Local obituaries for Seymour, New Haven County in Connecticut.
Donald Lesnick
May 27, 2011
Donald Anthony Lesnick, past Chief of the Seymour Fire Department, age 76, of Seymour and Pompano Beach, FL, the beloved husband of 53 years of Katherine A. Wheeler Lesnick, entered into eternal rest at his home on Friday, May 27, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Derby on November 5, 1934, beloved son of the...
John Dolyak
May 27, 2011
John (Jack) C. Dolyak, age 73, of Seymour, formerly of Huntington, the beloved husband of 50 years of Maragrayce (Maggie) Smith Dolyak, entered into eternal rest at his home on Friday, May 27, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Stratford on August 10, 1937, beloved son of the late John E. and Helen Grich Dolyak...
John Matis
May 14, 2011
John Edward Matis, age 81, of Oxford, the beloved husband of 57 years of Barbara Ference Matis, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, May 14, 2011 at his home, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Southport on December 19, 1929, son of the late George and Mary Weber Matis. John proudly served his country as a...
Harriet Ducharme
May 11, 2011
Harriet Fischer Uhelsky Ducharme, age 84, of Derby, formerly of Seymour and Ansonia, the beloved wife of the late Joseph Ducharme and the late Andrew Uhelsky, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at Shady Knoll Healthcare of Seymour surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Beacon Falls on April 24, 1927, daughter of the...
John Deangelis,
May 11, 2011
John Anthony DeAngelis, Sr., age 79, of Southbury, formerly of Seymour, entered into eternal rest on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at St. Mary Hospital, Waterbury, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Westchester, PA on August 30, 1931, son of the late Lorenzo and Tecla Laurenzi DeAngelis. John was the retired President of Connecticut Test Borings, Inc....
Lydia Hafersat
May 9, 2011
Lydia Hafersat, age 94, of Seymour, entered into rest peacefully on Monday, May 9, 2011 at Gardner Heights Health Care of Shelton. She was born in Seymour on July 12, 1916, daughter of the late August and Natalie Semmler Hafersat. Lydia was an active member of the Immanuel Lutheran Church of Oxford. She was a life long Seymour resident...
Anne Maher
May 7, 2011
Anne Christine Smith Maher, age 78, of Seymour, formerly of Orange, wife of the late David A. Maher, Sr., entered into eternal rest on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She was born in New Haven on December 24, 1932, daughter of the late Thomas and Mary Morgan Smith. Anne was a former parishioner of Holy...
Frank Lang,
May 3, 2011
Frank Julian Lang, Jr., age 71, of Seymour, entered peacefully into eternal rest on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 at the Shady Knoll Healthcare Center of Seymour. He was born in Derby on June 26, 1939, beloved son of the late Frank J, Sr. and Margaret Cook Lang. Frank was a communicant of the Church of the Good Shepherd of...
Robert Miles,
Apr 29, 2011
Robert Newsom Miles, Sr., age 89, of Oxford, the beloved husband of the late Bertha Bryniak Miles, entered into rest on Friday, April 29, 2011, at his home surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Derby on November 8, 1921, beloved son of the late J. Edward and Susannah Williams Miles. Bob was a member of the...
Evelyn Griswold
Apr 12, 2011
Evelyn (Neumann) Griswold, 87, widow of Robert W. Griswold Sr., passed away on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at Griffin Hospital surrounded by her loving family. Evelyn was born in Seymour on November 12, 1923, daughter of the late Mattus and Henrietta (Ulrich) Neumann. She was a lifelong resident of Seymour. Mrs. Griswold was a 1941 graduate of Seymour High...
John Dirzius
Apr 9, 2011
John F. Dirzius, age 88, of Milford, Connecticut, died Saturday April 9, 2011 at The Suffield House nursing home in Suffield, Connecticut. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut on August 10, 1922, the son of late Anthony Dirzius and Catherine (Brazauskas) Dirzius. He grew up in Seymour, Connecticut with his Aunt and Uncle - Rose and Leonard Bugaila....
Elaine Norton
Apr 7, 2011
Elaine Joyce Godshall Norton, age 91, of Oxford, the beloved wife of Joseph William Norton, entered into rest on Thursday April 7, 2011 at Griffin Hospital, Derby. She was born in Derby on May 20, 1919, daughter of the late Raymond and Josephine Douillette Godshall. Elaine was a communicant of Christ Church Quaker Farms of Oxford, and enjoyed cooking,...
Edward Johns
Mar 27, 2011
Edward H. Johns, 80, of Seymour, died Sunday, March 27, 2011 at home, surrounded by his family. Ed, known as Doc, was born December 10, 1930 at Griffin Hospital to the late David and Elsie Bradshaw Johns. Doc was a 1949 graduate of Seymour High School where he was captain of the baseball and basketball teams. He enlisted in...
William Crowther
Mar 27, 2011
William Raymond Crowther, age 84, the beloved husband for 56 years of Margaret Elizabeth Crowther, entered into rest on Sunday, March 27, 2011 at the Griffin Hospital, Derby. He was born in Derby on July 30, 1926, son of the late William and Margaret Luetters Crowther. Bill graduated in 1962 with a Business Administration degree from Quinnipiac College and...
Barbara Crotta
Mar 26, 2011
Barbara Elizabeth Crotta, age 80, of Bethany, entered into rest surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, March 26, 2011 at the Hospital of St. Raphael of New Haven. She was born in West Haven on April 21, 1930, the beloved daughter of the late James E. and Thelma DuCharme Woodson. Barbara had been a Bethany resident since 1950,...
John Shamer
Mar 14, 2011
John Edward Shamer, Sr., age 79, of Oxford, formerly of Ansonia and Shelton, the beloved husband of the late Patricia Knight Shamer, entered into rest on Monday, March 14, 2011 at Bridgeport Hospital, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Westminster, MD on October 23, 1931, son of the late William R. and Elizabeth Study Shamer. John...
Eileen Lambert
Mar 11, 2011
Eileen Mary Lambert, age 91, of Woodbridge, beloved wife of the late James Clifford Lambert, passed away on Friday, March 11, 2011 at Yale New Haven Hospital. She was born in New York City on December 3, 1919, daughter of the late John and Mary Heffernan Shevlin. Eileen was a communicant of Our Lady of the Assumption Church of...
Mary Sullivan
Mar 10, 2011
Mary Louise Sullivan, age 86, of Seymour, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 10, 2011 at Griffin Hospital, Derby, after a short illness. She was born in Chester, PA on July 10, 1924, beloved daughter of the late Albert T. and Mary Lavin Tong. Mary was a communicant of St. Augustine Church of Seymour and was Director of...
John Kovach
Mar 5, 2011
John Andrew Kovach, Sr., age 75, of Beacon Falls, the beloved husband of 41 years to Beverly Criegmuss Kovach, entered into eternal rest on Saturday, March 5, 2011 at Waterbury Hospital. He was born in Kingston, PA on May 19, 1935 son of the late Michael and Anna Benny Kovach. John served with the United States Marine Corps as...
Patricia Miller
Feb 13, 2011
Patricia Ewen Miller, age 85, of Orange, formerly of Monroe and Beacon Falls, the loving wife of the late George J. Harrington and the late Warren J. Miller, entered into eternal rest on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at Gardner Heights Health Care of Shelton, surrounded by her loving family. She was born in Ansonia on March 17, 1925, beloved...
