Obituaries
Thomas P. Scippa
Nov 1, 2020
Thomas P. Scippa of Fairfield, CT passed away on November 1, 2020 peacefully of natural causes. Tom was born in Bridgeport on October 9th, 1943 to the late Carmine (Tom) and Rose Pavia Scippa. He was a graduate of Yale University and taught art at the New School in New York and for the past 20 years at Housatonic Community...
John Paul Barnoski
Oct 30, 2020
John Paul Barnoski "Barney" passed at age 92 on October 30, 2020, at The Carolton in Fairfield, Connecticut. John was born on May 21, 1928 in Scranton, PA to the late John and Blanche Misiewicz Barnoski where he resided until age 12 at which time the family moved to Bridgeport, CT. He received an education in Bridgeport and worked after...
Beryl Ann Perrigo
Oct 29, 2020
Beryl Ann (Brooks) Perrigo, age 90, of Southport, beloved wife of 64 years of Phillip E. Perrigo, passed away peacefully in her home surrounded by her loving family Thursday, October 29, 2020. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, the daughter of the late Wallis and Helen Brooks, she came to the United States in 1955. She and Phillip married in...
Edward Andrew Cord
Oct 21, 2020
Edward Andrew Cord was born in Mobile, AL, 3 June 1972 to Richard and Dolores Cord. Ed died on 21 October 2020. Ed was a long-time resident of White Plains, NY, graduating from White Plains High School. Ed received his bachelor's in communications from New York State University College at Oneonta, and his master's in global business and international transportation...
Eilene Keller Bertsch
Oct 19, 2020
Eilene Keller Bertsch, educator, advocate, and beloved nana, passed away at age 82 on October 19, 2020 at her home in Fairfield CT. She was born in the Bronx, NY in 1937 to Violet and Joseph Keller, a banknote engraver, and is predeceased by her sister Susan Hecht. Eilene, the first in her family to attend college, was a proud...
James Francis Giordano
Oct 17, 2020
James entered the Gates of Heaven on October 17, 2020. He was born in Bridgeport, CT on November 20, 1921 to the late Lillian (Rotolo) and James Giordano, both from Lercara, Friddi, Sicily. James began his Accounting Career more than 50 years ago at the University of Bridgeport, while working in Accounting at the Bullard Company in Bridgeport. In 1942...
Susan Esther Thompson
Oct 13, 2020
Susan Esther Thompson, age 77, beloved wife of 32 years of the late Peter Thompson, passed away peacefully Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at St. Joseph's Center in Trumbull. Born in Bridgeport, the daughter of the late Carl Vernon Nelson and Barbara (Marky) Belco, she grew up in Fairfield and graduated from Andrew Warde High School. Susan worked for many years...
Patricia Brogan Donnelly
Oct 12, 2020
Patricia Brogan Donnelly, age 85, passed on to the next life warm and safe in her own bed and surrounded by family on October 12, 2020. Born in Port Chester, NY on August 12, 1935, daughter of Chief of Police Anthony Leo Brogan and Grace Mellon Brogan, Patricia spent much of her adult life in Fairfield, CT. Patricia worked as...
William A. Muska
Oct 12, 2020
William A. Muska, age 80, of Westport, passed on Monday, October 12, 2020 while spending time in one of his favorite places in Vermont. Born in Bridgeport to Alexander and Lillian (Mellick) Muska, he grew up in Fairfield and attended school in Southport. Bill enlisted in the Navy in 1962, where he would serve on the U.S.S. Randolph (CVS-15), stationed...
Edward J. Fitz, Jr.
Oct 8, 2020
Edward J. Fitz, Jr., age 86, formerly of Fairfield, more recently of Trumbull, passed away on Thursday, October 8, 2020. Born in Easton, Edward grew up in Fairfield. He graduated from Roger Ludlowe High School with the class of 1952. After graduating, he enlisted in the Navy, serving on the U.S.S. Shenandoah (AD-26) out of Portsmouth, VA. He met the...
Josephine Gioiella
Oct 8, 2020
Josephine Gioiella, a long-time resident of Southport, CT passed away peacefully on October 8, 2020. Born 92 years ago in New York, she was the daughter of Frank and Antoinette Pontillo. Early on Josephine worked in retail sales then became a homemaker when she married Henry Gioiella, Sr. a WWII veteran (deceased 1995). She was an excellent cook who enjoyed...
Roy H. Ervin
Oct 6, 2020
Roy Henry Ervin, 89, beloved husband of Joan (Hrivnock) Ervin, his wife of over 60 years, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 6, 2020. A lifelong Fairfield resident, he attended St. Thomas School and Fairfield Preparatory School. He graduated from Fairfield University and Boston University Law School. Roy was a self-employed attorney in Fairfield for over 60 years,...
Winifred Joan Rodriguez
Sep 28, 2020
Winifred "Joan" Rodriguez, age 93, of Fairfield, formerly of Greenwich, passed away on Monday, September 28, 2020. Born in New York City, Joan spent most of her early life in Scarsdale, NY before attending Garland Junior College in Boston. Shortly after graduating, she married the love of her life, Harold J. Rodriguez, and settled in Greenwich where they would spend...
Elliot L. Pierson
Sep 28, 2020
The patriarch of the Pierson family, a loving husband, father, grandfather, and great grandfather, died on September 28th. Elliot was born on July 10, 1929 in New Haven, Connecticut to Carl and Ethel Pierson. Raised a devout Catholic in the South End of Bridgeport, he was extremely proud of his roots. Growing up during the depression, his early days taught...
Marge L. Oliphant
Sep 25, 2020
Marge L. Oliphant, age 80, of Westport, passed away peacefully Friday, September 25, 2020 at Regional Hospice in Danbury. Born in New York City, Marge had been a Westport resident for over 50 years. A 1957 graduate of White Plains High School, she later received her Bachelor's Degree from Curry College. Marge was well known in the retail sales scene...
Walter A. Digiovanni
Sep 19, 2020
Walter DiGiovanni, age 93, of Fairfield, passed away on Saturday, September 19, 2020 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport. Walter was born on January 8, 1927 in Boston, MA. Son of the late Arthur DiGiovanni and Rose Rubico DiGiovanni, he grew up in the Boston area and graduated from Cambridge High and Latin. He served in the US Navy...
Jeffrey A. Corbett
Sep 17, 2020
Jeffrey A. Corbett, age 61, of Fairfield, beloved husband, father, son & brother, passed away peacefully at home Thursday, September 17th, 2020 following a courageous 2.5 year battle with ALS. He was surrounded by his loving family: his wife of 30 years, Caren Corbett, two children James Corbett and his wife Jackie, and Leah Corbett; his mother Barbara Thomason and...
Maria Augusta Alves
Sep 17, 2020
Maria Augusta Alves, beloved wife of Acacio Alves for 46 years, passed away peacefully at the age of 66 surrounded by her loving family Thursday, September 17, 2020 at Bridgeport Hospital. Born in Padroso Montalegre, Portugal, she had been a Bridgeport resident for the last 48 years. Mrs. Alves worked as a Purse Seamstress for many years at Dooney &...
Bruce Norman Jaffe
Sep 13, 2020
Jaffe, Bruce Norman: died on 13 September, at the age of 76. Well-known and loved as an inspiring educator, coach and lay clergyman, he made the most of a life quietly compromised by a chronic illness that was unknown to most. Bruce was the son of a loosely observant Jewish father and a staunch Methodist mother in Easton. He was...
Eileen Clancy Milazzo
Sep 11, 2020
Eileen Clancy Milazzo, 85, a resident of Fairfield, CT for 55 years went to meet her Lord on Friday, September 11, 2020 with her family at her bedside at home. She was born in Brooklyn, NY on February 2, 1935 to Fire Deputy Chief Inspector Patrick H. Clancy, a much decorated hero fireman and Gertrude Krag Clancy, a homemaking mother...
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