All Obituaries

Ernest J. Guillette, age 81, of Torrington, CT passed away peacefully May 25, 2020. He was born in Morgan, VT to the late Telesphore and Lucia Guillette. Mr. Guillette was a retired carpenter who worked in construction for many years. He proudly served in the U.S. Army. He is survived by his beloved wife of 53 years, Sylvia (Nolette) Guillette; many siblings including Telesphore Guillette, Cecile Card and Arthur Guillette and his wife Linda, and many nieces and nephews. Due to the current...

Helen (Nakoneczny) Janisch, age 99, of Newtown, CT died peacefully on Sunday, May 24, 2020. She was the widow of the late John Janisch to whom she was married for 66 years. Helen was born Sept. 27, 1920 in Bridgeport, CT to the late Alexander and Anna (Bosco) Nakoneczny. She lived in Trumbull for 50 years before moving to Newtown in 2000. She was a devoted Jehovah's witness for may years. Helen was a wonderful, loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. Her smile and...

  Anderson, Anne Denisevich, 89, passed away Sunday, May 24, 2020 at Ridge Crest @ MeadowRidge, Redding, CT. Since 2017 she resided in Redding at the home of her son and his wife, Timothy and Nancy Anderson, having previously lived in Greenville, SC for 43 years. Born July 12, 1930 in Bridgeport, CT,  she was the daughter of the...

  Bernard Mayernick, beloved husband of the late Winifred (DerHogopian) Mayernick, passed away on May 17, 2020. He was born in Bridgeport, CT, to the late Stephen and Mary (Antoniak) Mayernick. Bernie was an Army veteran, a retired Trumbull town engineer, and a longtime resident of Shelton, CT. He was loved as a father figure, a role model, and a friend. He will be deeply missed by his siblings Stephen Mayernick, Joyce and Ronald Motykie, Eugene Mayernick, and Robert and Judy...

Paul Robert Christie, age 69, of Trumbull, CT passed away May 13, 2020. He was born in Milford, CT to the late Robert and Pearl Christie. In his youth he was a catcher for the Trumbull Little League and Babe Ruth League Baseball. He was Co-Captain of the Trumbull Swim Team where he swam and dove. He graduated from the CT School of Electronics and worked for Bryant Electric and Magnetek in Bpt. as an electro mechanical technician in the welding dep't. He was an ardent...

  Ann Tyrrell, age 97, formerly of Bridgeport, CT, beloved wife of the late John A. Tyrrell, passed away May 12, 2020, after a long struggle with dementia. She was born on January 12, 1923, in Bridgeport, CT, to the late Dominic and Valleverde (Ligouri) Benigno. She is survived by her devoted son, Jack Tyrrell, and his wife, Patty Linardos-Tyrrell; her brother Mario (“Merch”) Benigno, and his wife, Virginia, of Florida; loving goddaughter,Pat Otocka Corrigan and several...

Yvonne Esther McKinnies of Trumbull, CT, beloved mother passed away quietly on May 11, 2020, at the age of 76.  She was born to Wingfield and Dorothy Smith in Newark, NJ, and lived most of her life in New York.  Her father served honorably in World War II and the Korean War as Master Sergeant in the United States Air Force.  Yvonne was a Certified Nursing Assistant and often worked multiple jobs to support her family.  She was extremely artistic and creative. She excelled...

Jeanette (Corbett)  Rice, "Nina", age 80, of Trumbull, passed away May 10, 2020 at St. Vincent's Medical Center. She was born in Plantation 21, Maine to the late Joseph and Elizabeth Corbett. She was the night nursing supervisor at St. Vincent's Hospital in Bridgeport for many years. She loved nursing, babysitting all 5 of her grandchildren when they were young, rescuing and helping all types of animals, the Yankees, the casino, UCONN Huskies games, traveling with her...

John Thomas Gerlach, age 87, of Stratford, CT passed away peacefully in his home on May 10th, 2020. He was born in McAdoo, Pennsylvania to the late John and Mary (Meshinsky) Gerlach.  John graduated from Drexel University in Philadelphia before joining the Navy where he served as a navigator on board the aircraft carrier USS Randolph in the rank of Lieutenant (junior grade). Returning to Philadelphia, he earned an MBA from the Wharton School of the University fo Pennsylvania and then...

Manny Dias, age 54, of Shelton, beloved husband of 32 years to Nora Paquette-Dias, passed away May 8, 2020.  Manny was born in Porto, Portugal to the late Mario and Margarida Dias.  He came to the United States when he was three years old and went on to become a very proud U.S. citizen. He was a gifted auto and motorcycle painter, very artistic and took great pride in his work, his favorite job was when he worked as manager for Helmut's BMW for over twenty years. He was...