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It is with great sadness that the family of Ernestine Hayes Newton announces her peaceful passing surrounded by loved ones on May 31, 2025 (just shy of her 101st birthday) at Maplewood Assisted Living in Newtown. Ernestine was predeceased by her pare...

With profound and extreme love we are saddened to announce the sudden passing of Vanessa Anastasia Pettengill, age 45, of Norwich, on May 7, 2025. Vanessa was a loving mother to Marcelino Hernandez and Alexandra Pettengill. She held them close to her...

Evelyn Clara Shepard Cole of Tempe, Ariz., died peacefully on May 13, 2025. She was the middle child and oldest daughter of five children born to Jane Margaret Kelly, a telephone operator and homemaker, and Leonard Alvin Shepard, a plumber, of Newtow...

GARRITY, Joan Lerz of The Villages, Fla. Joan is survived by her daughter Cheryl, son Russell and his wife Clay (Perry), their daughters Kellen and Amber (Buck Earle), her brother Adolph “Al / Spanky” Lerz, her niece Lisa (Ray) Swanton, her cousin Fr...

Elizabeth Joan Noble Pinckney, known as Beth Pinckney, age 62, of Stones Rest Farm, Lincolnton, N.C., left this world suddenly on January 21, 2025. Our world has lost a beautiful, loving soul too soon who will be deeply missed by her children and gra...

William Francis Carboni passed peacefully on May 22, 2025, at the age of 79. He was born in Ridgefield to Peter Carboni and Margaret (Ryan) Carboni. He graduated from Ridgefield High School in 1963, and went on to attend Worcester Polytechnic Institu...

Dolores Joan (Dowd) Miller, age 91, of Oxford, preceded in death by her devoted husband George John Miller, entered eternal rest peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Thursday, June 5, at Pomperaug Woods Retirement Home. Dolores will be remem...

Wayne C. Person of Newtown passed away peacefully on February 8, 2025, after a short illness, with family by his side. Wayne was born in Bridgeport on October 3, 1939, to Carl Person and Helen Simpson Person. The family resided in Trumbull. He was a ...

Renee Lovett, 53, of Yonkers, New York, passed away unexpectedly on May 21, 2025, at home in Newtown, surrounded by her loving family. Born on April 3, 1972, in Yonkers, Renee lived a life bursting with energy, laughter, and love. She worked in both ...

Lillian “Lil” Vail passed away on May 9, 2025, in Asheville, North Carolina, at the age of 89. Born and raised in the Chicago area, Lillian moved to Newtown in 1961 with her husband, Tom, and their young daughters. There, she led an active life as a ...