OBITUARIES

Local Obituaries for Norwalk, CT


Anthony Joseph Stramaglia Sr

Anthony Joseph Stramaglia Sr

Sep 14, 2008

Rowayton, Conn. Anthony J. Stramaglia, Sr. of Rowayton, passed away on Sunday, September 14, 2008 in Norwalk Hospital, following a long illness. He was 80 years of age. Born in Stamford on September 30, 1927, he was the son of the late John and Lucille (Marino) Stramaglia and graduated from Stamford High School in 1944. He continued his education...

Mary Knox Champ Nielsen

Mary Knox Champ Nielsen

Sep 10, 2008

WILTON, CONN. Mary Knox Champ Nielsen, a resident of Wilton since 1970, passed away on Wednesday, September 10, 2008. She was 82 and suffered for many years with Low Grade Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. She decided recently to let life take its course. She passed on peacefully, her husband at her side, holding her hand. Mary was born August 24, 1926. Her...

Helsar Cruz

Helsar Cruz

Sep 6, 2008

STAMFORD, CONN. Helsar Cruz, former dancer for the world-renown Puerto Rican singers, Lucecita Benitez and Iris Chacon, and for the internationally acclaimed Latin Fire Revue, died on Saturday, September 6, 2008. Dr. Gary Blick, HIV specialist and Helsar's former partner for sixteen and a half years, said that he died in Greenwich Hospital, Conn. from complications following a leg fracture...

Fred T. Ernstmeyer

Fred T. Ernstmeyer

Sep 5, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Fred T. Ernstmeyer of Norwalk passed away Friday, September 5 2008, in the Notre Dame Convalescent Home at the age of 83. He was the husband of the late Doris Amelia (Amundsen) Ernstmeyer. Fred served in the US Navy on the destroyer U.S.S. Benson during World War II. He was a fisherman having made many trips to Alaska...

Victoria E. Smithies Ake

Victoria E. Smithies Ake

Aug 27, 2008

NORWALK, CONN Victoria E. Smithies Ake of Norwalk, passed away on Wednesday, August 27, 2008 in her home, after a courageous one-year battle with lung cancer and metastasis. She was 60 years old. Born in Yonkers, NY on October 2, 1947, she was the daughter of Thelma R.N. Smithies and the late Allan C. Smithies. She moved to Fairfield County...

Sydney Fan Colvin

Sydney Fan Colvin

Aug 26, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Sydney Fan Colvin, one year old daughter of Scott D. and Shujun Fan Colvin, passed away on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 after a long and courageous battle of an illness. Arrangements, which will be private, are under the direction of Norwalk's Hoyt-Cognetta Funeral Home & Crematory, 5 East Wall Street.

Skip Wilhelm

Skip Wilhelm

Aug 22, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Charles "Skip" Wilhelm passed away at his home in Norwalk, on Friday, August 22, 2008. He was 57 years old. Skip was born in Mexico and grew up in Westport. His parents, John and Peggy, authored several editions of The Wilhelm's Guide to Mexico and Skip traveled extensively throughout the country. He graduated from Ohio University, where he...

Elizabeth J. Hunt

Elizabeth J. Hunt

Aug 17, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Elizabeth J. "Betty" Hunt, 78, was reunited with her beloved husband, William (1992) of forty years when she passed away suddenly on Sunday, August 17, 2008 in her home in Norwalk. Born Elizabeth Jane Martin in Stamford on July 30, 1930 to William and Mary Martin, she graduated from Stamford High School in 1948 and worked as...

Julia L. Dexheimer

Julia L. Dexheimer

Aug 11, 2008

WILTON, CONN. Julia L. Dexheimer of Wilton passed away on Monday, August 11, 2008 in the Wilton Meadows Rehabilitation Center after a lengthy illness. She was 94. Born in Leonia, New Jersey on May 27, 1914, she was the daughter of the late Henry V. and Dorothy (Woodcock) Dexheimer. At a young age, she and her family moved to Norwalk,...

Gai I. Berlage Phd

Gai I. Berlage Phd

Aug 7, 2008

WILTON, CONN. Gai Elizabeth Ingham Berlage, a 50 year resident of Wilton and former resident of Darien, died at her home on August 7, 2008 at the age of 65. The daughter of Paul Bowen Ingham and Grace Ford Artz Ingham, she was born in Washington, D.C. on February 9, 1943. Dr. Berlage was acting Chairman of the Sociology Department...

Margaret Lapolt

Margaret Lapolt

Jul 19, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Margaret LaPolt, age 77 previously of Norwalk Connecticut and Austin Pennsylvania, passed away on Saturday July 19, 2008 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She was the daughter of Thomas W. and Frances (Smith) Bennett of Austin Pennsylvania. The oldest of eight children, she graduated from Austin Joint High School, received a BA in Elementary Education from Mansfield University...

Frances B. Baecker

Frances B. Baecker

Jul 19, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Frances B. Baecker, a longtime resident of Norwalk, passed away on Saturday, July 19, 2008, at home, after a lengthy illness. She was 88. Born in Brooklyn, NY on May 29, 1920, she was the daughter of the late Theodore and Mary Durkin Bartley and moved to Norwalk as a young child. She was educated in Norwalk schools...

Eldon E. Slaughter

Eldon E. Slaughter

Jul 18, 2008

GREENWICH, CONN. Eldon Eugene Slaughter died peacefully on Friday morning, July 18, at the Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut. He was 85 years old. He had been a resident of Greenwich since 1964. He was the beloved husband of Mary Frances Brown Slaughter for 64 years, who preceded him in death last month on June 17, 2008. Their children are...

Stella Tuozzolo

Stella Tuozzolo

Jul 17, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Stella Tuozzolo, a resident of Norwalk for over 60 years, formerly of New Canaan, passed away Thursday, July 17, 2008, after suffering injuries of a tragic accident. She was 93. Born in New Canaan on April 12, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Pasquale and Angelina Spinosa. She was the wife of the late Leonard V....

Gail Porter

Gail Porter

Jul 17, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Gail Porter died Thursday, July 17th at her home in Norwalk, Ct. at the age of 67. She was a resident of New Canaan for over 55 years. Born April 16, 1941 in New York City to Louis Hopkins Porter of Stamford and Regina McKinney of New York City, Gail attended New Canaan Country School, The Ethel Walker...

Madeline Deasy Bayliss

Madeline Deasy Bayliss

Jul 15, 2008

WESTON, CONN. Madeline Deasy Bayliss died on Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the Rosenthal Hospice Center after a recent battle with cancer. She shared 56 of her 79 years with husband, Gene Bayliss. The family they raised includes six children, 15 grandchildren and one great grandson on the way. These families are: Randy and children Elizabeth, Christopher and Gregory;...

Gerard B. Tracy

Gerard B. Tracy

Jul 12, 2008

NEW CANAAN, CONN. Gerard B. Tracy, of New Canaan, Connecticut, formerly of Crestwood, New York, died on July 12, 2008 in New Canaan, Connecticut. He was a former Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a leading producer for Prudential Insurance, Founder and President of Gerard B. Tracy Associates and, most importantly, father of eight children and husband...

Richard M. Cassidy

Richard M. Cassidy

Jul 12, 2008

WILTON, CONN. Richard M. "Richie" Cassidy, a Wilton resident of twenty-seven years, passed away suddenly on Saturday, July 12, 2008 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. He was 54. Born in Bridgeport on November 5, 1953, he was the son of the late Robert and Eleanor (Krofssik) Cassidy. He graduated from Notre Dame High School of Fairfield and then went on...

Mary F. Slaughter

Mary F. Slaughter

Jun 17, 2008

GREENWICH, CONN. Mary Frances Slaughter passed away peacefully on Tuesday, June 17th at the Greenwich Hospital. She was 86 years old. She had been a resident of Greenwich since 1964. She was the beloved wife of Eldon Slaughter and mother of James Slaughter of Kent, Conn. and Marcia Woodcock of Smyrna, Tennessee. Born in Kingston, Missouri, May 18, 1922, she...

Benito H Esquilin

Benito H Esquilin

Jun 14, 2008

NORWALK, CONN. Benito H. Esquilin, a resident of Norwalk, passed away on Saturday, June 14, 2008 in Norwalk Hospital after a lengthy illness. He was 71. Born in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico on May 21, 1937, he was the son of the late Juan Benigno Maldonado Esquilin and Gregoria Hernandez. He was educated in local schools and at the...

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