Obituaries

Sophia (Schwartz) Ucinski

Sophia (Schwartz) Ucinski

Nov 21, 2011

Sophia (Schwartz) Ucinski, 89, of Southington passed away peacefully on November 21, 2011 at Southington Care Center. She had been the wife of the late Theodore W. Ucinski.

Sophia was born in Southington on December 16, 1921 to the late George and Caroline (Pacia) Schwartz.

Born and raised in Southington, she moved to New York where she lived for the next 30...

Jean (Pernal) Hopko

Jean (Pernal) Hopko

Nov 18, 2011

Jean (Pernal) Hopko, 100, of Howard Avenue, Southington passed away peacefully with her family by her side, on Friday November 18, 2011.

Born in Southington on October 15, 1911, she had been a lifelong Southington resident. Early on after her marriage to her late husband, Stephen Hopko, she ran a small grocery store on W. Center St., for many years. Jean...

Ida Tomcak

Ida Tomcak

Nov 7, 2011

Ida (Salmoiraghi) Tomcak, 91, of Southington, passed away peacefully on Monday November 7, 2011 at the Summit of Plantsville. She had been the loving wife of the late Frank J. Tomcak.

Born in New Britain on February 19, 1920 to the late Agostino and Livia (Marieni) Salmoiraghi, she had been a lifelong Southington resident.

She was a longtime parishioner of...

Judith A. Woods

Judith A. Woods

Nov 5, 2011

Judith Ann (Witherell) Woods, 70, of the Milldale section of Southington, passed away peacefully on Saturday November 5, 2011 at HCC at New Britain General.

Born in Fall River, MA on June 11, 1941 to the late Edward and Elizabeth (King) Witherell, she had been a Southington resident for 57 years.

After working in Quality Control at EIS for many...

Gertrude Sunderland

Gertrude Sunderland

Nov 2, 2011

Mrs. Gertrude Trudie (Myers) Fowler Sunderland, widow of Clyde C. Fowler and George R. Sunderland, died at her home in Marion, CT on Wednesday November 2, 2011. She was 95 years old. Mrs. Sunderland was born October 11, 1916 in Canton, Ohio, the daughter of the late Irvin B. and Clara (Fargo) Myers. She came to Waterbury in 1918 where...

Beatrice L. Sonstrom

Beatrice L. Sonstrom

Oct 22, 2011

Beatrice L. Sonstrom, of Southington, wife of the late Arthur W. Sonstrom, passed away on October 22, 2011.

She was born in Bridgeport, CT, on April 20, 1919, the daughter of the late Albert Rentz and Augusta (Schipul) Rentz. She graduated from high school in Bridgeport, and was a lifelong resident of Connecticut.

A homemaker, she enjoyed gardening, quilting, sewing, stenciling,...

Estella DeBisschop Taylor

Estella DeBisschop Taylor

Oct 15, 2011

Estella DeBisschop Taylor, 97, formerly of Southington, passed away on October 15, 2011 at Masonicare in Wallingford, CT. She was the beloved wife of the late Howard Taylor and the mother of one daughter and one son, Nancy Pasco and her husband David of Southington and Thomas Taylor and his wife Michele of Guilford. She also leaves behind four grandchildren,...

Edward J. Samsel

Edward J. Samsel

Oct 13, 2011

Edward Joseph Samsel, 84, of Southington, passed away peacefully on Thursday October 13, 2011 at the HCC at Bradley Memorial Campus. He had been the loving husband of the late Anna Mae (Lord) Samsel for over 40 years.

Born in Southington on July 11, 1927 to the late Joseph and Rose (Grondzik) Samsel, he had been a lifelong Southington resident....

Richard E. Fox

Richard E. Fox

Sep 22, 2011

Richard E. Fox, 88, of Southington passed away peacefully on Thursday September 22, 2011 at the Southington Care Center. He was the loving husband of the late Josephine (Voloski) Fox for 57 years.

Born August 28, 1923 in Bristol to the late Ralph and Jessie(Simpson) Fox, he had been a longtime Southington resident.

Richard worked at New Departure as a foreman for...

Nathalie C. Norrie

Nathalie C. Norrie

Sep 15, 2011

Nathalie Christine Norrie, 86, of Southington passed away on September 15, 2011 surrounded by her loving family. Born April 11, 1925 the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary Czarnecki, she had been a longtime Southington resident.

Nathalie lived in Meriden for many years before moving to Southington where she raised her family. She was a graduate of St. Stanislaus...

John P. Aszklar

John P. Aszklar

Sep 11, 2011

John Paul Aszklar, 94, of Plantsville, CT, died Sunday, Sept. 11, 2011 after a long life well lived.

He was born on July 27, 1917 in Southington to the late Mary (Gomolka) Aszklar and John Michael Aszklar.

John was a man who was always on the go.

As a young man he attended local schools, graduating from Lewis High School in 1934. He...