Obituaries
Loved ones for Munson Lovetere Funeral Homes and Cremation Services
We cover the following but are not limited to
Woodbury, Southbury, Bethlehem, Middlebury, South Britain, Oxford, Newtown, Roxbury, Washington, Washington Depot, New Milford, Bridgewater, Watertown, Sandy Hook
Harvey Forman
Dec 13, 2020
HARVEY FORMAN, AGE 81, OF SOUTHBURY DIED ON DECEMBER 13, 2020 FROM THE COMPLICATIONS OF ALZHEIMER'S AND COVID PNEUMONIA. HARVEY WAS PREDECEASED BY HIS PARENTS SAM AND PAULINE (STERN) FORMAN AND HIS BROTHER PHILIP.
HARVEY WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY IN 1939. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE, CAROL AND HIS DAUGHTERS JUDITH AND DEBORAH, HER...
David C. Breakell
Dec 10, 2020
David C. Breakell
Vo Ag Instructor
Woodbury- David C. Breakell (Mr. B) 88, beloved husband of Jean O. Breakell, passed into eternal peace Dec. 10, 2020. Born March 6, 1932 in Torrington, CT, son of the late Helen J. and Edward Breakell. He is survived by his brother Edward Breakell, Melbourne, FL. He leaves behind...
Ellen Grace (White) Jeffrey
Dec 10, 2020
Ellen Grace (White) Jeffrey, 79, of Southbury, died peacefully on Dec. 10, 2020, at Danbury Hospital after a brief illness.
Ellen was born April 17, 1941, in Jersey City, N.J., daughter of the late Willard and Marguerite (Berrian) White. She was the beloved wife of Douglas Jeffrey.
Ellen graduated from Wagner College with a Bachelor...
Robert P. Ulin
Dec 9, 2020
Robert Platt Ulin
Robert "Bob" Ulin, brilliant student, WWII veteran, heralded economist and beloved family member, passed away peacefully on December 9, 2020 at his home at Pomperaug Woods in Southbury, CT. He was 98 years old.
Born on May 7, 1922, Bob was raised in Brookline, MA. He graduated from Harvard, summa cum laude,...
Louise (Giordano) Kimball
Dec 7, 2020
Louise (Giordano) Kimball, of Southbury, CT passed peacefully on December 7, 2020 at the age of 93. Louise was born to John and Angelina Giordano in the neighborhood of Rosebank in Staten Island, NY where she resided for most of her life. In 1948 Louise married her husband, William Kimball of Westerleigh, Staten Island, who predeceased her in 1995....
Leora Ann (Carpenter) Moore
Dec 6, 2020
Leora "Ann" (Carpenter) Moore, age 83 formerly of Newtown, passed away peacefully Sunday, December 6, 2020 at the Lutheran Home of Southbury. Ann was born on December 19, 1936 in Carmel, California to Nola and Richard Carpenter. She graduated from Pacific Grove High School (1954) and later received an Associate's Degree from Monterey Peninsula College (1956). Ann married her...
Bess L. Fleischman
Dec 5, 2020
Bess L. Zimbel Fleischman died December 5 of natural causes at the age of 102. Bess was born October 10, 1918, in Woburn, Massachusetts, to Morris and Tillie Zimbel. She was one of five siblings. She studied dance, voice, and piano for many years and conducted her own dance school for nine years. During World War II she entertained...
Anne P. Delo
Dec 5, 2020
Anne P. Delo passed away peacefully in her home on December 5, 2020, at the age of 76. Born Martha Anne Phillips in Lakeland, Florida, Anne was a fourth-generation Floridian and the daughter of Captain Joseph Smith Phillips (USN) and Martha Douglas Dabney Phillips.
As a Navy "brat," Anne lived in 15 cities before the age of...
Luba R. Braatz
Dec 5, 2020
***Updated- Services will be held on August 7, 2021 @ 11:00 AM at Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Watertown, CT***
Luba R Braatz, 76, died unexpectedly on Saturday , December 5, 2020, at the nursing home where she resided for many years, Autumn Lake of Bucks Hill in Waterbury.
Luba was born July 14, 1944, in...
Alan Lee Blau
Dec 4, 2020
On Friday December 4, 2020, Alan Lee Blau, loving husband, father and grandfather passed away at the age of 87. Alan was born in Brooklyn, NY to Helen and Isadore Blau. On April 7, 1968 he married Sybil Ravitz and together they raised two daughters, Caroline and Sarah. He received his PhD in American History from City University of...
Howard A. ("Skip") Northrop
Dec 4, 2020
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Howard "Skip" Northrop, Jr passed away peacefully at Waterbury Hospital on Friday, December 4 after a brief illness with COVID-19. He was 79 years old.
Skip was born on January 4, 1941 in Waterbury, CT, the son of the late Howard Northrop, Sr, and Astrid (Grandell) Northrop. He attended Kaynor Technical School...
Geoffrey A. Gruneberg
Dec 2, 2020
Geoffrey (Jeff) A. Gruneberg of Brookfield – 61, died unexpectedly December 2, 2020, at Hartford Hospital. He was born March 20, 1959 in Danbury, the son of the late Rudy and Margaret (Fisher) Gruneberg.
Jeff graduated from Brookfield High School, Class of 1977. Jeff's free time was spent hunting and observing wildlife. He enjoyed watching Nascar and...
Robert Meisel
Nov 28, 2020
SOUTHBURY — Longtime Southbury resident Robert Meisel, 93, died peacefully at home on November 28, 2020.
Born in New York City on October 29, 1927, the son of Herman and Hortense Meisel, Bob graduated from New York University with an engineering degree. After serving in the U.S. Navy, Bob spent his early career as an engineer with...
Phyllis (Boutilier) Stevens
Nov 27, 2020
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Bernard Arthur Trudel
Nov 26, 2020
Bernard Arthur Trudel passed away in Southbury, CT on Thursday, November 26th, 2020 at the age of 95 due to complications of the Coronavirus. Born in Rutland, VT, Bernie lived most of his life in Manchester, NH. He served in the Navy during WWII in the S. Pacific. He married his childhood sweetheart, Theresa M. Dionne after returning from...
William Roy Breg Jr.
Nov 26, 2020
W. Roy Breg, Jr., Professor Emeritus at Yale School of Medicine, an accomplished scientist and a loving and beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather passed away peacefully on Nov. 26, 2020 at the age of 97. He had been a resident of Southbury, CT, for 64 years. Roy was predeceased by his wife, Margaret (Meston) Breg.
Roy was...
Pasquale Mario Defeo
Nov 24, 2020
Pasquale M. DeFeo (Pat) – 78, formerly of Watertown, CT and husband to Susan Hunter DeFeo, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family November 24, 2020.
Pat was born in Waterbury, the son of Pat and Helen DeFeo. He grew up in the North Main section of town becoming a proud Waterbury Fire Fighter. While being an...
Barbara J (Smalley) Verrastro
Nov 24, 2020
Bethlehem- Barbara Jean (Smalley) Verrastro of Bethlehem, passed away peacefully at Sheridan Woods in Bristol on November 24, 2020, after a long illness. She was the loving wife of the late Salvatore Verrastro.
Barbara was born on June 21, 1930 in Anne Arbor, Michigan to the late Harriet (Metcalf) Smalley and George Smalley. Barbara attended Bryant College...
Steven Grudzien
Nov 23, 2020
Steven J. Grudzien, born December 13, 1949, of Woodbury, passed away peacefully on November 23, 2020, after a long battle with cancer, having previously kicked cancer in the pants twice.
Steve was a plumber and steam fitter for 50 years, and also served as an EMT for 23 years with both the Woodbury Ambulance Association and Campion...

