Obituaries

Apr 8, 2022

JOAN M. DOWNEY

Joan M. Downey, 82, of Oxford, CT passed away Friday, April 8, 2022, surrounded by her loving family. Joan was born in New York City, the second of six children to Hugh and Mary (O'Reilly) Kelly. She grew up in Brooklyn, NY and attended St. Anthony's School, The Mary Louis Academy and St. John's...

Apr 4, 2022

Isabel Ann Bassford, 87, passed away peacefully on April 4, 2022 in Torrington, CT. at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital.

Isabel was born and raised in Watertown, CT. She did her nurses training at Waterbury Hospital's School of Nursing and from there she went on to have a career as a Registered Nurse in many capacities. She did research...

Apr 3, 2022

Charles "Chuck" Clayton Squire, age 77, of Roxbury, CT passed away peacefully in the comfort of his home with his children by his side on April 3, 2022. Chuck was born February 20, 1945, son of the late Horace and Amelia Squire. He is survived by his daughter, Anne Barrett and her husband Andrew Barrett of Colorado Springs, CO,...

Apr 2, 2022

Bethlehem- Christopher W. O'Neill, 48, of Lakes Lane passed away April 2, 2022 at Candlewood Valley Health Center in New Milford. Chris was born June 10, 1973 in Waterbury to Michael and Marjorie Theresa (Bennett) O'Neill of Bethlehem. Chris enjoyed old Pontiacs and was most recently restoring a 1968 Firebird convertible. He passionately handled the public relations department and...

Apr 1, 2022

Arthur Louis Szepesi of Roxbury, Connecticut died peacefully surrounded by family at the Regional Hospice in Danbury on April 1, 2022, after a yearlong battle with glioblastoma. He was 79 years old and was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on January 20, 1943. He was a graduate of the Fairfield University Class of 1965, majoring in business administration. Following his...

Mar 31, 2022

Loving wife, mother and friend

Florence Mary Harrison Brown, 103, of Southbury, CT died in her home on March 31, 2022.  Wife of the late Gordon Ray Brown, she was a resident of Southbury for 30 years and Pleasantville, NY for 32 years. Florence was born in Detroit, MI on January 13, 1919, to Celia May and...

Mar 30, 2022

With heavy hearts and great sadness, we mourn the passing of Murray Haber, who died peacefully at home on March 30 holding hands with Susan, his loving wife of 41 years. He struggled for two years with the increasingly debilitating effects of cardiac amyloidosis. He was 97. His family will miss his smile, his warmth, his wisdom, and his...

Mar 23, 2022

Linda Elizabeth Coad entered into the nearer presence of God peacefully at home, surrounded by her family, on Wednesday March 23, 2022, five days shy of her eighty-first birthday. Born March 28, 1941, daughter of Warren and Charlotte Campbell and birth mother Ruth Sheelle, Linda was a life-long resident of the Woodbury/Southbury area.

A loving, wife, mother,...

Mar 21, 2022

Peter Homick 81, Passed away peacefully on March 21, 2022. He was born on November 11, 1940 in Derby Ct. to Peter and Elizabeth Homick. He was very proud to have served in the US Navy. He was employed with Sikorsky Aircraft in Stratford for close to 30 years.

He was an avid reader and enjoyed watching...

Mar 18, 2022

Faye Karson, aged 90, of Southbury, CT, passed away of natural causes on March 18, 2022 at Danbury Hospital in Connecticut.

Faye was born on January 20, 1932 in Brooklyn, NY, to Samuel and Molly (Bodner) Messing (both deceased), and had one sister named Shirley (Fanger, deceased).

Faye grew up in Pontiac, Michigan, where she...

Mar 17, 2022

Lili Estol Wadsworth, 100, a beloved mother, humanitarian, and perpetual student, died March 17, 2022 at Danbury Hospital. She is remembered in Woodbury for leading the effort to preserve Main Street as a historic district in 1959. Lili Beatriz Estol was born March 12, 1922 in Montevideo, Uruguay, the only daughter of the Julio Cesar Estol MD and Janet...

Mar 16, 2022

Marie Louise (Richardson) Anctil passed away peacefully on Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at Yale New Haven Hospital. Marie was an eighty-two-year-old lifetime resident of Prospect, CT. She is survived by Denis Anctil, her husband of fifty-four years, her three children Jim, Tom, and Therese Anctil, her two daughters in law Shannon Wyman-Anctil and Salli Szczesiul, her son in law...

Mar 15, 2022

Watertown- Carl Ivar Carlson Jr., 67, of Watertown, CT joined the millions of previously deceased NY Giants and Mets fans on March 15, 2022. He passed at the Hospice Unit of St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury, CT.

Carl was born on October 25, 1954 in this same hospital. His parents were the late Marguerite "Peggy" (Worgan) Carlson,...

Mar 15, 2022

Sandra Lee Totoritis, 72, of Woodbury, entered into rest on Tuesday, March 15, 2022.

Sandra was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on July 27, 1949. Daughter of the late Paul Joseph Totoritis (1984) and Joyce Charlotte Hainsworth (1990).

She worked a variety of jobs throughout her life, such as a legal secretary and data entry clerk,...

Mar 14, 2022

Woodbury-Carolyn "Lyn" Elin Hellwinkle, 82 passed away peacefully, at St. Mary's Hospital, care of Vitas Hospice, on Monday, March 14th, 2022 with her son Don by her side. Lyn was born April 17th, 1939, in Medford, Oregon, to the late Margaret Genevieve (Oxford) and Clare Eli Van Winkle. When she was young she moved to California with her mother...

Mar 7, 2022

Prospect- Victor " Skip" E. SanSoucie III, 60, passed away on March 7, 2022, with the support and love of his wife, Lisa and daughter, Erica at The Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT.

Skip is the high school sweetheart, best friend and soul mate to his wife, Lisa. He is dad and best buddy to his daughter,...

Mar 5, 2022

Robert Hauserman, 89, of Oxford, CT passed away peacefully on March 5, 2022. Robert was born and raised in Paterson, New Jersey. He married his high school sweetheart, the late Emelyn Saul, in 1954. They lived in several parts of New Jersey before settling down in the Pines Lake neighborhood of Wayne, NJ. They remained in Pines Lake until...

Mar 4, 2022

Stephen J. Sweeney Jr., 78, passed away at his home in Bethlehem on Friday, March 4, 2022 after a long illness. He was the husband of Elizabeth " Betty" (Hankey) Sweeney.

He was born on April 5, 1943 the son to Stephen and Genevieve (Garrick) Sweeney. Stephen grew up in Naugatuck and received his education at St....

Mar 2, 2022

Glory Jayne Marquis Caputo passed peacefully in her sleep on March 2nd at the age of 74.  In this case, one of God's angels was simply sent back to heaven.

Born in Woodbury, CT on May 20, 1947 and graduated from Woodbury High School, class of 1966, Glory's life was one of love, caring, and giving.  She...

Mar 2, 2022

Lucia Thurston Fritz passed away peacefully at home surrounded by loving family just shy of her 82nd birthday.  Lucia was born on March 10, 1940 in East Orange, NJ to John Bell Thurston and Elizabeth Pearce Couzens.  One of her fondest childhood memories was spending summers with her family on Cape Cod and she returned whenever she could.