Obituaries
Local Obituaries for Families in Woodbury, Connecticut
Serving Woodbury, Connecticut
Dorothy Guntner
Oct 16, 2014
Dorothy Guntner, 95, of Southbury, CT, a former resident of Pleasantville, NY, died October 16, 2014 at Pomperaug Woods Health Care Center. She was the widow of Charles (King) Guntner, her husband of 52 years. She was born February 5, 1919 in Bronx, New York, daughter of the...
Reed Bertolette
Oct 16, 2014
Reed Bertolette, 91, died October 16th, 2014 at the Watermark East Hill, Southbury, CT. He is survived by his children, Katharine Hess, Reed Bertolette, Jr. and Russell Edward Bertolette, and two grandsons, Alek and Russell Hess. Reed was born in Norristown, PA on December 14th, 1922, the son...
John Lang Stevens
Oct 16, 2014
John Lang Stevens, 63, of East Windsor, formerly of Bethlehem, died Thursday, October 16, 2014 at his home. John was born December 28, 1950 in Waterbury, son of Joseph Stevens and the late Mildred Root Stevens. He graduated from Watertown High School and UCONN with a Bachelor's Degree...
Anne Elizabeth Ramsey Schorr
Oct 12, 2014
Anne Elizabeth Ramsey Schorr (né©e Anne Elizabeth Ramsey) was born in Paterson, NJ on September 18th 1927 to Louise Simonds Ramsey and Harold Alonzo Ramsey. She passed away on October 12, 2014 after a lengthy battle with lung cancer. Anne and her husband Harold Paul Schorr lived in...
Patricia A. Arnold
Oct 10, 2014
Patricia A. Arnold, a 39 year resident of Southbury crossed the Rainbow Bridge, with her childhood pet, a white collie named Pal, on Friday, October 10, 2014. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to Floyd and Carolyn Duermit Cordes, leaving there in 1936 to live in New York...
Olington S. Pond
Oct 5, 2014
Olington S. Pond Master Gardener Oakville - Olington (Oley) Pond of Oakville, died Sunday, Oct. 5, at Waterbury Hospital. He is the husband of the late Janet Cole Pond. Oley was born October 1, 1942, in Sharon, CT, son of the late Loyal Pond and late Geraldine Baily...
Warren Stewart Carlson
Oct 4, 2014
Warren Stewart Carlson, of Woodbury, CT, passed on October 4, 2014 at Danbury Hospital. He was 85 years old. Warren was born December 29, 1928 at Bridgeport Hospital, the son of the late John William and Helen Carlson. He was the husband of his loving wife, the late Jean H. (Hoboken) Carlson..."An angel in his life" as all would...
Raymond L. Drapko, Sr
Oct 4, 2014
Raymond L. Drapko, Sr., 72, of Oxford, passed away unexpectedly Friday, October 3, 2014 at his home after a courageous 22 year battle with Parkinson's Disease. He was the beloved husband of Janet (Kluczinsky) Drapko for 48 years. Ray was born February 16, 1942 in Waterbury, son of...
John E. ''Jack'' Dwight
Sep 30, 2014
John E. "Jack" Dwight, 79, of Estero, FL, devoted husband and loving father, died peacefully in his sleep on September 30, 2014. Born and raised in Newburgh, NY, he graduated from Newburgh Free Academy in 1953. A serious student of very modest means, he received a scholarship from...
Ann Jordan Laeuchli
Sep 25, 2014
Ann Jordan Laeuchli of Southbury died Thursday, September 25, 2014. Mrs. Laeuchli was born and raised in Fayetteville, Ark., where her father was founder and dean of the Graduate School of the University of Arkansas. Following her graduation there, she took an M.A. at Columbia and soon married...
Otto J. Paparazzo
Sep 23, 2014
Otto Joseph Paparazzo of Woodbury passed away peacefully on September 23rd at the River Glen Health Care Center in Southbury. He was 88. Born in Waterbury on October 2, 1925, the son of Maria and Louis Paparazzo, Otto was a graduate of Crosby High School, Cheshire Academy and...
Francine Ann Marie Coppola
Sep 13, 2014
Francine Ann Marie Coppola, 62, died Saturday, September 13, 2014, unexpectedly in her home, 191 Franklin Blvd., Mahomet, Ill. She was born in Waterbury, CT on July 26, 1952. She was predeceased by her parents Stephen Francis Istona and Julia Anna Istona. Francine was a graduate of Nonnewaug...
Mildred Clarke Sharp
Sep 13, 2014
Mildred Clarke Sharp, 87, of Woodbury, formerly of Stamford, died peacefully Saturday, September 13, after a long illness. She was the wife for 60 years of the late Richard C. Sharp. Mrs. Sharp was born January 17, 1927 in Hyndsville, NY, the daughter of the late Reverend Fred...
Phyllis Wolf
Sep 12, 2014
Phyllis K. Wolf, 89, of Pittsford, NY, passed away peacefully on Friday September 12, 2014, due to complications from Alzheimer's disease. She was the wife of W. Lewis Wolf. Mrs. Wolf was born April 12, 1925 in Rochester NY., the daughter of Howard and Loreen Kemp. A graduate...
Frank Edward Shepard, Jr
Sep 10, 2014
Frank Edward Shepard Jr., 86, of Woodbury, died Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at The Lutheran Home of Southbury. He was the husband of Jean Kirby Shepard. Frank was born March 8, 1928 in Waterbury, son of the late Frank and Rosalie Brenneis Shepard. Frank attended grammar schools in...
Thomas Lizauskas
Sep 2, 2014
Thomas Lizauskas, age 65, of Woodbury died unexpectedly at Waterbury Hospital, September 2, 2014. He was the husband of Kelly Lizauskas. Tom was born in Waterbury, January 6, 1949. He was the son of Adam Lizauskas Sr. and Helen Gwazdauskas. Tom grew up in Woodbury attending Woodbury schools...
Dr. Neal J. Zimmerman, M.D., Z''L
Aug 31, 2014
Neal J. Zimmerman, M.D., Z'L passed away on the August 31. Neal leaves behind his beloved wife Pauline and his beloved children Max and Alexis, friends, family and countless patients, colleagues, and his devoted office staff. Neal was born July 13, 1955 on the Lower East Side, Manhattan....
Gilbert T. Knorr
Aug 25, 2014
Gilbert Taylor Knorr, 76, of Heritage Village went to be with the Lord on Monday August 25, 2014 at Danbury Hospital with his wife and best friend Rita by his side. Gilbert (Gil) was born on April 17, 1938 in Manhattan, New York to the late Gilbert P....
Dr. Seymour Lefkowitz
Aug 18, 2014
Dr. Seymour Lefkowitz, 88 of Middlebury, died Monday, August 18, 2014. Dr. Lefkowitz was the husband of the late Michelle Weissberg Lefkowitz, his wife of 56 years. He was born January 14, 1926 in Brooklyn, NY, son of the late Joseph and Esther Lefkowitz. Dr. Lefkowitz graduated from...
Dr. Stuart J. Conto
Aug 17, 2014
Stuart Jerome Conto was born on February 22, 1937 in Bronx, NY. He was the loving only son of Joseph Conto and Rose Tonetti Conto. Stuart lived in New York for much of his early life, surrounded by cousins and a fun-loving Italian family. He loved going into...

