Obituaries

Jun 23, 2022

Mary-Anne Hetherman Cole of Guilford, CT passed away peacefully on Thursday, June 23, 2022 after a long battle with Alzheimer's. Mary–Anne was born on July 29, 1958 to Anna Lenky and Robert James Hetherman and grew up in Wethersfield, CT. She worked for many years in the insurance industry. Mary-Anne was an excellent cook, an avid reader, and always...

May 22, 2022

John M. Merriman, the Charles Seymour Professor of History at Yale, died in New Haven surrounded by his family on May 22, 2022, after a prolonged illness. John, as he insisted on being called, was a renowned historian who wrote 10 books on French history as well as a widely used European history textbook and earned the Award for...

Apr 30, 2022

Mildred (Lynn) Douglas (a.k.a. Millie, Mil, Noni, Betty & "Douglas" at the VA) passed away on April 30th at age 93. Millie was born on August 7th, 1928 to Mildred (Delaney) and Frederick Lynn of West Haven. She adored her siblings Frederick, Robert, Joan, and Dennis. From age 12, Millie knew that nursing was her calling. She graduated from...

Apr 30, 2022

Eugene James Cummiskey, 91, passed away on April 30, 2022 at The Guilford House in Guilford, CT. He was born on October 24, 1930 in Portland, Maine to James Eugene Cummiskey and Ruby Nasson Cummiskey. Gene grew up in Portland, Maine, and graduated from Deering High School in 1948. He graduated from Harvard in 1952 and attended Wharton School....

Apr 20, 2022

Southwick, Steven M., M.D., one of the world's leading experts on psychological traumatization and human resilience died on April 20, 2022 at the age of 73. At the time of his death, Steven was the Glenn H. Greenberg Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, PTSD and Resilience at the Yale School of Medicine and Medical Director Emeritus of the Clinical Neuroscience...

Apr 15, 2022

God in his divine providence came early Good Friday morning for Joseph Dixon Brown Sr. to go home after a long illness. Joseph was born February 7, 1936 to Alberta and Saul Brown. His employment included the United Illuminating Co. and Southern CT State University where he retired from. While working at southern he taught electronics at Eli Whitney...

Mar 21, 2022

Sara Suleri Goodyear, the preeminent Pakistani-American cultural and literary critic and memoirist, author of Meatless Days, died in Bellingham, WA on March 20, 2022, at the age of sixty-eight.

An emeritus professor of English at Yale University (1984-2008) and an internationally renowned scholar, Sara's work has crucially helped to shape the burgeoning field of postcolonial literary and...

Mar 15, 2022

Melinda (Peterson) Ricker, age 62, lifelong resident of Guilford, CT, passed away after a brief illness on March 15, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Melinda, eldest child of the late Nils and Rochelle Peterson, was born on April 2, 1959 in New Haven CT. A graduate of Guilford High School and Central Connecticut State College, Melinda enjoyed a...

Feb 21, 2022

The Rev. Eleanor Lee McGee Street, a trailblazer in the Episcopal Church whose unauthorized ordination to the priesthood helped open the denomination to female clergy, died at her home in Hamden, CT on February 21 after a long illness. She was 78.

Ms. McGee Street's ordination in Washington, D.C. in September 1975, along with that of three...

Feb 21, 2022

Lawrence M. Noble, Jr. of Guilford, CT passed away peacefully on February 21, 2022, at Yale-New Haven Hospital surrounded by his loving family. He was predeceased by his second wife, Joanna L. Noble and his first wife and mother of his three children, Helen R. Noble.

Mr. Noble was born in New Haven, CT on March 28,...

Jan 11, 2022

James A. Cole, 67, of New Haven, beloved husband of Jean Welty, passed away on January 11, 2022 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Jim was born in Lebanon, NH to the late Robert and Marcelline Cole. He spent his childhood in the Northeast Kingdom area of Vermont, hunting, fishing, skiing, and playing sports. Jim had a successful tennis career...

Jan 8, 2022

Dr. Stephen Vreeland Flagg of Sanibel, FL, a plastic and hand surgeon, died at age 85 on January 8, 2022, in North Branford, CT. Born in Hackensack, NJ, to the late Irene F. Richardson and John H. Flagg, he grew up in Oradell and Englewood, NJ. Dr. Flagg was a longtime resident of New Haven, CT, where he was...

Dec 28, 2021

New Haven ---- Ruth Ewaskio, 100, of Westville, died Tuesday, December 28 in her beloved home, where she had lived for eighty years. Daughter of the late Harry Ewaskio Sr and the late Mary Krysa Ewaskio, she was born June 4, 1921 in New Haven, graduated from Hill House High School in 1939, and attended the University of Connecticut....

Dec 27, 2021

Louis C. Webb, Jr.

Oct 11, 1953 – December 27, 2021

Louis grew up in Chicago, IL and graduated from Yale University in 1975 with a degree in Electrical Engineering and Applied Science. While at Yale, he was editor of the Yale Scientific. After graduation, Louis worked for a short while in engineering, but the...

Dec 11, 2021

Carmel Sullivan, 90, passed away peacefully on December 11, 2021 in New York, NY. She leaves behind her 3 children: John Sullivan, Susan Sullivan (Tony Gonzalez), and Tom Sullivan; and 4 grandchildren: Devin Sullivan, Phoebe Gonzalez, Ian Sullivan, and Lily Sullivan. Born Carmel Finnegan on October 4, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois; she was the daughter of Daniel and Catherine...

Nov 1, 2021

David Jonathan Moore, 84, of Madison CT died November 1. He was born in Bronxsville, NY April 19, 1937 to the late Millard & Ruth Moore. David is survived by his wife, Margaret "Mardee" Holmes Moore, his daughter Connie Widmann and son-in-law Jamie Widmann of Newtown CT, his son David J. Moore Jr and his daughter-in-law Andrea Moore of...

Oct 6, 2021

Dr. Darrell Lacock of Guilford, Connecticut, 84, died peacefully at his home on October 6th, 2021. Survivors include children Heidi Brant, Jennifer Brant and Dr. Joshua Brant, seven grandchildren, and sister Pamela O'Sullivan. Darrell was a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University (B.A.), Southern Connecticut State University (M.S.W.), and Yale University, where he received a Ph.D. in Education. A dedicated...

Oct 5, 2021

Dr. Frank T. Thomas of Madison, Connecticut passed away October 5, 2021 at the age of 96. Dr. Thomas was born December 29, 1924 in Southbridge, MA. After graduation from a local high school, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy serving as a medic from December 1942 to February 1946. He graduated in 1949 from Columbia College and from...

Oct 2, 2021

Damith Ayaska Fernando (widely known as Ayaska), the director of admissions at the Yale School of Medicine and a beloved campus figure at Yale and in the New Haven community, died on Oct. 2 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 35 years old.

Ayaska left his home country of Sri Lanka for the first time...

Sep 26, 2021

Robert L. Barger Jr. 67 died September 26, 2021. He was born in New Haven November 9, 1953 son of the late Robert and Ruth Sprague Barger. He leaves a sister Linda Oliveira (Phil) and a nephew Russell J. Dorgan III all of New Mexico.

Graveside services will be held at Beaverdale Memorial Park Friday morning at...