Obituaries

Sep 9, 2021

Phyllis Anscombe, 97, passed peacefully from this life on Sept. 9, 2021 in New Haven, CT. She was born Phyllis Elaine Rapp on July 24, 1924, in Ocean City, NJ. With her parents, J. Rossiter Rapp and Orpha (Kelly), and her sister Betty Lou, she moved several times as a child, eventually settling in Pemberton NJ, where her father...

Aug 28, 2021

John Edward Gehrke, age 93, beloved husband of Eleanor T Gehrke for 66 years, passed away peacefully on August 28th, surrounded by his family. In addition to his wife, he leaves behind his 5 devoted children, Pat Griffin, Mary Ellen Story (Lloyd), Jack Gehrke (Karen), Susan Vito (Russ) and Stephanie Rich (Scott). He also had 14 grandchildren and 16...

Aug 17, 2021

The Rev. Claude Parke Street, III, a retired Episcopal priest, died August 17 in New Haven. He was 86.

Mr. Street was born December 3, 1934 to Claude Parke Street, II and Elizabeth Bogle Street in Nashville, Tennessee, where his father owned a piano store.

After graduating from Vanderbilt University, he attended Yale Divinity School...

Aug 12, 2021

Nancy Ethel Ahlstrom (née Alexander) (April 18, 1930 - August 12, 2021)

Nancy, a loving wife, dedicated mother and grandmother, and long-time member of the Hamden and New Haven community, passed on August 12, 2021, surrounded by family in her home on Armory Street in Hamden, Connecticut.

Born in Indianapolis to Mary Jane Burton and...

Aug 9, 2021

Lewis, Richard ("Dick") Clark, of 29 Broad Street, Guilford, died on August 9, 2021. He was born in Cincinnati, OH, on November 22, 1928 to the late Arthur and Adeline Lewis.

After graduating from Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati, he obtained a BS in Physics from University of Cincinnati. And after military service, graduated from the...

Jul 29, 2021

John Michael Grillo, 76 longtime resident of Guilford and the beloved husband of Carole Grillo passed peacefully on July 29, 2021 with his family by his side. He also leaves his daughters Marissa Grillo of Guilford, Laurie Tomanio of Milford, Kimberly Celotto of West Haven and Kim Delvecchio of North Haven. He also leaves a brother George Grillo of...

Jul 26, 2021

Trowbridge Harris Ford, professor and writer on British constitutional history as well as gadfly independent investigator, died peacefully at his home in New Haven, Connecticut on July 26, 2021. Trow was born in El Paso, TX, on November 9, 1929 to the late Brig. Gen. William Wallace Ford and Alice Trowbridge Harris Ford. After a childhood of moving from...

Jul 23, 2021

Frances Puddicombe of Whitney Center, Hamden passed away on July 23, 2021 after a brief illness.

She was born in New Haven, CT on June 30, 1918 to Henry T. and Allie C. Puddicombe. Frances had worked for "the railroad" (most of the time known as the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad) until her retirement....

Jul 22, 2021

Lindsey B. Hopkins, 42, of Guilford, passed away suddenly on July 22. She was born December 5, 1978 in New Britain. She attended Madison Public Schools, the Whitewood School in Branford, and graduated from Guilford High School in 1997.

Lindsey was the daughter of Catharine W. Hopkins of Madison, and the late Douglas B. Hopkins. She is...

Jul 21, 2021

Gerald Issar Blank, age 92, father, husband, grandfather, great grandfather, and physician, died on July 21, 2021, at home, Hamden, CT, from late-stage neuro-endocrine tumor. Born on October 28, 1928, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was the son of the late Francis and Alexander Blank. He is survived by his wife, Olladean (Deanie) LaPlante, his sister Suzanne Sadler, his sister-in-law...

Jul 20, 2021

Dr. Cynthia Townshend-Lacock of Guilford, Connecticut, 76, died peacefully at home on July 20th, 2021. She is survived by her husband Dr. Darrell Lacock, her children Heidi Brant, Jennifer Brant and Dr. Joshua Brant, and seven grandchildren.

She was a graduate of University of Colorado (B.A.), Miami University of Oxford Ohio (M.A.), the University of Bridgeport (M.A.)...

Jul 20, 2021

John T. (Jack) Doyle, Jr. of East Haven, a long-time resident of Hamden passed away peacefully in his sleep on July 20, 2021. Jack was the devoted husband of the late Frances Doyle for fifty-seven years. Born in Branford on February 16, 1928, Jack is survived by his four children, Jack Doyle (Lin) of Beverly, Mass, David Doyle of...

Jul 3, 2021

Evelyn Cole Viets died peacefully March 24th, 2014 at the Bishop Wicke Health Center in Shelton, CT, in the company of her children. Born July 3, 1921 to Ralph Brooks Cole and Martha Chambers Cole, Evelyn was the youngest of five children and a native of West Haven. She attended Larson Junior College and the New Haven State Teachers...

Jun 26, 2021

Toni Ventura passed away June 26th 2021 at her son's home with her family by her side. Toni was born may 28th 1942 in New Haven Ct. The daughter of Major Santo and Natalie Veltri of Newport Richey Florida. She is preceded by her loving husband Anthony R Ventura. Toni was the loving mother to Eddy and his wife...

Jun 25, 2021

Frank Douglas Adams Jr.

June 25, 2021

Madison

Frank Douglas Adams Jr. (Doug) passed away peacefully Friday June 25 at home. He was born May 18, 1924, grew up in Montclair New Jersey, and summered in Madison Connecticut. Doug graduated from Deerfield Academy, Deerfield MA, served in the US Navy during WWII, and...

Jun 23, 2021

David M. Trester, 60 of Clinton, CT passed suddenly on June 22, 2021. He was born June 3, 1961 and was the son of Barbara "Trester" Clark of Clinton and the late Wilbert Lewis Trester. Also surviving are brothers Robert (Niki) Trester of Cumming, Georgia, James (Helen) Trester of Clinton and Ralph L. Clark of Clinton. He also leaves...

Jun 22, 2021

Gregory Nicholas Viscomi (1947-2021)

Greg was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1947, the eldest child of Nicholas Rocco Viscomi and Mary Angela (Lombardo) Viscomi. He grew up in Park Place, Brooklyn with his younger sister, Julia Teresa, in a brownstone filled with his close-knit extended family. The family moved to Howard Beach, Queens in 1965. Greg...

Jun 3, 2021

Frederick Tse-shyang Chen, 85, of Hamden, Professor of Law Emeritus at Quinnipiac University School of Law and beloved husband, father and grandfather, died Thursday, June 3 of lung cancer and Covid. The eldest son of Wei-fu Chen and Soo-chin Wen Chen, he was born in Nanjing, China on January 10, 1936 and came from a revolutionary family in China....

May 25, 2021

Suzanne Hodge Birks (Suzie) 80 Madison CT passed away peacefully on May 25, 2021. Predeceased by parents Hubert Hodge and Grace Tinker Hodge of Woodbridge CT her husband Robert Birks who shared her love of Golden Retrievers and her sister Dian Rice of CT. Survived by Sister Joan Joos and husband Richard Joos of NH and brother Hubert Hodge...

May 22, 2021

On the afternoon of May 22, 2021, Lisa L Lawrence passed away peacefully at her home after a 9 year battle with breast cancer. She was surrounded by family and loved ones at the time of her passing. Lisa was born in Norwalk Hospital to Grace and Joseph Lawrence and moved to Guilford, CT at the age of 13....