Obituaries • Published Oct 31, 2024 01 pm
Elizabeth “Betty or Bebe” Blodget Kent passed away on Oct. 27, 2024, in Essex, at the age of 105. She was born in New York, New York, Aug. 4, 1919. Prior to moving to Ess...
Obituaries • Published Oct 17, 2024 12 pm
Adrienne Marie Samuelson, 87, of Centerbrook, passed away peacefully on Sept. 23, 2024, at home, surrounded by her family and caregivers. Born May 18, 1937, in Middletown...
Obituaries • Published Oct 03, 2024 01 pm
Gary Francis Allen, 81, of Ivoryton, passed from this earth on Sept. 5, 2024, at Gladeview Health Care Center in Old Saybrook, after a courageous battle with dementia.
He...
Obituaries • Published Sep 12, 2024 03 pm
The Reverend David Wooster Brown of Ivoryton died on Sept. 1, 2024, in Ivoryton. Born in Waterbury in 1926 to Ruth Johnson Brown and Harold Wooster Brown, he grew up in N...
Obituaries • Published Sep 12, 2024 03 pm
Craig Emerson Andrews passed away unexpectedly in the comfort of his Essex home on Aug. 20, 2024, with his loving wife, Deborah, by his side. He was born on Dec. 14, 1948...
Obituaries • Published Sep 05, 2024 05 pm
It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Eileen Lucy White, who left us on Aug. 23, 2024, at the age of 88. Eileen was born on June 11, 1936, at St. Thomas...
Obituaries • Published Aug 28, 2024 09 am
Bonita “Bonnie” Joy Finkeldey was born March 20, 1935, and the world has been blessed with her eternal first day of spring vibrance ever since. She passed away at home su...
Obituaries • Published Aug 23, 2024 11 am
Paul Jeffrey Forrest passed away at St. Raphael’s Hospital on June 25, 2024, at the age of 83. He was born in New York City to Cleo Florence Forrest and Melbourne A. Forr...
Obituaries • Published Aug 23, 2024 11 am
Flora Allegretti Stetz, a true Renaissance woman and beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and friend, passed away on Aug. 16, 2024, two days before her 80th birthday,...
Obituaries • Published Aug 15, 2024 03 pm
Robert “Bob” Hueg, 73, of Ivoryton, passed away on Aug. 6, 2024, in his home surrounded by his family and friends. Bob leaves behind his best friend and significant other...
Obituaries • Published Aug 01, 2024 03 pm
Raymond “Ray” Andrew Kusmierski, age 93, of Essex, passed away peacefully on June 21, 2024. Ray was born in Deep River on Nov. 10, 1930, to Polish immigrants Paul and Sop...
Obituaries • Published Aug 01, 2024 03 pm
Nicole Justine Lagasse, 55, passed away July 23, 2024, at Yale New Haven Hospital after a long, courageous battle. Born March 2, 1969, she was the daughter of Frederick a...
Obituaries • Published Jul 25, 2024 12 pm
David Michael McDermott of Palm Beach, Florida, and Essex passed away peacefully on July 17, 2024, at the age of 87, surrounded by his loving family, overlooking the Conn...
Obituaries • Published Jul 25, 2024 12 pm
Sally Murphy McDermott of Palm Beach, Florida, and Essex died peacefully on July 16, 2024, surrounded by her family after a long illness. Her husband, David Michael McDe...
Obituaries • Published Jul 18, 2024 03 pm
Jean McIntire Leuchtenburg died peacefully on July 2, 2024, at the age of 99, at Essex Meadows in Essex. She is survived by her former husband, Professor William E. Leuch...
Obituaries • Published Jul 18, 2024 03 pm
Walter R. Budney died peacefully at home on July 12, 2024, with his wife Betty at his side. He was born Oct. 16, 1925, the son of Jennie (Gutoski) and Frank Budney. He wa...
Obituaries • Published Jul 03, 2024 10 am
Robert “Bobby” Thomsen, 91, a resident of Essex, passed away peacefully Tuesday, June 4, 2024, at Portland Rehabilitation Center, following a long illness. Born Nov. 8, 1...
Obituaries • Published Jul 03, 2024 10 am
Maxine Porter Arnold of Essex, formerly of Naples, Florida, and Middlebury, passed away peacefully on June 16, 2024. Born in New Britain, Sept. 4, 1926, she was the daugh...
Obituaries • Published Jun 13, 2024 11 am
It is with great sadness that the family of Anthony “Tony” A. Cooper of Essex (previously of Guilford and New Britain) announces his passing at the age of 95. In his own ...
Obituaries • Published Jun 13, 2024 10 am
Marilyn Lazare of Essex passed away on June 4, 2024, after a short battle with cancer. Marilyn was a real lady. She exuded grace, elegance, and style. She was born Jan. 2...
Obituaries • Published May 30, 2024 10 am
On May 18, 2024, Stanley L. “Stash” Stopa Jr. passed on to his eternal life to join his parents, Stanley L. Sr. and Albina (Hmielewski) Stopa, on their wedding anniversar...
Obituaries • Published May 22, 2024 09 am
Allison Fry Huther, affectionately known as “Toni,” passed away peacefully on May 11, 2024, surrounded by her loved ones, bringing an end to her battle with cancer. Toni’...
Obituaries • Published May 16, 2024 11 am
Sarah “Sally” Gray Markesky, age 77, of Essex, passed away peacefully on Feb. 28, 2024. She was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, Steve Markesky. A devoted mo...
Obituaries • Published May 02, 2024 11 am
Sharon “Sherry” DeLeeuw Clark, 82, of Essex, passed away peacefully at Middlesex Hospital on April 20,2024, after a brave fight with cancer. She was born in Chicago, Illi...
Obituaries • Published Apr 25, 2024 12 pm
Audrey L. Lyons died on April 18, 2024, of natural causes at the age of 100, at the Essex Meadows Health Center in Essex. Audrey was the daughter of Edward G. Garbers and...
Obituaries • Published Apr 18, 2024 04 pm
Timothy Burns “Tim” Sprigg, 75, of Essex, passed away peacefully on April 14, 2024, after a valiant battle with cancer, surrounded by his loving family. Timothy was raise...
Obituaries • Published Apr 18, 2024 10 am
David “Dave” Preston, age 90, of Essex, died peacefully in Essex on March 26, 2024. Dave was born on Nov. 17, 1933, in Boston, a son of Roger and Anita Preston of Waban, ...
Obituaries • Published Mar 07, 2024 12 pm
Nora McNeel Hawgood died peacefully in her sleep on Jan. 8, 2024, in Middleton. She was 100 years old. She was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, in 1923, the fourth...
Obituaries • Published Feb 22, 2024 10 am
Anita Bugbee Welles, age 92, a longtime resident of Old Lyme, passed away peacefully on the morning of Feb. 15, 2024, at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown after a brief il...
Obituaries • Published Feb 22, 2024 10 am
Caleb Johnson Penniman of Essex died peacefully in the 100th year of his life on Feb. 12, 2024, after a short battle with cancer. He was surrounded by his children and gr...
Obituaries • Published Feb 08, 2024 12 pm
John Sowers Pfarr, 83, died on Jan. 28, 2024, while vacationing in Honolulu, Hawaii. He was born on Feb. 12, 1940, in Ashland, Kentucky, to Susan E. Pfarr and John S. Pfa...
Obituaries • Published Feb 08, 2024 12 pm
David Charles Bates, 89, of Ivoryton, died on Feb. 4, 2024. He was surrounded by his family after suffering a long illness with remarkable strength.
He is survived by his...
Obituaries • Published Feb 08, 2024 11 am
Margaret “Peggy” Davis Perrin, 91, passed away peacefully on Jan. 13, 2024. Born on Feb. 20, 1932, to her beloved mother, Julia Palmer Davis, and her father, Benajah L. D...
Obituaries • Published Jan 25, 2024 12 pm
Joan Bennett Kratzert of Essex, 93, passed away peacefully surrounded by family and love at Gladeview Healthcare Center after a brief illness. Joan was born June 12, 1930...
Obituaries • Published Jan 25, 2024 11 am
John Jeremiah “Jack” Butler of Essex passed away peacefully on Jan. 11, 2024. He was 88 years old. Jack was born June 24, 1935, to Ormande Butler and Blanche (Dancereau) ...
Obituaries • Published Jan 18, 2024 12 pm
Joan Gunnison Appleton Stone, 93, died peacefully on Jan. 8, 2024, at home in Essex, surrounded by her husband and children. Devoted to her four children, eleven grandchi...
Obituaries • Published Jan 11, 2024 11 am
Glenn H. Jacobsen, 65, of Essex, formerly of Allendale, New Jersey, went home to the Lord on Jan. 8, 2024, after a courageous battle with glioblastoma brain cancer.
Glenn...
Obituaries • Published Jan 04, 2024 11 am
William Appleby “Bill” Pollard, the beloved husband of Jeannette Jones Pollard, died peacefully on Dec. 22, 2023, his 96th birthday, at his home in Essex, with a daughter...
Obituaries • Published Dec 20, 2023 10 am
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Obituaries • Published Nov 30, 2023 04 pm
Robert “Bob” Milardo, of Duxbury, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully Nov. 13, 2023, at home while surrounded by his family’s love.
Born July 4, 1943, in New Haven, Rob...
Obituaries • Published Nov 30, 2023 07 am
Linda W. Clark, 79, of Ivoryton, died unexpectedly Nov. 21, 2023. Linda was the daughter of the late Raymond and Elizabeth (Doyle) Wharton.
Linda was born and raised in t...
Obituaries • Published Nov 30, 2023 06 am
Richard Van Wyck “Dick” Buel Jr. died in Essex on Nov. 22, 2023. He was a scholar of American history who spent his career at Wesleyan University. He was born on July 22,...
Obituaries • Published Nov 02, 2023 04 pm
Sandra Ann Custodio, 77, formerly of Lincoln, Rhode Island, passed away peacefully in her love-filled Essex home on Oct. 24, surrounded by her family. Sandra, the daughte...
Obituaries • Published Nov 02, 2023 04 pm
John V. Zuppe, a lifelong Ivoryton resident, passed away peacefully at Yale New Haven Hospital surrounded by his loving family on Oct. 24 at the age of 92. Born March 31,...
Obituaries • Published Oct 26, 2023 04 pm
On the morning of Oct. 19, Robert E. “Butch” Claffey passed away peacefully at his home in Ivoryton. He was surrounded by his family and his dog Coco. Butch, as he is kno...
Obituaries • Published Oct 12, 2023 05 pm
Judith “Judy” (McCann) Heiser, 84, of Essex, beloved wife of John Heiser, passed away on Oct. 5 at Middlesex Hospital. Born in Northampton, Massachusetts, she lived in Iv...
Obituaries • Published Sep 29, 2023 04 pm
Beloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Lillian Vetro Lorello, passed away peacefully at her home in Ivoryton on Sept. 10. She was the beloved wife of the lat...
Obituaries • Published Sep 29, 2023 04 pm
A shining light went dark on Sept. 20 with the passing of Mary Louise “Marylou” Herel, 83, of Centerbrook, following a long battle with cancer. Born Jan. 13, 1940, to the...
Obituaries • Published Sep 22, 2023 04 pm
Lawrence Robert “Larry” Timmerman of Essex passed away quietly on Sept. 8, 2023. Larry was born the middle child to James and Lucille Timmerman at home on the farm in Nod...
Obituaries • Published Sep 07, 2023 02 pm
It is with deep sorrow and regret that the family of Paul F. Phoenix of Essex and Venice, Florida, announces his passing. Paul leaves behind his devoted and loving wife, ...
