Obituaries
Robert Kearney Stevens
Apr 15, 2020
Robert Kearney Stevens, age 91, beloved husband of Trudy Stevens passed away on April 15. Bob was born in Lancaster, PA son of W. Ross and Helen Coe Stevens. He attended Rider College and served aboard the U.S.S. Bataan during the Korean War. Bob was the Owner of the R. K. Stevens Co. and an active member of First Church...
Jean M. Mate
Apr 14, 2020
Jean M. Mate, age 87, of Fairfield, beloved wife of John J. Mate, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by her loving family Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Born in New York City, the daughter of the late James and Bessie (Barocsi) Selling, she had been a Fairfield resident since 1956. A 1951 graduate of Bassick High School, Jean retired from...
Richard Vincent Risley
Apr 14, 2020
Richard Vincent Risley "Riz" age 63 passed away suddenly on April 14th. He was born in Sacramento, CA on September 18, 1956 to the late George "Babe" Risley and the late Barbara Brown Horvath. He lived most of his life in Fairfield, CT, and he graduated from Andrew Warde high school in 1974. He was a talented roofer and ski...
William Kashetta
Apr 13, 2020
William Kashetta, age 67, of Westport died April 13, 2020 at Connecticut Hospice after a 2 year battle with lung cancer. He was born August 10, 1952. He grew up in Westport and graduated from Staples High School class of 1970. He was a self-employed carpenter for 33 years who worked primarily in Westport. He coached Staples Freshman basketball for...
Dorothy F. Bruzinski
Apr 13, 2020
Dorothy F. Bruzinski (Federowicz), age 91, of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late Eugene (Gene) P. Bruzinski, died peacefully on April 13, 2020 in Fairfield. Born in Bridgeport on October 26, 1928, she was the daughter of the late Felix and Teofila Federowicz. Dorothy was a resident of Fairfield for 60 years living in the home that she and Gene...
Robert William Hespelt
Apr 13, 2020
Robert William Hespelt, age 91, of Trumbull (formerly Fairfield, CT) passed away peacefully at the Ludlowe Health Center in Fairfield on Monday, April 13, 2020. He was born on November 2, 1928 in Amsterdam, NY, the son of William Hespelt and Nora Hespelt (Callery). He was the beloved husband of the late Jacqueline Rhonemus Hespelt. Robert was a Fairfield resident...
Dolores H. Anastas
Apr 11, 2020
Dolores "Dee" H. Anastas, age 94 of Fairfield, passed away peacefully Saturday April 11, 2020 at Cambridge Manor. Born in Quincy, IL on October 2, 1925 to Jesse and Ada (Burgess) Humphrey. She married the late Lewis J. Anastas and they settled in Southport. Dee worked at Hall-Brooke Hospital as a business administrator. In addition to this, she became a...
Stephen Petrovich
Apr 11, 2020
Stephen J. Petrovich, age 87, of Fairfield, passed away peacefully on Saturday, April 11, 2020. Stephen was born October 7, 1932 to the late Helen (Biellik) Smarzik and the late Stephen J. Petrovich Sr. He was a graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School, attended Bullard-Havens Technical School, and served in the United States Army during the Korean War. He worked...
Suzanne Allen Frantz
Apr 11, 2020
Suzanne Allen Frantz, age 92, died peacefully on April 11, 2020 at her home in Meadow Ridge, Redding, Connecticut, where she moved to be nearer her children after residing for fifty years in Pittsburgh, PA. Sue, as she was known to her many friends, was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 24, 1928. Her parents were James Smoot Allen and...
Jean M. Warten
Apr 10, 2020
Jean M. Warten, of Fairfield, CT, passed away on April 10, 2020 at St. Joseph's Manor in Trumbull, CT, where she resided for the last 5 1/2 years. Jean grew up in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada, one of thirteen children born to Cassie and Alec Forbes. On their family dairy farm, she developed her work ethic and love for all...
Pearl Fattibene
Apr 9, 2020
Pearl Fattibene passed away peacefully at Carolton Chronic Care in Fairfield in the early hours of April 9, 2020. She was 99 years old. Pearl was born in Bridgeport CT to John and Grace Fattibene. She was the oldest of three siblings. Her parents were Italian immigrants and she grew up surrounded by a large extended family in Bridgeport. Pearl...
John L. Altieri
Apr 8, 2020
John L. Altieri of Key Largo, Florida died on April 8th. He was 93. He was born in Rutherfordton, North Carolina in May 1926, one of five children of Annie Pearl (Gaffney) and Louis J. Altieri. After graduating from St. Peters High School on Staten Island in 1943, he joined the Navy and was assigned to a Naval engineering program...
Sally Lucille O'Day
Apr 4, 2020
Sally Lucille O'Day, age 72, passed away peacefully, Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Norwalk Hospital. Born in Bridgeport, the daughter of the late James and Hilda (Dunn) O'Day, she was raised in Fairfield on Sasapequan Road. In the early 1970's Sally moved to Vermont where she raised her three children. Sally worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse specializing in eldercare...
Kenneth W. Mills
Apr 3, 2020
Kenneth W Mills, age 77, of Bridgeport, CT, died peacefully in his sleep on April 3, 2020. Ken was born June 22, 1942 in Portland, Maine to Walter and Rose Mills. Ken was the youngest of two children (older sister, Barbara), and the last surviving member of his family. He was also predeceased in 2010 by his loving companion of...
Barbara Brunton Kime
Mar 28, 2020
Barbara Brunton Kime, 93, of Loudon, TN, formerly of Southbury and Fairfield, CT, passed away peacefully Saturday March 28, 2020 under hospice care. She was the wife of the late Richard C. Kime. Barbara was born June 19, 1926, in the Philadelphia area of Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of the late William Ellsworth Brunton and Alberta Hughes. She grew...
Lucille J. Marottoli
Mar 22, 2020
Miss Lucille J. Marottoli, born July 29, 1921, daughter of Emilius and Lena Marottoli, and sister of Ann (pre-deceased), passed away peacefully in her sleep at her home on March 22, 2020. She was born in Fairfield, Connecticut, and was a longtime resident of Easton, Connecticut. She was a graduate of Grasmere Elementary, Roger Ludlowe High, and received her B.S....
Henry M. Bishop
Mar 21, 2020
Henry M. Bishop, age 76, of Fairfield passed away peacefully Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the Gaylord Specialty Hospital in Wallingford, CT. Born in Bridgeport, CT, the son of the late Edward H. and Dorothy S. Bishop, he had been a lifelong area resident. After graduating from the Deerfield Academy, Henry earned his Bachelors Degree from Dickinson College and a...
Alex J. Orban
Mar 21, 2020
Alex J. Orban, age 77 of Southport, CT, beloved husband of the late Kathleen Orban, passed away peacefully Saturday, March 21, 2020 at the Ludlowe Health Center. Born in Cleveland, OH, the son of the late Alex and Elizabeth Orban, he was raised in Cleveland and also lived in Pittsburg, PA, Longmeadow MA, and Branford, CT for his work prior...
Greta May Sutphen
Mar 20, 2020
Greta May Peterson Sutphen passed away on March 20, 2020 at Sturges Ridge of Fairfield. A daughter of the late Aimee L. and Otto H. Peterson of Westport, Greta graduated from Staples High School and went on to a modeling career, working with many Westport artists. She married the late Harold A. Sutphen, Jr. in 1950. After moving around the...
Drew F.R. Funk
Mar 17, 2020
Drew F. R. Funk, beloved son, brother, friend and talented musician, passed away Tuesday, March 17, 2020 after losing his battle to opioid addiction. Drew was Born October 26, 1994 at 12:19 AM in Summerville, SC. but grew up in East Hampton, CT on the banks of Lake Pocotopaug which is where his love of nature began. Drew; an amazingly...
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