Geraci Broadbent, 96, of Hamden died May 30, 2016. She was the wife of the late Robert Benjamin Broadbent and mother of the late Arthur Robert Eric Broadbent. She leaves a daughter Lucie Broadbent of Athens, Greece and her husband Manolis Paterakis and daughter in law Wendy Mrosek Broadbent. She is also survived by 5 grandchildren, Niko,...

May 25, 2016

LCdr. John (Jack) Bartlett Wells, USN Ret., of Guilford, CT peacefully passed away on the evening of May 25, 2016. Jack's beloved wife of 66 years, Barbara Sanderson Wells, had predeceased him only 7 months earlier. He is survived by their four children: Wendy Wells(Stephen Waldo) of Randolph Center, Vermont, Christopher Wells of Guilford, Timothy Wells(Priscilla) of Mystic, and...

May 21, 2016

Jon T. Hirschoff, 74, died peacefully at his home in Bethany, CT on May 21, after almost seven years of living with non-smoker lung cancer.

Jon was born in Minneapolis, MN. A graduate of Stanford University and the Yale Law School, Jon clerked for the Hon. J. Joseph Smith on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. He...

May 8, 2016

Joseph M. Burbela, age 67, died Sunday May 8th, 2016 at Middlesex Hospital. He was born December 30, 1948 in New Haven Connecticut to Joseph and Julia Burbela.

Joe grew up in Orange and Madison, CT. After high school he joined the navy, having served during the Vietnam War era. Joe worked in the ER at Saint...