Mary Lynn Rosso
May 28, 2011
Mary Lynn Rosso, of Shelton passed into eternal life on Saturday May 28th after a brief battle with ovarian cancer. She was 61. Lynn was predeceased by her loving husband Michael V. Rosso and her father Howard Watson. Surviving are her daughters Jennifer Rosso of Bridgeport, Michelle Blum and her husband T. Adam Blum of New Jersey, her two grandchildren...
John E. Toussaint
May 27, 2011
John E. Toussaint, age 93, beloved husband of the late May Burkhart Toussaint, passed away Friday, May 27, 2011, at the Jewish Home for the Elderly. John was born in Ansonia, son of the late Theophile and Katherine Dardis Toussaint and was a Trumbull resident for over 59 years before moving to the Jewish Home. He retired after 40 years...
Marilyn Beers Gillette
May 26, 2011
Marilyn Beers Gillette, age 73 of Seymour died unexpectedly Thursday May 26, 2011 at St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport. Born in Bridgeport, she was the beloved daughter of late Chester and Helen Michaels Beers. She was a resident of Bridgeport most of her life and lived with her daughter in Seymour for the past seven years. Mrs. Gillette was a...
Venice E. Kenlock
May 24, 2011
Venice E. Kenlock, age 35 of Bridgeport, entered into eternal rest on May 24, 2011. She was an intelligent, hardworking and accomplished accountant and real estate agent. She was generous, kind hearted and always ready to help however she could, and as long as she could, she would. She was a loyal friend, who loved fiercely and fought hard. She...
Leslie E. Birkmaier
May 16, 2011
Leslie E. Birkmaier, age 78 of Trumbull passed away Monday, May 16, 2011 at Bridgeport Hospital. He was the beloved husband of Lynette Griswold Birkmaier. Born in Fairfield, Mr. Birkmaier was planetarium director for over 35 years at the Museum of Art, Science and Industry in Bridgeport. He very much enjoyed teaching children about the stars. He was a U.S....
Lorraine A. Scheibel
May 13, 2011
Lorraine A. Ouellet Scheibel, age 81 of Stratford, beloved wife of the late Raymond W. (Red) Scheibel, passed away, Friday, May 13, 2011, in St. Vincent's Medical Center. Lorraine was born in Providence, RI, daughter of the late Phillip and Albertine LaVoie Ouellet and beloved granddaughter to Phillomene LaVoie. A resident of Stratford since 1957, Lorraine was a member of...
Mary E. Carey
May 6, 2011
Mary E. DeMasi Carey age 93 of Bridgeport died Friday, May 6, 2011 at St. Joseph's Manor, Trumbull. She was the beloved wife of the late William F. Carey Sr.  She was the daughter of the late Anthony De Masi and Anna Imatizione.  Born in Bridgeport, Mrs. Carey retired in 1983 as a clerk for the Juvenile and Superior Court...
Eleanor M. Brust
May 4, 2011
Eleanor M. Rideg Brust, age 91 of Trumbull died Wednesday, May 4, 2011 at St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport. She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 70 years George A. Brust on March 6, 2011. Born in Fairfield, she was a resident of Trumbull for 54 years. Mrs. Brust was a wife, mother and telephone operator at S.N.E.T. Co....
Zach Upton
May 3, 2011
After a courageous two year battle against cancer, Zach Upton, age 37, formerly of Monroe, CT, peacefully succumbed on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 surrounded by his immediate family in hospice care in Rockville, MD. He leaves behind his loving and wonderfully strong wife, Prudence, and his precious daughters, Kate (5) and Zoe (3); his parents, Wayne and Barb Upton of...
Daniel S. Mercer
Apr 26, 2011
Daniel S. Mercer, age 98 of Bridgeport, beloved husband of Irene Farrell Mercer, passed away, Tuesday, April 26, 2011, in St. Vincent's Medical Center. Daniel was born in Bridgeport and lived in Oregon several years before returning to the area. He was employed in the engineering department for the Town of Trumbull. Daniel was a veteran of United States Coast...
Cecelia Hague Jones
Apr 26, 2011
Cecelia Hague Jones, age 94, loving and devoted mother and a long time Bridgeport resident passed away peacefully on April 26, 2011. She was predeceased by her husband, Carroll E. Jones, Sr. and oldest son, Carroll E. Jones, Jr., two sisters, Mary William and Gertrude Fisher. Survivors include her children, Thomas Jones and wife Patricia of Manchester, Christine Thornbury and...
Julie Mattar
Apr 23, 2011
Julie Mattar, of Bridgeport, passed away Saturday April 23, 2011, at Bridgeport Hospital. Julie was a lifelong Bridgeport resident and retired as an administrative assistant for Remington Products. Survivors include her beloved sister, Helen Mattar of Bridgeport, sister-in-law, Eleanor Mattar of Stratford, several nieces, nephews and grand nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by three brothers, Gus, William and David...
Christine M. Walsh
Apr 23, 2011
Christine M. Walsh, beloved wife of the late Bridgeport Superintendent of Police Joseph A. Walsh, peacefully passed away on April 23, 2011 in the home of her granddaughter Cathleen Walsh Denault and her husband John Denault and their wonderful children Ian and Colleen and her canine buddies Buster and Molly. Christine was born in Fairfield on August 3,1915.  Her devoted...
Muriel K. Mickett
Apr 22, 2011
Muriel Kropitis Mickett, age 78 a lifelong Fairfield resident passed away peacefully with her loving daughter Patricia Gearing and son-in-law Kenneth Gearing by her side on Good Friday, April 22, 2011 at St. Vincent's Medical Center, Bridgeport. She was a dedicated and loving mother. She will be truly missed but forever remembered in our hearts. May she rest in eternal...
Susan J. Brunt
Apr 19, 2011
Susan Johnston Brunt, age 72 of Trumbull, beloved wife of W. John (Jack) Brunt, passed away, Tuesday, April 19, 2011 in St. Vincent's Medical Center. Sue was born in Utica, NY, daughter of the late Arthur F. and Ruth Valentine Johnston. Survivors in addition to her husband Jack include two daughters, Stacie Quilty and husband Kevin of Hingham, MA and...
Florence Kamszik R.N.
Apr 18, 2011
Florence LeBrun Kamszik R.N., age 88, of Easton, beloved wife of William Kamszik, passed away Monday, April 18, 2011, at Bridgeport Hospital. Florence was born in Bridgeport, daughter of the late Pacific and Rose LeBrun and has resided in Easton since 1978. She was a graduate of St. Augustine's School, Central High School and Bridgeport Hospital School of Nursing, Class...
Vivian Rosalie Garbutt
Apr 16, 2011
Vivian ("Viv") Rosalie Garbutt, age 85, of Bridgeport, beloved wife of the late Bernie Garbutt, entered into eternal peace on April 16, 2011.  Born in Bridgeport on March 16, 1926, she was the daughter of the late James and Emma Nicholas Santoro.  She served her country proudly during World War II in the United States Women's Army Corps.  While a...
Marion R. O'Brien
Apr 13, 2011
Marion R. O'Brien, of Fairfield, passed away Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at St. Vincent's Medical Center, surrounded by her beloved family. Marion was born in Bridgeport, December 30, 1929, daughter of the late Howard J. and Marguerite F. Howell O'Brien. She was a graduate of Bassick High School and attended the Butler Business School. Marion worked at the Bridgeport Hydraulic...
Eileen Walsh Colihan
Apr 3, 2011
Eileen Walsh Colihan, passed away peacefully, April 3, 2011 at her home in Emeritus in Woodbridge at the age of 90, surrounded, as she was in life, by her devoted family.  She was the daughter of William J. and Ellen Cody Walsh, originally from County Waterford, Ireland.  Eileen grew up in Bridgeport and was a proud 1939 graduate of Central...
Rita Ann D'Elia
Apr 3, 2011
Rita Ann Ertle D'Elia, 85 years old, died April 3 at Grand Islander Nursing Home in Middletown, Rhode Island. A Trumbull resident for many years, Rita grew up in the east end of Bridgeport, attended Old Lincoln School and graduated Harding High School in 1943. Early on she took secretarial courses and worked in the traffic departments of WOR Radio...
