Obituaries

Local Obituaries for Families in Woodbury, Connecticut

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Dorothy Guntner

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...