Obituaries

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.,...

Nov 11, 2014

Frederick S. Townsend, Sr., of Hollis, NH and Cheshire, CT, passed away peacefully Tuesday morning, November 11, at the age of 102. Mr. Townsend was the possessor of the Boston Post Cane for the Town of Hollis, NH, as its oldest living resident. Mr. Townsend's death was preceded by his wife, Doris, who died in 2001 after 67 years...

Nov 8, 2014

David E. Smith, 61, of Clinton peacefully passed away at Middlesex Hospital on November 8th. Dave was born on February 14, 1953 in Amityville, Long Island to Edward and Dorothy Smith. Dave is survived by his mother, son Rob, and sister Sue. He attended school in Madison, and lived there until 2011 after which moving to Clinton. Dave has...

Oct 19, 2014

Robert Lee Smith,Jr. of Parsippany NJ, formally of Norwalk, passed peacefully at the CT Hospice of Branford on October 19, 2014. Bob was born in Nuremburg, Germany on June 24,1951 to Mary Spears Smith Canfield and Robert L. Smith. In addition to his mother, Mary (Mitzi), Bob is survived by his loving sisters, Nancy (Smith) Shook of Madison and...

Oct 18, 2014

We are happy to honor our father Donald W. Hudson who died October 18, 2014 and celebrate his wonderful 96 years. Don was a lifelong resident of the New Haven area and graduated from Hopkins before attending Union College. While at Union he met the woman of his dreams Adrienne Sammet. He was a Navy pilot in WWll stationed...

Oct 11, 2014

Wilfred H. St. John, Jr., 90, of North Branford passed away October 11, 2014. He was the beloved husband of the late Joyce Merrill St. John. Son of the late Wilfred H. St. John and Bertha Hansen St. John, he was born in New Haven March 24, 1924. He attended New Haven Schools until he joined the U.S. Naval...

Oct 6, 2014

Ruth Watson Martin, 84, of New Haven, Connecticut, died on October 6th in Boulder, Colorado after a long struggle with heart disease. Born in New Haven in 1930, Ruth Pomeroy Watson was the eldest of two children of Elizabeth and William Watson. She graduated from the Foote School in 1945 and Prospect Hill School in 1948 before attending Smith...

Sep 20, 2014

Sheldon Arthur Inkster, beloved husband of the late Ruth MacKay Inkster, the love of his life, died peacefully at CT Hospice, on September 20, 2014. Shelly was a son of the late Andrew and Cora Sheldon Inkster. He is survived by his loving children Elizabeth Inkster of Madison, Donald Inkster of Murrieta, CA and Robin Inkster Guerette and her...

Sep 9, 2014

Virginia, Bierkan, 94, of Madison died September 9, 2014. She was the wife of the late John A. Bierkan. She leaves two sons, Dean A. Bierkan of Allison Park, PA and Kurt R. Bierkan of Evergreen, CO, a brother Ralph Parson of Clinton, and grandchildren, Aren Bierkan of Enfield, Chelsea Hesler of Woodstock, CT, Elizabeth Radzevich of Duxbury, MA...

Sep 8, 2014

Ruth Beecher Lamont, 103, beloved wife of the late George Andrew Lamont Sr

passed away peacefully September 9th. She was a lifelong resident

of Woodbridge and lived in the house she was born in for 101 years.

Ruth was a talented artist and accomplished piano player. She was kind,

gentle and...

Aug 30, 2014

St. John, Joyce Merrill

Joyce Merrill St. John passed away on August 30, 2014. She was the beloved wife of Wilfred H. St. John Jr. for 66 years. Joyce was born in New Haven on March 23, 1928 to the late Robert w. Merrill and Lydia Crook Merrill. She attended New Haven and Washington, DC schools and...

Aug 20, 2014

Katherine Pierson Hubbard, born July 14, 1920, in West Orange, NJ and resident of Woodbridge since the age of 12, died peacefully at home Wednesday afternoon, August 20, 2014. She was predeceased by her husband of sixty years, Winchester L. Hubbard with whom she shared a great love of the out-of-doors, nature study and especially bird watching. She is...

Aug 2, 2014

Daniel D. Price, Jr., a resident of Madison, passed away on August 2, 2014 after a short illness. Mr. Price was born on May 12, 1926 in Linwood, PA. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Pearl Correa of California and Mrs. Barbara Waggle of Florida and one brother Edgar Price of Delaware. She is also survived by two...

Aug 1, 2014

On August 1, Edward E. Dryzgula passed away. He was the husband of Dorothy Jean, father of Carol (Bill) Greger of Guilford and Lore (Tony) Smith of Palm Beach, Florida. Born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 3, 1929, he was the son of the late Helen and Benjamin Dryzgula and brother of the late Robert Dryzgula.

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Jul 30, 2014

Karen McClave Nicholls, 77, of Madison, CT., beloved wife of William B. Nicholls, passed away peacefully and surrounded by her family on July 30, 2014 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford after a courageous six yearbattle with cancer. She was born September 30, 1936 in Miami, FL, eldest daughter of the late Donald & Mary McClave of Merritt Island, FL....

Jul 22, 2014

Laura Stirling Adamson of Indian Neck, Branford, Conn., formerly of New Canaan, Conn. died peacefully Tuesday noon, July 22, 2014. She was 98 years old.

Laura was born in New Haven, Conn. January 15, 1916. She was a graduate of Vassar College.

Laura was passionate about flowers and gardening and was a longtime member of...