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Alice Marie Peet

Alice Marie Peet

May 11, 2015

Alice Marie Peet, 68, longtime Bridgeport resident and retiree of Bridgeport Hospital died Monday, May 11, 2015.  Daughter of the late Alice Duquette Peet and William Howard Peet, Jr, she was born on October 22, 1946. Alice was a graduate of Warren Harding High School, received a Bachelor's degree from Housatonic Community College and a Master's degree from the University...

Frances L. Roberts

Frances L. Roberts

May 9, 2015

Frances L. Olah Roberts, age 88 of Bridgeport, loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother, passed away, Saturday, May 9, 2015, in St. Vincent's Medical Center. Mrs. Roberts was born in Newark, NJ, daughter of the late William and Grace Olah. She retired from the City of Bridgeport Parks and Recreation Department and the Cardinal Shehan Center. A volunteer for many...

James P. White Jr.

James P. White Jr.

May 6, 2015

James P. White Jr. age 72 of Shelton passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015 in his home. He was the beloved husband for 48 years of Patricia McCreery White. Born in Providence, RI, Jim grew up in Fairfield and attended Fairfield Prep and Fairfield University. A favorite among his many activities at Prep was baseball where he is still remembered...

Robert Ward Burian

Robert Ward Burian

May 5, 2015

Robert Ward Burian, 80, of Fairfield, CT, surrounded by family, died peacefully at home on May 5, 2015, from complications following a stroke.   Bob, as he was known to his friends, was born on November 4, 1934, in New York City.  He attended Mount St. Michaels, Friends Academy in Locust Valley, the University of Pennsylvania and the Wharton School, a...

Jean Powers Keating

Jean Powers Keating

Apr 27, 2015

Jean Powers Keating, 90, formerly of Bridgeport and Fairfield passed away April 27, 2015 at Cambridge Manor Nursing Home. She worked for many years in the payroll department at Columbia Records. When the company relocated from CT to NYC, she moved to the Warner Lambert Company where she worked until her retirement in 1990. Throughout her life, she was surrounded...

Peter J. Morgero

Peter J. Morgero

Apr 16, 2015

Peter J. Morgero, beloved widower of Gloria T. Morgero, passed away in Shelton, CT on April 16, 2015 at the age of 93 years old.  Peter was born to Vito and Margaret Morgero on October 3, 1921 in New York, NY. Peter grew up in Brooklyn, NY and met the love of his life, Gloria, in 1941.  He served in...

George E. Whetstine Jr.

George E. Whetstine Jr.

Apr 12, 2015

George E. Whetstine, Jr. age 76 of Shelton, passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side on April 12, 2015. George was born in Bridgeport on March 8, 1939, the only child of Mary Clifford Whetstine and George E. Whetstine Sr. He was a graduate of Warren Harding High School, class of 1957. George made his career at...

Alice H. Welch

Alice H. Welch

Apr 11, 2015

Alice Winifred (Harmon) Welch, age 97, of Trumbull, passed away peacefully on April 11, 2015. She was the beloved wife of the late John William Welch (former Business Manager of Sacred Heart University). In addition to being a wife, Alice was also a mother to four, grandmother to ten, and great grandmother to eleven. She was born in Weedsport, New...

Margaret Grogan Maney

Margaret Grogan Maney

Apr 9, 2015

Margaret "Marty" Grogan Maney, age 96 of Easton, beloved wife of the late Charles S. Maney, passed away peacefully Thursday evening April 9th.  Margaret was born in Bridgeport, daughter of the late John and Alice Lyddy Grogan, and was a resident of Easton for sixty years. She was co-owner of Bridgeport Industrial Uniform with her late husband. Marty was a...

Nina “Libby” Novelli

Nina “Libby” Novelli

Apr 1, 2015

Nina "Libby" Kearney Novelli, age 95 of Cheshire and formerly Trumbull passed away, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was the wife of the late James Novelli. Born in Stratford, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Carol Kearney. Mrs. Novelli started her career with the F.B.I. during World War II in Washington, D.C....

Robert P. Mizak

Robert P. Mizak

Apr 1, 2015

Robert P. Mizak of Trumbull, beloved husband of Donna A. (Bellavance) Mizak was called home on April 1, 2015.  The son of Andrew F. Mizak Jr. and Clara Thora (Jacobson) Mizak, Bob was born in Bridgeport and is survived by his wife of 52 years, Donna, two caring sons Karl R. Mizak and wife Ann of Trumbull and Richard J....

Donna M. Russo

Donna M. Russo

Mar 28, 2015

Donna Marie Russo, age 63 of Ansonia, beloved wife of Paul J. Russo, passed away Saturday, March 28, 2015 in Griffin Hospital. Donna was born in Bridgeport daughter of Jeanne Bajoros and the late Joseph Bajoros. Donna was a graduate of Notre Dame High School, class of 1969 and the Sherwood School of Beauty. She recently retired from the Kennedy...

Frederick J. Hamilton

Frederick J. Hamilton

Mar 27, 2015

Frederick J. (Ted) Hamilton, husband of the late Elizabeth (Kennedy) Hamilton, and resident of Fairfield for over fifty years, passed away peacefully on Friday, March 27th with his family by his side. Ted was born August 1, 1924 in Bridgeport to the late Philip and Isabelle (Darney) Hamilton. He attended St. Augustine's School, Bassick High School, and the College of...

Freda Poirier

Freda Poirier

Mar 24, 2015

Freda Forsyth Poirier, age 91 beloved wife of Marc R. Poirier, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Freda was born in New Bedford, MA, daughter of the late Robert and Amy Platt Forsyth and resided in Bridgeport for sixty years. She retired as head chef of the H. Smith Richardson Golf Course, Fairfield, where she was loved by all. Freda...

Mary Louise Mcpadden

Mary Louise Mcpadden

Mar 24, 2015

Mary Louise McPadden, age 56, of Bridgeport, passed away Tuesday, March 24, 2015, at Bridgeport Hospital. Mary was born in Philadelphia, PA, daughter of the late Elizabeth Ann Grace McPadden and Robert T. McPadden Sr. and had lived her life in Bridgeport. Mary was a graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School, Fairfield, class of 1976 and had worked for the...

Joan Mccullough

Joan Mccullough

Mar 22, 2015

Joan Swartz McCullough, age 83 of Bridgeport passed away Sunday, March 22, 2015, the result of the effects of Parkinson's. Born in Hazleton, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of Stephen and Mary Bartol Swartz, and the beloved wife of the late James J. McCullough. She graduated from St. Augustine's School and Central High School, and served as chairperson of each...

Eleanor Rose Hyman

Eleanor Rose Hyman

Mar 15, 2015

Eleanor Rose Hyman of Trumbull, beloved one year old daughter of Michael J. and Paige A. Botticello Hyman, passed away in her parents' arms Sunday, March 15, 2015 in Connecticut Hospice, Branford. Eleanor was born in Bridgeport on February 24, 2014, and is survived by her maternal grandparents Mary and Henry Botticello of Sterling, MA, paternal grandparents Lynn and John...

Lenora Cozza Capriotti

Lenora Cozza Capriotti

Mar 4, 2015

Lenora Cozza Capriotti, age 91 of Bridgeport passed away Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Golden Hill Health Center in Milford. Born in Boston, Massachusetts she was a longtime Bridgeport resident. Lenora worked as a hostess at 3030 Park. She is survived by her loving son, Patrick Capriotti of Milford, grandson, James Capriotti, and great granddaughter, Alexa. She was predeceased by...

Mary Gulas Sedelnik

Mary Gulas Sedelnik

Mar 2, 2015

Mary Gulas Sedelnik, age 96, wife of the late Nicholas Sedelnik and formerly of Trumbull, passed away Monday, March 2, 2015, at Fairview of Southport. She was the daughter of the late John and Mary Pavlo Gulas. Mary retired as a supervisor for Deluxe Check Printers, Norwalk and earlier after just moving to Trumbull was a school crossing guard at...

Timothy J. Sullivan

Timothy J. Sullivan

Feb 28, 2015

Deacon Timothy J Sullivan, 66, passed away Sunday, March 1, 2015 at St. Vincent's Medical Center. Born in Bridgeport, son of the late Timothy Sullivan and Mary (Keating) Sullivan, Tim was a graduate of Christ the King Junior Seminary in Southport, Sacred Heart University in Bridgeport and received master degrees from The New School, Maryknoll and Fairfield University. He has...

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