Elizabeth Zorn Mettler
Dec 9, 2022
Elizabeth (Betty) Zorn Mettler died on December 9, 2022 in Hamden, Connecticut at the age of 92.
Betty was born to Paul Manthey Zorn and Ruth Stephan Zorn in New Haven, Connecticut on September 14, 1930.
After graduating from Hamden High School, she entered Connecticut College but left after two years to raise a family...
Catherine Petroni
Dec 5, 2022
Catherine "Cathy" Carroll Petroni, born April 23, 1929 died peacefully in her home at Whitney Center, Hamden, CT on December 5, 2022. She was the daughter of Louise Gorman, a school teacher, and Leo F. Carroll, former State of Connecticut Liquor Commissioner and Lt. in Command of the State Police Troop in Westport, Connecticut. Cathy graduated from Ridgefield High...
Wilfred G Mango Jr
Nov 29, 2022
Wilfred G. Mango Jr., "Bill", 82, passed away peacefully at his home in Madison, CT on November 29 with his loving wife, Charlene, and his children by his side.
Bill was born on July 11, 1940 in Weehawken, NJ to Wilfred G. and Mildred Holberg Mango. He attended Lehigh University where he was a member of the...
Ramsay Macmullen
Nov 27, 2022
MacMullen, Dunham Professor Emeritus of History and Classics and one of the greatest Roman historians of his age, died on Nov. 27. He was 94.
MacMullen is best known for his writings on the ancient Roman world, including early Christianity. He was extremely prolific, the author of more than a dozen and a half books on Roman...
Mae Lamar Festa
Nov 26, 2022
On November 26th, 2022, at the age of 94 years, Mae Festa left this world, surrounded by friends and family at her home in New Haven, Connecticut. After a long and rich life, she died from complications of Parkinson's Disease, and will be remembered in the hearts of those she touched.
Mae grew up on the Upper...
Gerald Pollak
Nov 21, 2022
Gerald Harris Pollak of Madison, CT, died Monday, November 21st at home surrounded by his family after a long battle with cancer. He was 67, a beloved son, nephew, father, husband, and friend. Gerry was the son of Gerald and Marian (Harris) Pollak. To know Gerry was to love him, and he has kept in touch with friends from...
Anita Shaffer
Nov 17, 2022
Anita Malone Shaffer was born Dec. 2, 1932 in Connellsville PA, daughter of the late Paul 0. and Sylvia (Phillippi) Malone. She died November 17, 2022. She was predeceased by a brother, Richard H. Malone of Wiscasset ME. She was raised in Connellsville and Uniontown PA; graduated from Dunbar Twp. High School in 1950, and Indiana State Teacher's College,...
Jane Turner
Nov 10, 2022
Jane Swanger Turner passed away peacefully on Thursday November 10, 2022 at Whitney Center in Hamden CT, with her family by her side, three weeks before her 90th birthday.
Jane Swanger was born in Washington D.C. on December 2nd, 1932. She lived in Bethesda Maryland with her mother and sister, attending Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, then...
Catharine Walker
Oct 30, 2022
On Sunday, October 30th, 2022, Catharine Sullivan Walker of Guilford CT passed away surrounded by her loving family. Her beloved husband of 65 years, Frederick E. Walker, predeceased her by 4 years. She was the devoted mother of Catharine "Kim" (Torbjörn) Bergstrom of Sweden, Elizabeth "Beth" (Edward) Phillips of Marlton NJ, Frederick Christopher (Candace) Walker of Madison CT. Grandmother...
Marian Perkins Grey
Oct 3, 2022
Born on March 18, 1929, Marian (Suzzie) Perkins Grey, daughter of Helen (Perky) and William Perkins of New Haven, passed away peacefully on October 3, 2022, with her family at her side.
Suzzie was one of the greats who lived her life in New Haven, Woodbridge, and Avon, Connecticut, and Ludlow, Vermont. Suzzie was predeceased by her...
Mary Jane Bill
Aug 28, 2022
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...
Karen C Osborn
Aug 27, 2022
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...
Ruben Miguel Rivera (Mikey) Jr
Aug 24, 2022
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,...
Bridget Leary
Aug 22, 2022
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...
Constance Coles
Aug 10, 2022
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...
May Pollen
Jul 24, 2022
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...
Robert Deming
Jul 11, 2022
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...
Henry Powell
Jul 9, 2022
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...
Ira Gordon Colby Iii
Jul 3, 2022
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...
Susan Tucker
Jul 2, 2022
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...
