DANBURY, Conn. - Helen M. Stieber of Danbury died Sunday, June 16. She was 94.

Stieber was born March 28, 1919, in Mt. Vernon, N.Y.; daughter of Paul and Augusta (Reichert) Loormann. She worked as a department manager in women's sportswear at Genung's from 1937 to the 1960's. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Danbury. She taught Sunday school ...

DANBURY, Conn. - James R. Deakin of Danbury died Thursday, June 13. He was 78.

Deakin was born Dec. 29, 1934, in Danbury, son of James W. and Mary Irene (Hanish) Deakin. He attended St. Joseph School and graduated from Danbury High School. A master carpenter with Carpenter’s Union #210, he was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, having served during the Korean War. He ...

DANBURY, Conn. - Julia Elizabeth Ruiz of Danbury died June 12. She was 60.

Ruiz was born Jan. 14, 1953, in the Bronx, N.Y., daughter of Santos and Providence (Rodriguez) Rivera. She was a schoolteacher ...

DANBURY, Conn. - Lorraine Hunt Traisci of Danbury died Sunday, June 9. She was 91.

Traisci was born Sept. 13, 1921, in San Antonio, Texas. a resident of Danbury for the past 40 years. She was raised in ...

DANBURY, Conn. - Bertha “Gert” Gertrude Bender Hospodar of Danbury, and long-time resident of Stamford, died June 6. She was 92.

Hospodar was born in McKeesport, Pa., to Emma (Kline) and Sylvester Bender. She graduated from St. Peter's Catholic High School, and went on to earn a RN degree from Mercy Hospital School of Nursing. She joined the U.S. Army ...

DANBURY, Conn. - Mary T. Coleman of Danbury died June 5. She was 78.

Coleman was born and raised in Yonkers, N.Y., daughter of James and Sophie Dugan. She was a graduate of Commerce High School, Yonkers, and had lived in Rockland County and Maryland prior to moving to Danbury 28 years ago. She has been a longtime member of St. Edward the Confessor Church and Ladies ...

DANBURY, Conn. - Mary (Deakin) Kolwicz of Danbury died Tuesday, June 4. She was 90.

Kolwicz was born Feb. 23, 1923, in Danbury, daughter of George and Ethel (Wright) Deakin. She attended Danbury schools and graduated from Danbury High School. In early years she was employed with the Southern New England Telephone Company and in later years was a homemaker. A lifelong ...

BROOKFIELD, Conn. - Rose Angelina Lobraico, of Brookfield died Friday, May 31. She was 84.

Lobraico was born May 22, 1929, in West Newton, Mass.; daughter of Domenico and Rose (Caruso). She was a graduate of Newton High School, and spent her early days in West Newton where she worked as a bookkeeper for Tom Lyons Firestone. She ran a business in her home, Ro-Mar ...