posted: Sep 23, 2024 11:30 am | Comments (0)
Brenda Dianne Jones Barnes, a beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and dedicated community leader, passed away peacefully on Sept. 16, 2024. Born on April 6, 1949, in New Haven, Connecticut, Brenda was the eldest daughter of Ernest Jones, Sr. and Mamie D. Jones.
posted: Sep 20, 2024 12:43 pm | Comments (0)
Milagros Vega was born on December 7, 1949, in Yauco Puerto Rico. She was the fourth child, out of 12, of Graciliano Vega and Julia Montalvo. She grew up in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico. There she helped to take care of her younger sisters and tend to the family farm.
posted: Sep 16, 2024 3:25 pm | Comments (2)
April 7, 1975 — July 8, 2024
Artist, filmmaker, designer, and beloved friend and daughter Kelly Bigelow Becerra, age 49, passed away in the company of loved ones at her home in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Kelly was raised in Jonesville, Michigan where she formed her lifelong ability to sift through life and find beauty, courage, and meaning in situations both light and heavy.
posted: Sep 16, 2024 11:00 am | Comments (0)
Norris Israel, 75, of New Haven, passed away on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. He was born on the Caribbean Island of St. Vincent on February 6, 1949 to the late Edward Israel and Lillie Pike. He lived with his aunt, Adina Corke, for many years before he moved to Trinidad with his mother. He lived there until he immigrated to the United States in 1970.
posted: Sep 12, 2024 2:30 pm | Comments (2)
Rosalyn Jane (Williams) Agbodoe was called home to her heavenly father on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024.
Roz led an active and vibrant life despite battling illness for the past several years. She was the daughter of Jane Bannister Harris and Julius Harris. She was born in New Haven, CT on Jan. 18, 1946. Rosalyn was predeceased by her parents, her older brother Charles Williams and her younger brother Julian “Mitch” Harris. She was also predeceased by the love of her life, her beloved son, Jason Jamal Mann and beloved nephew, Philip Jaamal Evans.
posted: Sep 10, 2024 9:06 am | Comments (0)
James (Bopeep) Faison (89), of New Haven, passed away peacefully on Sept. 8, 2024 in North Haven, CT.
posted: Sep 3, 2024 11:03 am | Comments (4)
This obit was originally published on the Washington Memorial Funeral Home website on Tuesday.
Celestino Cordova deceased on Wednesday, August 28, 2024 as a Korean War Veteran of the United States Army. Celestino Cordova, the honorable highly regarded role model for all of the State of Connecticut, the City of New Haven and surrounding cities. Celestino is very well known for his leadership in pioneering the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Coalition for the State of Connecticut. Celestino was a humble yet assertive individual who was part of cultural people, Puerto Ricans who needed services with the language, education, employment, and housing, as well as leadership in constructing, organizing, coordinating, and facilitating various facts of community life.
posted: Aug 30, 2024 4:00 pm | Comments (0)
Answer Lena Simmons-Stovall was born August 13, 1941, to the late Roosevelt Buchanan and Lucy Harris in Columbus, Mississippi. She peacefully entered eternal rest Wednesday, August 21, 2024. She was raised by her loving mother and the late Mr. Hugh Bob Harris.
posted: Aug 29, 2024 10:05 am | Comments (0)
Catherine Grubbs, 95, passed away Sunday, August 25, 2024. She was the daughter of the late Emma and Luke Perry of Dublin, GA. At an early age she was baptized and became a member of the Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Dublin, GA. She graduated from Washington Street High School and then moved to Hartford, CT, where she joined Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Hartford. Catherine later became a founding member of Pilgrim Way Baptist Church in Windsor and served faithfully in various capacities.
posted: Aug 27, 2024 11:10 am | Comments (4)
John Clark-Ginnetti, 46 of Hamden, formerly of New Haven, passed away on August 23, 2024. He was born October 4, 1977 in New London to Terri Clark. John is survived by his son, Jack Hudson Ginnetti, Antonia Ginnetti, fiancée Jennifer Kelly, Danielle Ginnetti, Ella Heron and many loving friends and colleagues.
posted: Aug 22, 2024 3:26 pm | Comments (4)
Genoveva “Genny” Trujillo Palmieri, beloved wife, mother, friend and lifelong community servant, passed away at age 83 on August 19, 2024 at Yale-New Haven Hospital.
posted: Aug 15, 2024 9:20 am | Comments (0)
Faith Chase, 95, passed away peacefully on Thursday, August 8, 2024, after a brief stay at Connecticut Hospice. She was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on May 24, 1929, the fourth daughter of the late Everett and Hazel Hampton, in a close-knit family of seven siblings.
posted: Aug 12, 2024 1:46 pm | Comments (0)
Willie Mae Young Madden departed this life on Monday, July 29, 2024. She was born in Shreveport, LA to the late Maude Williams Young and Felix Young on January 31, 1927. She married the love of her life, Wilson Monroe Madden, Sr., and together they had six children.
posted: Aug 9, 2024 2:42 pm | Comments (0)
Sylvester Hopkins was born to the late Lyman and Roberta Hopkins on April 7, 1937 in Bethel, North Carolina. Shortly after he was born, the Hopkins family migrated to New Haven, CT. Sylvester received his formal education in the New Haven Public School System.
posted: Aug 9, 2024 1:30 pm | Comments (0)
Kelvin Jamison, 62, of New Haven, passed away on Friday, August 2, 2024. He was born in Bridgeport, CT to the late Lawrence and Margaret Jamison on July 17, 1962.