Obituaries

Jun 14, 2023

David M. Ladd

1943-2023

David Michael Ladd died peacefully at home on June 14, 2023 following a brief illness.  David is the son of William E. Ladd and Ruth Purdy Ladd.  David is survived by his best friend, his wife of 56 years, Billie Hankins Ladd and his brother-in-law, Skip Conn.  David and Billie met...

Jun 9, 2023

George Siemers Fayen, Jr. of Hamden, 91, passed away peacefully on Friday, June 9 after a brief illness. He was born in 1931 in Rye, New York, the only son of George S. Fayen and Myrtle Staples Fayen.

As a young man George Fayen found passion in the classroom and the golf course. During the War, he...

Jun 5, 2023

Terry M. Holcombe, died on June 5, 2023 at Yale New Haven Hospital, the same hospital in which he was born. He was surrounded by his loving family.  He was 81.

A proud East Haven, Ct. native who was Captain of the East Haven High School football team and All State football '59 , Terry matriculated at...

May 23, 2023

Benjamin E. Wooding September 30,1935 - May 23, 2023 (age 87)

Benjamin E. Wooding, 87, of 173 Alps Rd. Branford, CT died peacefully at The Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT on Tuesday, May 23, 2023. He was the beloved husband of the late Lucille R. Wooding for 60 years.

Born in New Haven, CT, he...

May 21, 2023

Betty Joan Blount Frink

02/06/1927 – 05/21/2023

Betty Joan Blount Frink of Guilford, CT passed away peacefully at her home on Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the age of 96.  She was born on February 6, 1927, in Alexandria Bay, NY daughter of

Stewart Tilton Blount and Arloine Herrick Blount.  She had one...

May 10, 2023

Guilford- Annette Richard Daviau passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on May 10, 2023. Annette was born on September 24, 1931 in Saint-Thomas de Joliette, Quebec, daughter of Frank Richard and Juliette Fafard. She was the third of five children, Lucille (Arthur), Carmen (Harry), Gilles (Molly) and Norma (Henry), with Norma being the only surviving sibling....

May 9, 2023

Jane F. Borst died on Tuesday, May 9, 2023. She was the daughter of Peter Arthur Thornton and Frances Miller Thornton.

Born in New York City, she graduated from James Monroe High School in the Bronx and from Syracuse University (1948) from which she received a Bachelor of Civil Engineering degree.

She...

May 5, 2023

Edwin E. Benton, 95 of Guilford died May 5, 2023. He was the father of Kathryn Benton of Killingworth, Jennifer Benton Ruiz of Killingworth, Laura Waugaman of Park City, Utah, Elliot Benton of Guilford, Kasha Benton of Alabama and was recently reunited with his daughter, Susan Skerritt of Brooklyn, NY. He is also survived by 5 grandchildren. He...

Apr 9, 2023

Kevin Patrick Cullen, age 88, passed peacefully at home on Easter Sunday, April 9, 2023.

He is survived by his wife and best friend of 52 years, Theresa Cullen; son Cormac Cullen, Maggie Terry, grandchildren: Theresa, Patrick and Serena Cullen; daughter Sheilagh Cullen; and sister Maureen Pellegrino. He was predeceased by his brother Marty Cullen....

Mar 13, 2023

Robert Francis O'Such, 89, of Guilford and formerly of Fairfield and Westport, passedaway peacefully with his family by his side on Monday, March 13th, 2023. Robert was born in Troy, New York on May 8th 1933, the son of the late Peter O'Such and Mary (Kennedy Ryan). Known by all as "Bob" or "Bob-O", he was a graduate of...

Mar 7, 2023

Murphy, Frederick Parks (1925-2023)

Frederick Parks Murphy of Madison, CT died Tuesday (March 7,2023) at Connecticut Hospice in Branford after a brief illness. He was born in Cambridge, MA, son of Frederick P. and Mary A. Murphy. Fred attended Harvard College, Class of 1947. He worked at Pratt Read in Ivoryton and Yale University.

He...

Mar 6, 2023

GRANDJEAN, Carol A. Carol A. Grandjean, 95, of Woodbridge, beloved mother of Clifford Grandjean of Waterford and Patricia Grandjean of New Haven, passed away on March 6, 2023. Carol was born in New Haven on February 14, 1928 to Angelo W. and Anna (Costello) Ruggiero. She graduated from Simmons College in Boston in 1949, where she majored in Latin...

Feb 27, 2023

Noeline Loretta Wozniak, 79, of Guilford, wife of John P. Wozniak passed away peacefully on Monday, February 27, 2023. Mrs. Wozniak was born in New Haven, January 16, 1944. She was the daughter of Loretta A. Flynn McManus and Vincent T. McManus. She is survived by her four children; Karen Weil of East Haven, John Wozniak of Madison, Robert...

Feb 22, 2023

Deborah Russell Whitlock Madden passed away at Smilow Cancer Hospital on February 22, 2023 after a three year struggle against cancer. Debbie, as she was known to her friends, and Ganna, as she was known to her six grandchildren, was born on May 9, 1947 and spent her childhood in Woodbridge. She was the youngest of three daughters born...

Feb 14, 2023

Constance Bezer LaPalombara, 87, died February 14, 2023, at The Whitney Center, Hamden, CT. Born December 13, 1935, to Florence Escobar Bezer and Charles Arthur Bezer, she grew up on Long Island and attended high school at the Sacred Heart Academy. She had one brother, Lawrence Fuller, who predeceased her. Constance earned a BA in Political Science from Manhattanville...

Feb 12, 2023

Annamae Parisi, age 82, passed away peacefully on February 12, 2023, after a long illness with dementia. Born in New York, New York to the late Gaetano Bibbo and Mildred (DeGiacomo) Bibbo, she died in her the arms of devoted husband of almost 58 years, Peter Parisi.

Annamae was the youngest child, yet often the family's caretaker....

Feb 2, 2023

Joanne Fox passed away peacefully on February 2, 2023. She was the daughter of H. George Greim and Marion Greim. She attended Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in New Jersey and then attended Hood College in Maryland. After graduation, she worked briefly as a public school math teacher. Joanne spent most of her professional life working for Massachusetts Life Insurance...

Jan 29, 2023

Ann Rademacher Burrow passed away peacefully in Hamden, Connecticut on January 29, 2023 at 93. Born on November 25, 1929 to Grace Corwin Rademacher and Everett S. Rademacher, Ann attended high school in Hamden, CT and graduated from Mount Holyoke College before continuing her education at Brown University, where she earned a Master's degree in biology. Ann met her...

Jan 29, 2023

Jeanne Judge McParland of Branford passed away January 29, 2023, of COVID, in the hospice wing at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was 93 years old. Jeanne was born in 1929 to Frederick and Marion (White) Judge, growing up with three brothers and a sister in Jamaica, Queens, NY.

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Jan 29, 2023

On January 29, 2023 at Yale New Haven Hospital, Jean Martha Hedden Murray died, with her loving daughter, Cathy Murray Clark at her side.

Jean was born on February 21, 1933 in New Haven to Beatrice and Lindsay Hedden. She lived most of her life in New Haven and Hamden. She attended Bowling Green State University and...