All Obituaries

Anna (Bak) Labieniec, 97, passed away on March 26th, 2020. She was born in New Britain, CT, March 17th, 1923 to Felix and Klara (Bolko) Bak. Anna was the widow of Lucian who she was married to for nearly 60 years.  She was predeceased by her siblings Mary, John, Helen and Joseph. Anna was a wonderful wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother, great-grandmotherand neighbor. She grew up on Governor St....

William Harry Tranter( Bill, Papa), a resident of Southington, Ct. passed away on Wednesday March 18th, 2020 at Hartford Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was born on April 14th, 1945 in Taunton Massachusetts to Harry and Margaret Tranter. He is predeceased by his parents, sister Joan Richards and brothers E. LeRoy and D. Allen Tranter, all of Dighton, Massachusetts. Bill was a Police Officer in the Town of West Hartford for 26 years in which he served in many capacities. He...

Cheryl Rainey-Aranibar (Geier), 65, of Woodstock CT passed away on March 17, 2020 after a long illness.  Cheri was born in Worcester, MA and raised in West Boylston.  She received her BA from Worcester State and her master’s degree from Assumption College.  Cheri dedicated much of her professional career advocating for the poor and disenfranchised first as director of Piedmont Neighborhood Opportunity Center, and later as Director of Service Coordination for The Caleb...

Virginia Ruth Garrett (Goblirsch), 62, passed away peacefully just before 5:00 am on Friday, March 6, 2020 after a heartbreaking battle with cancer. A memorial service will be held at Greg and Virginia’s Home at 58 Sunnyside Ave, Putnam, CT 06260 on Saturday March 14, 2020 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm. Virginia (Ginny) was born in Cheverly, MD on March 18th, 1957. She lived most of her life with her loving husband and two daughters in Chicago, IL. Ginny co-owned a janitorial business...

Gary Hagelston, 49, of Newington, Connecticut, passed peacefully in his sleep on March 1, 2020, at his home with his staff at his bedside. Gary was born on July 31, 1970 in Dade City, Florida to Linda Ouelette and Gary Hagelston. Gary has been a Connecticut resident since he was two years old living at the Central Connecticut Regional Center intermittently from 1972-1981, a Community Training Home with a Sporbert Family from 1981-2000, then a final move to his home at the Hartford Regional...

Wayne Louis Rametta, 49, of New Britain suddenly passed away on February 25, 2020.  Born in Meriden on January 17, 1971, the son of Alfred and Joyce (Kelchak) Rametta, he was a graduate of H.C. Wilcox Technical High School.  Wayne went on to become an incredibly amazing craftsman, most recently working for MRD Contracting with his friend, Mike, whom he called “little buddy”.   Wayne had an infectious smile and was always cracking a joke trying to make people...

Mildred H. Evensen passed away in Tuesday, February 25, at the age of 100. She was the daughter of the late Hazel and Walter Carlson of Chicago, IL. She was predeceased by her brother Donald of Blue Ridge, GA. With her husband of 30 years, Roy, she raised three children, Donna Ross (Bill) of Charlotte, NC, Thor (Eleanor) of Tesuesta, FL and Chris of Woodbury, CT. She has three grandchildren, Michael and Jeffrey Ross of NC and Leigh-anne Hartshorn of Cheshire, CT. She has 5 great...

Eugene Frank Alcorace, Sr. of Waterbury, CT, died unexpectedly at St.Mary’s Hospital on February 24, 2020 at the age of 54. Born in Waterbury, CT on December 15, 1965 son to the late Francis Pasquele Alcorace, Sr, an Grace Mable (Wooster) Alcorace, He is survived by his children Mathew F. Alcorace and his wife Gina, Tiffany L. Kenny and her husband Donovan, Grandchildren Alexander, Elizabeth, Alana, Connor, Ivi. He is also survived by his sister’s Sally Mcdonald and husband Tom...

Neel Ahluwalia, of Norwalk, CT, died unexpectedly on February 21, at age 40. He was the devoted husband of Elizabeth (Hait) Ahluwalia and father to Rayna, Nicholas and Priya. Neel was the only child of loving parents, Parmod and Rita (Walia) Ahluwalia of Waterbury, and is also survived by many beloved aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews and cousins throughout the U.S., Canada, U.K., Australia, and India. Neel was born in Jalandhar, Punjab, India, and immigrated to the United States with his...

Dennis Richard Holt of Norwalk CT. passed away Thursday, February 20, 2020 at the age of 60. Dennis was born July 21, 1959 in Stamford CT to Nancy and John Holt. He grew up in Bethel CT with his parents and five siblings. After graduation from Bethel High School he went on to have a successful career as a master carpenter. Although Dennis never married, he enjoyed spending time with his nieces Kelley, Nancy and Jaceylee and his nephew Christopher. He loved them dearly and enjoyed playing...