Obituaries
Margaret Howard Fitzpatrick
Jul 31, 2017
Margaret (Howard) Fitzpatrick, age 99, of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late Thomas A. Fitzpatrick, passed away peacefully Monday, July 31, 2017 at Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Bridgeport, one of 6 children to the late John and Anna Howard, she had been a life long Fairfield resident. Mrs. Fitzpatrick graduated from Bassick High School and the Butler Business School. She...
Lawrence Joseph Munley
Jul 31, 2017
Lawrence J. (Larry) Munley, age 89 of Stratford, beloved husband of the late Alice V. Munley, passed away peacefully Monday, July 31, 2017 at Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Dickson City, PA the son of the late Lawrence and Susan Munley, he was a resident of Fairfield prior to moving to Stratford in 1973. Larry was a World War II U.S....
Margaret Mary (Mearah) Marqua
Jul 30, 2017
Margret Mary Marqua, born December 19th, 1957 was the fifth of eight siblings born to Charles and Mary Marqua. She is survived by five of her siblings: Catherine, Charles, Richard, Joseph and Matthew. Her childhood friends knew her as Margie and later she became known to her friends as Mearah. Mearah was a ballet dancer and athlete, medical intuitive, healer,...
Barbara Joan Scalo
Jul 29, 2017
Barbara Joan (Hyde) Scalo, 82, of Easton, CT passed away at home on July 29, 2017. Born in Providence, RI on August 8, 1934, to Arthur and Grace (Wright) Hyde, Barbara was raised and grew up in Lincoln, RI surrounded by her extended family. At an early age she showed artistic talent and went on to win multiple state and...
Amy Fels Pyle
Jul 26, 2017
Amy was born in St. Louis Missouri to Ronald and Ruth Fels on January 31, 1964. She attended Southern Missouri State University where she received a Fine Arts and Graphic Design degree (BFA). She worked in Providence, RI for Gilbert Design Associates for 3 years. Amy moved to New York City and worked with Marcus Ratliff for 10 years. Amy...
Raymond Brian Andrews, M.D.
Jul 25, 2017
Raymond Brian Andrews, age 62, of Southport, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away on July 22, 2017 following a two-year courageous battle with cancer. Ray grew up in Queens, New York, along with his brother and sister. He graduated from Colgate University in 1975 and University of Arizona Medical School in 1981. He then pursued residencies in both Internal...
Christy Elliott Vaporis
Jul 24, 2017
Christy E. Vaporis, age 22, of Fairfield, beloved daughter of Cynthia (Link) Vaporis and Craig Vaporis, passed away Monday, July 24, 2017 in Miami, FL following a courageous battle with addiction. Born in Norwalk, Christy had been a lifelong Fairfield resident. She was a 2012 graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School. Christy was a gifted and creative artist and won...
Eileen Flanagan Brown
Jul 24, 2017
Eileen Flanagan Brown, age 77 of Southport, beloved wife of the late James B. Brown, III, passed away Monday, July 24, 2017. Born and raised in Philadelphia, PA, the daughter of the late Dennis and Mary (Fitzgerald) Flanagan, she had been a Southport resident since 1979. Eileen was a graduate of Sacred Heart School in Philadelphia. She was a devout...
Glenna K. Smith
Jul 21, 2017
Glenna K. Smith, age 66, of Fairfield, beloved wife of 35 years of Bruce B. Smith, passed away peacefully in her home Friday, July 21, 2017. Born in Dallas, TX, the daughter of the late Charles and Jane Krumboltz of San Antonio, Texas, she was a 34-year Fairfield resident. She graduated from Alamo Heights, Texas Christian University with a double...
Patricia Catherine Cheney
Jul 20, 2017
Patricia Catherine Cheney, age 86, of Monroe, formerly of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late C. Brian Cheney, passed away peacefully Thursday, July 20, 2017 at the CT Hospice, Branford. Born in Plaistow, England, the daughter of the late Thomas and Alice Prince she came to the United States in 1960 and had been a Fairfield resident since 1962. Patricia...
Irma Nehring Pelton
Jul 19, 2017
Irma N. Pelton, age 88, of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late Donald W. Pelton, passed away peacefully Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at the Health Center at the Watermark. Born in Queens Village, NY the daughter of the late Charles and Muriel Nehring, she had been a Fairfield resident since 1992. Irma had been an active member of Our Saviour's...
Ronald Elliott Curtis
Jul 18, 2017
Ronald E. Curtis, age 67 of Easton, beloved husband of N. Susan Slagle, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. An Easton resident for the last 30 years, Ron was a retired public defender in Bridgeport. He was a graduate of Andrew Warde High School and Long Island University, and received his law degree...
John Adam Kwochka
Jul 14, 2017
John Adam Kwochka, age 43, of Shelton, passed away suddenly Friday, July 14, 2017 from injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. Born in Bridgeport, John had been a Shelton resident since 1985. He graduated from Emmett O'Brien Technical School and attended The Baran Institute of Technology. John was currently employed by Business Electronics of Wallingford. He was both a...
Jeanne Middlebrook Pekar
Jul 11, 2017
Jeanne Middlebrook Pekar, age 98, of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late John Pekar, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 11, 2017 in her home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Fairfield, one of 9 daughters of the late Elijah and Eliza Middlebrook, she had been a lifelong town resident. Jeanne was a descendant of Josiah Bartlett, 2nd signer of...
Esther Beatrice Dudas
Jul 11, 2017
Esther Beatrice Dudas, age 92, of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late Michael Joseph Dudas, passed away peacefully Tuesday, July 11, 2017 at Bridgeport Hospital. Born in River Rouge, MI, the daughter of the late Julius and Emma Foret, she had been a Fairfield resident for the last 58 years. Mrs. Dudas had been an active parishioner of Our Lady...
Shirley L. Okerblom
Jul 11, 2017
Shirley L. Okerblom, of Fairfield, beloved wife of the late Robert A. Okerblom, passed away suddenly Tuesday, July 11, 2017. Born in Bridgeport, the daughter of the late Stephen and Mary Strajk, she was raised in Stratford and had been a Fairfield resident for over 50 years. Shirley was currently employed as the executive secretary in the instructional office at...
Priscilla Anne Chatfield
Jul 7, 2017
Priscilla Anne Chatfield, beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, died peacefully on July 7, 2017, surrounded by her family at home. She was 93 years old and a long-time resident of Easton. Mrs. Chatfield was born on March 19, 1924 in Brooklyn, the only child of Berton Frank Noyes and Claire Jackson Noyes. Priscilla spent her childhood years in Hastings, Nebraska...
Gregory Scott Fields
Jul 2, 2017
Gregory S. Fields, age 44, of Bridgeport, formerly of Fairfield, passed away peacefully Sunday, July 2, 2017 at St. Vincent's Medical Center. Greg's family deeply mourns his sudden loss but takes comfort in the hope that he has now found the serenity he searched for during his life. Born in New Britain, Greg was raised in Fairfield and was an...
Ann Gilhuly Littlejohn
Jul 1, 2017
Ann Littlejohn of New York, NY passed peacefully on July 1, 2017 after a brief period of declining health. Ann was born in Bridgeport, CT on September 1, 1932, the third of four children and the only daughter of Bernard and Helen Keane Gilhuly. Ann attended St. Thomas Elementary and Roger Ludlowe High School (class of 1950), and was a...
Eugene M. Dieringer
Jun 30, 2017
Eugene M. Dieringer passed away peacefully at home Friday, June 30, 2017, after living with Parkinson's disease for several years. He is survived by his wife, Linda Leake Dieringer; daughters and sons-in-law, Eugenie and James Verrillo of Stratford, Connecticut, and Diana and Thomas Auchter of Nashua, New Hampshire; sister, Edna R. Dieringer of Far Rockaway, New York; brothers and sisters-in-law,...
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