Obituaries

Dec 8, 2018

Otto "O-Bomb" Funderburk of Southbury, CT left for heaven on December 8, 2018 after a courageous and determined seven-month battle against Leukemia at the Smilow Cancer Center of Yale New Haven Hospital. Otto, a star 13-year-old baseball player and competitive swimmer, was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia just before the end of his 7th grade year.

Otto...

Dec 7, 2018

John "Jack" Joseph Aloysius Barrett, 84, of Southbury, CT, previously of Cheshire, CT, passed away peacefully on December 7, 2018 surrounded by his loving family. Born in Lowell, MA, on September 18, 1934 to John and Julia (Lynch) Barrett. Jack was happily married to his "bride" Evelyn (Swistak) for over 60 years.

Proud of his Irish heritage...

Dec 6, 2018

Richard L. (Rick) Bentham, 62, of Naugatuck, formerly of Seymour, passed away December 6, 2018 at the Hospital of St. Raphael after a long illness. He was born July 30, 1956, son of Elizabeth (Betty) Bentham of Naugatuck, and the late John L. (Larry) Bentham Jr. Besides his mother, he is survived by a brother, Bill Bentham (Dianna Villafana)...

Dec 2, 2018

Henry W. Hart, a longtime resident of Woodbury, CT, passed away on December 2, 2018, at the age of 94.  Hart was born in Omaha, Nebraska on July 26, 1924, and spent his first years in Council Bluffs, Iowa before moving to Minneapolis, where he attended Blake School for eight years.  In 1942, he entered Yale University.  A year...

Nov 30, 2018

Selma G. Fleisher , 92 years old, of Heritage Village, died Friday, December 20, 2019, at home.  She was the wife of the late Conrad G. Fleisher.

Mrs. Fleisher was born on July 26, 1927 in Waterbury, CT, daughter of the late Martin and Celia Greenblatt, and mother of the late Pamela Faith Fleisher and the late...

Nov 30, 2018

Southbury- Ruth Hecht , resident of the Watermark in Southbury, died Saturday July 6, 2019 at Danbury  Hospital.  She was 92 years old.  Born in 1926, in Esslingen Germany, Ruth was a German citizen, and later a permanent resident of the United States.  Ruth's parents were Otto and Luise Schaible.  Ruth was educated in Esslingen and started her career...

Nov 30, 2018

Dorothy M. DaGrosa,  88, of  Heritage Village, Southbury,Ct. died November 30, 2018 at the Lutheran Home of Southbury.  She was predeceased by her husband of 67 years, Vincent,  in February 2018.

Dorothy was born March 21,1930 in Mahanoy City,Pa, the daughter of  Vincent and Dorothy (Metzger) Matulaitis. She was a graduate of Mahanoy Township High School, Class...

Nov 26, 2018

Ellen L. Thornton, 66 of Washington Ct, died at home on Nov. 26, 2018, after suffering from a long illness. She was born in Mount Kisco NY on Aug. 9, 1952,, daughter of the late Henry A. Lockwood and Jane Kent Lockwood. Ellen graduated from Rippowam High School in Stamford CT in 1970 and from Mount St. Joseph College...

Nov 26, 2018

Anthony R. D'Amato, 82, died unexpectedly on Monday, November 26, 2018. Born October 7, 1936 in Patterson, NJ, he was the son of the late Anthony and Catherine (Haidukiewich) D'Amato and husband of loving wife, Joan (Huber) D'Amato.  He was a graduate of Patterson Technical High School, served in the US Navy from 1955-1957, and was co-owner of Electromation...

Nov 20, 2018

John J. Kacerguis, 90, of Bethlehem passed peacefully on November 20, 2018. He was the son of Matthew and Anna (Marchukaitis) Kacerguis. John was pre-deceased by his wife Olga and by all of his siblings.

He will be greatly missed by his Daughters, Susan Kacerguis of Winsted, Kristine (Richard) Conway of Waterbury and Kathryn (Thomas) Donofri of...

Nov 15, 2018

Ann M. Peterson, formerly of New Preston, CT., passed away Thursday, November 15 at Middlesex Hospital. She was born July 2, 1929, daughter of the late William D. and Grace M. McKay. A long-time resident of New Preston, Pat graduated from Washington High School, class of 1947. She earned her nursing degree at St. Francis School of Nursing and...

Nov 14, 2018

The Reverend George E. Hall

George E. Hall, Priest of the Episcopal Church for 62 years died November 14, 2018 at the age of 88. Father Hall served most of the 168 parishes in the capacity of Rector, Interim Priest, and Supply. He also served as mentor to many people aspiring to the priesthood. He began his...

Nov 14, 2018

George H. "Bud" Spencer Jr., 91, passed away peacefully on November 14 at home in Roxbury CT, surrounded by his family. Born in Montclair NJ, he was the son of the late George Sr. and Dorothy Spencer. He was pre-deceased by his brother Bill Spencer. Prior to Roxbury, George lived in Woodbury and Greenwich.

He graduated from...

Nov 13, 2018

Catherine Ann Daley Reilly died peacefully in her sleep Tuesday, November 13 at River Glen Health Care in Southbury. She was a devoted wife of 61 years to James J Reilly and a loving mother to Mary Reilly Cassidy and Jimmy (Caron) Reilly. Catherine was the daughter of Edward Daley and Margaret Masek Daley. She was raised in Middle...

Nov 11, 2018

On Sunday, November 11, 2018 Andrew John Lampart, loving husband and father, passed away at the age of 86 in Spring Hill, Florida.

Andrew was born on July 16, 1932 in Bridgeport, Connecticut to Andrew and Susan (Pruzinsky) Lampart. He married his beautiful bride on April 28, 1962 and had 11 beautiful children.  Andrew's hobbies were woodworking,...

Nov 6, 2018

Kenneth L. Rowe, 85, passed away in his home on Tuesday, November 6th 2018.  He was the husband of Patricia Rowe.

Kenneth was born December 7 1932, in Brooklyn New York, the son of the late Thomas and Mildred Rowe.  He served his country with pride and honor in the U.S. Army and was a Military Police...

Nov 5, 2018

Judith Marie Petro of Sandy Hook CT passed away on Monday November 5th, at the age of 77 in her home, surrounded by her family.  Born in Bridgeport she was the daughter of the late Anne and Steven Mudrick. She graduated from Warren Harding High School in Bridgeport and later received her nursing degree from Mattatuck Community College. She...

Nov 2, 2018

Woodbury – Grey D. Zane, Sr., 86, passed away suddenly Friday, November 2, 2018 at St. Mary's Hospital in Waterbury.  Grey was born in Miami, FL on November 7, 1931, to the late Enos I. and Calla V. (Janes) Zane.

He is survived by his wife, Lois T. (Brown) Zane; his son, David and his wife Susan...

Nov 2, 2018

Shirley A. "Sam" (Hayes) Cortese, 80, of Woodbury, widow of the late Ross Cortese, entered into Eternal Rest on Friday, November 2, 2018 at Waterbury Hospital. She was born on February 20, 1938, the daughter of the late Bertha Hayes. Sam enjoyed traveling and spending time with her family, friends, and four-legged friend, Koko. Sam is survived by her...

Oct 29, 2018

Rosalyn (Biron) Burmeister died peacefully at The Lutheran Home in Southbury, on October 29, 2018.

Lynn was the daughter of Joseph Biron and Albina (Mayer) Biron of Waterbury, Ct. She was raised on Thrushwood Place in Waterbury. She was a 1942 graduate of Wilby High School.

She married Theodore (Bud) Burmeister on August 17, 1946....