Clara Mae Aldrich Lawhorn, 89
posted: Dec 2, 2024 10:22 am | Comments (0)
Clara Mae Aldrich Lawhorn (“Chamae”) (“Charmie”), age 89, passed away peacefully Monday, Nov. 25, 2024.
Obituaries
Ernest James Green, Sr., 98
posted: Dec 2, 2024 10:15 am | Comments (0)
Ernest James Green was born on March 13, 1926, in Darlington, South Carolina. He was one of four children and received his education in Darlington.
Hazel Mae Harrington, 95
posted: Nov 14, 2024 12:00 pm | Comments (0)
Hazel Mae Harrington, the daughter of late Willie Clifton Harrington, and the late Mary Louise Harrington. She was born in Rocky Hill. Hazel worked at the Hamden Children’s Center, where she utilized her doctor assistant degree. She was a volunteer at Katherine Brennan elementary school as a volunteer. Because of her giftedness at working with children, she was asked by Dr. James Comer to assist him in his work. Dr. James P. Comer is a leading child psychiatrist who has served as the Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Yale Child Study Center since 1976.
Robert DuVernet Parker, 74
posted: Nov 14, 2024 9:00 am | Comments (2)
Robert DuVernet Parker, whose quiet passion and warm commitment to the arts and education enriched the lives of thousands of students and artists, died peacefully at home, on November 8, 2024 at the age of 74, surrounded by his family.
Well-known in New Haven as a teacher and then Director at ACES Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven’s Audubon Arts District, Bob was a deeply loved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, cousin, and friend, as well as a trusted leader and friend to so many communities and institutions.
Margaret Ann (Jerry) Lewis, 89
posted: Nov 12, 2024 3:06 pm | Comments (0)
Margaret Ann (Jerry) Lewis, 89, of New Haven, Conn., went to be with her heavenly Father on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024 with her loving son, Terry Lewis, by her side. She is the daughter of Moses and Adell (Wiles) Jerry, born on Sept. 7, 1935 in Darlington, South Carolina.
Sandra Willis, 76
posted: Nov 6, 2024 1:19 pm | Comments (0)
Evangelist Sandra L. Willis was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 26, 1948 to the late Clarence and Willie Mae Brown-Willis. She was the youngest of three children. She was the mother of Vaughn M. Willis, her only son, her EVERYTHING!
Shirley A. Cox-Cheek, 82
posted: Nov 1, 2024 12:48 pm | Comments (0)
Shirley A. Cox-Cheek, 82, went to her eternal resting place on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. She was the daughter of the late John Frank Edwards and Vivian O. Cox, born March 1, 1942, in Greenville, South Carolina. She attended public school in New York City. Shirley worked as an outstanding Nurse Assistant at Whitney Manor for many years. She was later employed by Yale-New Haven Hospital as an exceptional Environmental Associate where she retired in 2009.
Dolores Barross, 90
posted: Nov 1, 2024 12:36 pm | Comments (1)
On Sunday, Oct. 27, in the year of our lord 2024, The Arc Angel Gabriel sounded his horn and the matriarch of her family, at the age of 90, answered the call and peacefully went home.
Lucille "Minnie" Anderson, 75
posted: Oct 29, 2024 12:56 pm | Comments (0)
Minnie Lucille Anderson was born on Jan. 5, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut. Minnie had been a long-time resident of New Haven.
Dorothy Mooring, 92
posted: Oct 22, 2024 11:00 am | Comments (0)
On Sunday October 6, 2024 at approximately 2:45 pm, God called Dorothy P. Mooring home. Dorothy was the first born to William Petaway and Maggie Petaway. Her formal education was in the New Haven Public Schools (if they had cooking classes in high school, I am sure she was in one of them!). She was a long-time member of Immanuel Missionary Baptist Church on Chapel Street in New Haven, Conn. Dorothy enjoyed good gospel music and cowboy movies. She also enjoyed and did a great amount of walking; she would walk from her home to downtown New Haven. Also at times, she would walk on Dixwell Ave to the Hamden Plaza just like it was nothing!
Mary Virginia Rountree, 83
posted: Oct 14, 2024 8:30 am | Comments (0)
Mary Virginia Rountree, 83, of New Haven, Connecticut, transitioned peacefully on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. She was born on March 1, 1941, in Gates County, North Carolina to the late John Henry Riddick and Maggie Beatrice Sawyer. She graduated from Central High School in Gates County, North Carolina in 1959. She moved to Connecticut in 1967 and reunited with Johnnie Rountree, the love of her life.
Ellsworth Simmonds, 95
posted: Oct 11, 2024 11:05 am | Comments (1)
Ellsworth (Elzy) Simmonds, 95, of Hamden, CT, entered into eternal rest on Oct. 4, 2024 after a long and full life. He was born on January 28, 1929 in Bronx, NY to the late Dorcas (Forbes) Simmonds and John Joseph Simmonds who relocated their family from the Caribbean island of Nevis, settling in the Bronx. Elzy was the sixth of Dorcas and John’s nine children. As a young boy, he was known for his mischievous grin and insatiable curiosity, always getting into playful trouble with his siblings and cousins. From sneaking off to explore new places to inventing elaborate games, his spirited nature and love for adventure were the foundation of a lifetime filled with lively stories and cherished memories.
Nicholas James Montano, 83
posted: Oct 7, 2024 10:50 am | Comments (0)
Nicholas James Montano, a pioneering educator, handwriting analyst and authority on written language, died on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, at Milford Health and Rehabilitation Center in Milford, CT. He was 83.
Jeannette Alice Mero Thomas, 91
posted: Sep 25, 2024 9:30 am | Comments (0)
Jeannette Alice Mero Thomas, 91 of New Haven, entered into eternal rest at her residence on Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. She was born on October 26, 1932. She was the eldest of four children born to Albert Wesley & Alice (Wilson) Mero. She was educated in the New Haven School system and graduated from James Hillhouse High School in 1951. She lived in the City of New Haven and her roots date back to the 1700s — in both the Greater New Haven and Fairfield County areas.
James Earl Corey, 77
posted: Sep 25, 2024 9:26 am | Comments (0)
James Earl Corey, aged 77, passed away in New Haven, CT on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. He was born in Pitt County, NC to the late Jessie Lee Corey and Lucy Lee Robinson Corey on September 17, 1947.