Kenneth J. Acocella Jr.
Aug 27, 2025
Kenneth J. Acocella Jr. was born January 15th, 1984, to parents Ken Sr. and Michele. He was the oldest of 6 children and lived home with his loving family and many pets. For several years, he was fighting difficult battles against kidney disease and other illnesses. Earlier this month, he received an advanced cancer diagnosis and on Wednesday, August...
Carol Anne Stiglmeier
Aug 24, 2025
Carol Anne (Fairley) Stiglmeier, born September 3, 1957 in Glens Fall, NY passed away peacefully after a courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by her family at her home in Woodbury, CT on August 24, 2025. She will forever be remembered for her kindness, love of her family, her generosity, humor, and non-stop energy. Carol Anne graduated from Wells College...
Barbara I. Chiappetta
Aug 21, 2025
Barbara Chiappetta, beloved mother and devoted wife, left this earth on Thursday August 21st at the age of 80.
To say Barbara was a fighter would be an understatement of the highest order. She was an absolute champion for those she loved the most, including her husband Frank, her sons Frank and Darren, her friends, and her...
Bruce Munro Henry
Aug 20, 2025
Bruce Munro Henry, 65, passed away on August 20, 2025, in Waterbury, Connecticut, after a heroic battle with cancer. Born on December 10, 1959, in Bridgeport, Connecticut, Bruce lived a life marked by dedication to his work and deep devotion to his family, especially his grandchildren. Bruce built a respected career as a heavy equipment operator, working with several...
Patricia J. (Mckane) Anzellotti
Aug 19, 2025
Patricia "Pat" Anzellotti peacefully passed away on August 19, 2025, at the age of 91. She is now reunited with her beloved husband, Rudolph "Rudy" Anzellotti, and her grandson, Jason. She was born on March 3, 1934, in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Pat's legacy lives on through her three children: Deborah and her husband David, Rudy and his wife...
Rita A. Bagdonas
Aug 17, 2025
Rita A. Vileišytė Bagdonas, 105, of Heritage Village, Southbury, CT died peacefully Sunday, August 17, 2025, at the Lutheran Home of Southbury.
Rita was born March 3, 1920, in Vilnius, Lithuania to Jonas Vileišis and Ona Kazakauskaitė Vileišienė. Jonas Vileišis was the author and signer of the 1918 Lithuanian Declaration of Independence, first Lithuanian Ambassador to the...
Shirley Ann Hardisty
Aug 16, 2025
Shirley Ann Hardisty, born February 6, 1942, passed away on August 16, 2025, leaving behind a life full of stories, laughter, sass, and strength.
Shirley was one of a kind — witty, wild when she wanted to be, and never afraid to speak her mind. She had a sharp sense of humor, a stubborn streak, and a...
Esther Josephine Greene
Aug 15, 2025
Esther Greene of Woodbury passed away August 15. She is survived by her husband Randall, sons Eddie and Richard Ayers, and many friends. Esther was born in Santa Paula, California, and moved to Southbury in 1981 with Eddie L. Ayers, her previous husband and father of her two children. Between the mid '80s and late '90s, she managed the...
Vera Anne (Slavicek) Harris
Aug 15, 2025
Vera-Anne (Slavicek) Harris, formerly of Trumbull and North Branford, passed away on August 15, 2025. Vera's life can be best encapsulated by these words: Family, Skating, Gardening, Animals, Cooking, and the 1762 Timothy Russell House.
Family: Vera was born on March 12, 1937 in Bridgeport, CT to Vincent Willam and Anne Marie (Trojan) Slavicek. Vera was an...
Janne Spallone-Conrad
Aug 14, 2025
Janne Spallone-Conrad was born on April 25, 1951 in Middletown, CT to her parents Judge Daniel Spallone and Jeanne Field Spallone, and also attributed her warm upbringing to her loving grandmothers, Flora Field and Mary Spallone. She grew up in Deep River, CT with her two younger brothers, and attended Valley Regional High School graduating in 1969. She spent...
David Peter Arnold
Aug 14, 2025
Peter Arnold, a Woodbury resident since 1990, died on 14 August 2025 at his home in the attentive care of Danbury Regional Hospice. Born David Peter Arnold on 28 December 1934 in Kansas City, Missouri, he was the only child of David Thornton Arnold and Marjorie Lucille Grable — sister to actress Betty Grable. The family moved soon after...
Paul Modzelewski
Aug 12, 2025
Paul Modzelewski, 60, of Bethel passed away peacefully at his home at Ability Beyond Disability in Bethel, Connecticut on Tuesday, August 12, 2025. Born August 20, 1964 the son of Ann Campanella Modzelewski of Naples, FL. and the late Theodore Modzelewski. Paul was the loving brother of Susan Harroun of Florida and John and Neil Modzelewski of the Washington,...
Melissa J (Swords) Boyer
Aug 11, 2025
Melissa Swords Boyer, 61, of Litchfield, CT, passed away peacefully on August 11, 2025, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Choosing hospice care in her final days, Missi faced her illness with the same grace and strength that defined her life. Born in Kansas City, MO, the fourth child of Geraldine and...
Peter R. Johannsen, Jr.
Aug 11, 2025
Peter Johannsen, beloved father, son, and brother died suddenly at his home in Oxford, CT on August 11, 2025.
Peter was a master carpenter and artisan, who in recent years worked to install custom staircases. He was known by friends and family for his extraordinary skill in turning ordinary wood into wooden wonders.
He loved...
Celia Eggert
Aug 11, 2025
Beloved Sister, Daughter and Friend, Respected Lawyer
Celia Eggert, 64, formally of Granby, CT, passed away peacefully at Apple Rehab Coccomo in Meriden, CT after a prolonged illness on August 11, 2025.
Born on May 20, 1961, in Morristown, NJ, the daughter of the late George and MaryAnn Eggert of Bethlehem, CT., Celia grew up...
John "Jack" O'Brien
Aug 1, 2025
Southbury- John "Jack" T. O'Brien, 70, passed away unexpectedly at home on Friday, August 1, 2025. He was the loving husband of the late Patricia A. O'Brien, who passed in November 2024.
Jack was born on November 15, 1954 to the late John J. and Jane F. O'Brien in Oceanside, New York. Jack grew up with his...
Monica Schneider
Jul 31, 2025
It is with great sadness and broken hearts that the family of Monica "Nicky" Schneider, age 80, of Southbury, Ct share the news of her unexpected passing on Thursday, July 31st, 2025, following a brief illness. She was the loving wife of 58 years of marriage to Philip J. Schneider.
Monica was born on Christmas Day in...
William Kelly
Jul 30, 2025
The family of William "Bill" Patrick Kelly, 88, of Southbury, CT is deeply saddened to announce his passing on July 30th, 2025, at Monarch Southbury. Bill was born in 1937 in Waterbury, CT the son of Francis and Elizabeth Brophy Kelly.
Bill is survived by his beloved wife of 65 years, Kathleen Bennett Kelly of Southbury and...
H. Catherine W. Skinner
Jul 30, 2025
UPDATE:
Please join us for a Memorial Celebration of Life for Catherine W. Skinner will be held on Sunday, October 26, 2025
1:00 to 3:00 p.m. at the Elm City Club (aka Graduate Club), 155 Elm Street, New Haven, CT. Parking is available behind the club in Yale Lot 51 located at 318 Temple Street,...
Thomas Brissett
Jul 30, 2025
Thomas Warren Brissett, Sr.
9/29/43-7/30/25
Larger than life, gentle giant, Moose, Big Tommy, Hon, Dad, Grampy, Great Grampy, all-around good guy, aspirational Wise Guy and Goodfella, avid Patriots and Red Sox fan, and a man who never met a stranger, Thomas "Tom" Warren Brissett, Sr. of Washington Depot, CT, died on July 30, 2025, surrounded...
