All Obituaries

Albert Paul Gallo, 89, of Kensington, husband of Lorraine Gallo, passed away on Monday, July 8, 2019 at Southington Care. Born in New Britain, he was the son of the late Paul and Minnie (Cammarata) Gallo.  Albert was a former New Britain resident before moving to Kensington 45 years ago.  He was formerly employed as a hairdresser and owned three shops in the area. Albert was a member of the Senior Men’s Club at Timberlin Golf Course, the Italian Fraternal Society, and the...

Dorothy (Blaschik) DeGiorgi, 86, of Kensington, widow of Leonard J. DeGiorgi, passed away peacefully at home on June 23, 2019. Born in Moodus, she was the daughter of the late William and Ann (Platek) Blaschik.  Dorothy moved to Kensington in July of 1968. She was a member of St. Paul’s Church and worked as an administrative assistant at the CPA firm Mugford & Radziewicz in New Britain from 1980-1997.  She enjoyed many family vacations on Martha’s Vineyard including...

Barbara Dixon, 87, of Berlin, widow of Donald K. Dixon, passed away peacefully at Hartford Hospital on June 18, 2019 surrounded by her family.  Barbara was born in New Britain on July 25, 1931, daughter of the late Harold and Agnes (Munson) Whitney. Barbara was a Berlin resident since 1953.  She was a member of St. Paul Church, the Ladies Guild, Red Hat Society, AARP, and volunteered for 55 alive driving class and the Friends of the Berlin Peck Library.  She was very active at...

Irene L. (Gacek) Waleszczyk, age 94, passed away suddenly on Sunday, May 26, 2019.  She was the beloved wife of the late Walter J. Waleszczyk. They were blessed with a wonderful 59 year marriage. Born in New Britain, April 17, 1925, she was the daughter of the late Jacob and Anelia (Wozniak) Gacek.  After graduating Berlin High School in 1943, Irene attended business school.  She was employed by New Britain Machine and Hartford Tire.  After raising her family she was...

Carl A. Ciarcia Sr., 85, of Berlin, widower of Dawn (Lilly) Ciarcia, passed away on Saturday, May 18, 2019 at the Hospital of Central CT in New Britain. Born in Berlin, he was the son of Mary (Tolomea) Ciarcia and was a lifelong Berlin resident. Carl graduated from Berlin High School and served as captain of the baseball, basketball and football teams at Berlin High. He was formerly employed at AMF Cuno in Meriden, before retiring, and was a member of St. Paul's Church. Carl was...

Bernice “Bernie” Janet Perzan of Meriden, CT and formerly of Kensington, CT passed away peacefully on Friday, May 17, 2019 at Masonicare Home Health and Hospice in Wallingford, CT after a short illness. Born in New Britain on July 9, 1933, she was the daughter of the late Braunislaw “Bruno” and Julia Zadrowski, and the loving spouse of the late Chester R. Perzan. Bernice is survived by her by her children Randall Perzan of Meriden, CT, Christine Trzasko and her...

Mattie May (Yopp) West, of Bloomfield, beloved wife of John Henry West, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 5, 2019 at home surrounded by her loving family. Mattie was the daughter of the late David Yopp and Mary Lena (Perry) Yopp.  She was born and raised in Berlin, attended Berlin schools, and graduated from Berlin High School.  Mattie and later lived in New Britain before moving to Bloomfield in 1983.  She attended the Full Gospel New International Church in...

Clyde Arthur Selner, 68, of Kensington, husband of Betsy (Brown) Selner, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, May 3, 2019.  Born in Hartford, he was the son of the late Arthur W. and Evelyn (Seibert) Selner. Clyde met his wife at Berlin High School and graduated Class of 1968.  He was a 1977 graduate of CCSU and, in addition, he also earned a master’s degree and sixth year certificate from SCSU.  Clyde served in the U.S. Navy from 1970 to 1974 as a hospital...

Mary Theresa (Vandrilla) Dougherty, 96, of Berlin, widow of James Dougherty Sr., passed away on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at Jefferson House in Newington. Born in Berlin, Mary was the daughter of the late Carmelo and Carmella (Santacroce) Vandrilla.  She was a lifelong Berlin resident and was formerly employed at Showcase Gifts and Town and Country Furniture before retiring.  Mary was a member of St. Paul’s Church and was a volunteer at Peck Library.  She was a former...

Tyler J. Ziegler, 24, of Plainville CT, passed away unexpectedly on Saturday, April 27, 2019.  Born in Salt Lake City, Utah, he was a resident of San Antonio TX before moving to Plainville 4 years ago.  He was active with Youth Challenge of CT in Hartford.  Tyler had an amazing talent for drawing and painting, which he was passionate about.  He loved playing guitar, drums, keyboards and creating his own music.  He enjoyed the outdoors, whether it was skateboarding,...