Obituaries

Eileen  Flanagan Brown

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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,...

Nancy Kay Rowe Allen

Nancy Kay Rowe Allen

Jun 28, 2017

Nancy Kay Rowe Allen, a longtime resident of Fairfield, passed away on Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at the age of 89 at the Carolton Chronic Hospital in Fairfield. Born Nov. 19, 1927 in Glen Ridge, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Roger M. and Adele Marsh Rowe of Darien. She graduated from Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Mass.,...

Margaret  Good Loughrain

Margaret Good Loughrain

Jun 18, 2017

Margaret Good Loughrain, age 90, of Trumbull, beloved wife of the late Frederick Loughrain, passed away peacefully, Sunday, June 18, 2017 at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Harrisburg, PA, she moved to Bridgeport in 1935, had been a Trumbull resident since 1955, before spending the last few years in Manchester, CT. She was a graduate of Central High School and...

Sara  Parsons Kenney

Sara Parsons Kenney

Jun 16, 2017

Sara P. Kenney age 89, of Fairfield, devoted wife to the late James E. Kenney, passed away peacefully in her sleep Friday, June 16, 2017. She was a loving mother to her daughter Dianne and sons James and Kevin. She will be greatly missed by her 8 grandchildren, Jake and Nicole, Tom, Jason and Erik, Jennifer, Andrea, and James and...

Patrick  J. (Packy)  Thomas

Patrick J. (Packy) Thomas

Jun 13, 2017

Patrick (Packy) Thomas, age 79, of Fairfield, beloved husband of Adele Argenio Thomas, passed away Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at Bridgeport Hospital surrounded by his loving family. Born in New Rochelle, NY the son of the late Patrick and Mary Thomas, he had been a lifelong Fairfield resident. In addition to his loving wife he leaves his two beloved daughters,...

Peter  Andrew Stranko

Peter Andrew Stranko

Jun 9, 2017

Peter A. Stranko, age 89 of Fairfield passed away Friday, June 9, 2017 joining his beloved wife of 66 years, Doris, who passed away May 18th. Born in Bridgeport, the son of the late Peter and Helen Stranko, he had been a lifelong Fairfield resident. A graduate of Roger Ludlowe High School, Peter served proudly in the United States Marine...

Paul  Emery Borona

Paul Emery Borona

Jun 1, 2017

Paul Emery Borona, age 63, passed away peacefully, surrounded my his devoted family on June 1, 2017 after a courageous three year battle with cancer. Born in Bridgeport, Paul was the son of the late Louis and Mary Jane (Johnson) Borona of Fairfield. He was a graduate of Andrew Warde High School class of 1972. After a career as a...

Nancy  Ford Weikert

Nancy Ford Weikert

May 31, 2017

Nancy Ford Weikert, age 85, a longtime resident Fairfield county, specifically Bridgeport, passed away Wednesday May 31st, 2017, in Bridgeport hospital. Nancy is survived by her Husband of 60 years, John Weikert of Bridgeport, and their daughter Kathy Weikert Figgis of Stratford. She also leaves one very loved grandson, Tyler Figgis. Nancy was born on April 21st, 1932 in Bronxville,...