Constance Buswell Severance
Feb 14, 2015
Constance Buswell Severance, beloved wife of William Lincoln Severance, entered into rest on Feb. 14, 2015. She was born on Dec. 23, 1918 in Ansonia, CT to Albert H. and Emily I. Hart Buswell. After graduating Ansonia High School in 1936, she completed a business course at Stone Business College in New Haven, CT. She then joined the staff...
Robert J Sperry
Feb 12, 2015
Robert J. Sperry, a descendant of the founders of Guilford, died February 12, 2015 at the age of 93. In childhood, Bob spent summers at Indian Cove and often visited his grandparents at what ultimately became his home on Broad Street (1954-2015). He lovingly brought that antique home into the twentieth century, a thoughtful steward of both the house...
Elna Cianciolo
Feb 10, 2015
Elna G. Cianciolo of Guilford passed away peacefully surrounded by loving family members on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven Hospital. She was 94 years old. Born in New Haven, CT on November 1, 1920, Elna was the daughter of the late Frank and Francesca Arena Cianciolo. Elna moved to Guilford at...
Greydon C Freeman
Feb 6, 2015
Greydon Carl Freeman, 74, died peacefully at his home in Woodbridge on February 6, 2015. Born in Hanover, New Hampshire on February 22, 1940 to the late Greydon and Ethel Freeman, Grey was a member of the Hanover High School Class of 1958 and the Yale Class of 1962. After earning an honors degree in engineering, he was awarded...
Lucy Deephouse
Feb 4, 2015
Lucy Larcom Dayton Deephouse died February 4, 2015 In Madison, Connecticut. She was born on December 28, 1932, in Newton, Massachusetts, the daughter of Ward Winchell Dayton and Elizabeth Larcom Dayton. After moving from Newton to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, Lucy then grew up in Winnetka, Illinois where she attended New Trier High School and North Shore Country Day School. She...
Frank Symcak
Feb 3, 2015
Frank Symcak of Hamden, CT, died on Tuesday, February 3, 2015. Beloved father and grandfather. Devoted husband of the late Joan T. Symcak. He was a Navy veteran having served in the Pacific during World War II, businessman, and loving husband, father, and grandfather. He is survived by his daughter, Laura T. Symcak, and his granddaughter, Joanne E. Mikula,...
Catherine Schneider
Jan 22, 2015
Catherine Sherman Schneider, 103, died peacefully on Thursday evening, January 22, in Petersham MA, where she lived with daughter Sara Deponte and husband Fabio.
She is also survived by son John Schneider and wife Karen and daughter Susan Doty and husband James; grandchildren Andrew Schneider and wife Pamela, Christopher Schneider, Catherine Badger and husband Jamie, Nicole Deponte,...
Elizabeth Keeney Hill
Jan 19, 2015
Betty Hill of Hamden, a formerhigh schoolteacher and a longtime peace activist,died on January 19, 2015, Martin Luther King Day, at the age of 94.A coal miner's daughter,she wasbelieved to be one of the first girls from herareain western Pennsylvania to go to college, at Bluffton Universityin Ohio. Her family got help from Quaker and Mennonite missionaries in the...
Dorothy Cunningham
Jan 7, 2015
Dorothy Jeanne Cunningham, 94, of Wallingford, formerly of Bethany died January 7, 2015. She was the beloved wife of the late Frederic Earl Cunningham whom she married in 1941 in Bethany. She was the mother of Catherine Cole (Stephen) of Bethany, Dorothy Toni (Richard) of Tolland, MA, Nancy Cunningham of Wallingford, Elisabeth Granoff (Bruce) of North Haven and the...
Raymond W Rensis
Jan 6, 2015
Raymond Whipple Rensis (JR) passed away Tuesday, January 6, 2015. He is survived by his wife, Priscilla Krider Rensis of Madison; four children, Grant W. Rensis of Guilford; Todd V. Rensis of Northborough, MA; Cynthia R. Jones (Gordon) of Columbia, SC; Christine K. Rensis-Smith (Jeffrey) and grandson Lukas Smith of Delaware, OH, his brother, Robert B. Rensis (Jeanne) of...
Kermit Morrison
Jan 2, 2015
Rev. Kermit B. Morrison, who served the United Methodist Church for more than half a century, died on January 2, 2015, at The Mary Wade Home in New Haven, CT. He was 86.Kermit Blancher Morrison was born on Jan 17, 1928, in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. He was raised in Springfield, Vermont, in a large and loving family that included...
John Kanyock
Dec 15, 2014
John S. Kanyock, 80, of Madison, died unexpectedly at Yale-New Haven Hospital on December 15, 2014. He was the beloved husband of Jan Kanyock. The son of Sue (Lukash) and John Kanyock, John was born on April 3, 1934, in New York City, where he lived an adventurous youth. John joined the United States Air Force and served in...
Patricia Dockendorff
Dec 12, 2014
Patricia Bettcher Dockendorff of Orange, formerly Cheshire, passed away peacefully on December 12, 2014 at her home. Pat was born on June 28, 1922. She was the wife of the late John Edwin Dockendorff and daughter of the late Carl W. Bettcher and Natalie Gates Bettcher. Her brother Carl W. Bettcher, Jr. predeceased her. Pat graduated from The Day...
Crescence Dickerman Lyke
Dec 10, 2014
Crescence Dickerman Lyke, 93, of North Haven died December 10, 2014 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was the wife of the late Thomas J. Lyke. She leaves three daughters, Joan P. Lyke (Al Acampora) of North Haven, Mary Ellen Alberino (Michael) of East Haven and Crescence Specht of Palm Bay, FL, nine grandchildren and seven great...
John Henry Gemmill
Dec 6, 2014
John Henry Gemmill of New Haven, CT, Southwest Harbor, and Franklin Maine, had a gentle death in the early hours of December 6, 2014 after a year of valiant, optimistic experiments fighting melanoma. Alongside was his wife Stacey McGlone Gemmill to whom he had been so very happily married since 1974. They had made their home in Guilford Connecticut...
John Burgis Kirby
Dec 1, 2014
John Burgis Kirby, Jr., age 83, passed away peacefully at home with his family by his side on December 1, 2014. He was born on September 3, 1931, in New Haven, Connecticut. John grew up in Meriden and spent summers in Pine Orchard. Eustis, Florida was a place where his family enjoyed gathering together throughout his life. During the...
John Balayan Sr
Nov 17, 2014
John Balayan, Sr. of Orange peacefully passed away on November 17th. He is survived by his loving wife, Anne Arakelian Balayan, of 65 years. He was the cherished father of Joanne Frascella, John Balayan, Jr. and Elizabeth Balayan. He was the dear grandfather of Lauryn Crowe, Erica Tappin, Ariana Balayan, and Lorien Balayan. He will be greatly missed by...
Michael Henry Rennhard
Nov 15, 2014
We mourn the passing of our unforgettable Michael Henry Rennhard, who sadly left us much too soon on November15th after a long and courageously borne illness. He was born on September 13, 1965 and graduated from Old Lyme High School in l984. He is survived by his parents, Hans and Hildegard Rennhard, his sister Nina Bazinet with children Jasmine...
Patricia Duncan
Nov 14, 2014
Irene Patricia Pfarre-Duncan, 85, of Madison, passed away November 14, 2014 in Old Saybrook, CT after a short battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.
Patricia (Tricia) was born in Brooklyn, NY to Edgar and Irene (Kreiser) Pfarre on September 26, 1929. She attended Berkeley School for Girls. With her family, she moved to Locust Valley, Long Island and then...
Winthrop Frederick Smith
Nov 12, 2014
Winthrop Frederick Smith, 96, died Wednesday morning, November 12, peacefully at his home in Guilford, CT. He was born March 20, 1918 in Derby, CT., the son of Blanche Wells and Frederick Ephraim Smith. He received a BA from the University of Connecticut and a DMD from Harvard University. Having roomed with Norman Chello at the University of Conn.,...
