Mother of Dr Spock Dies in West Hartford
The mother of pediatrician Dr Benjamin Spock died in a convalescent home in West Hartford on Tuesday at age 90. She had lived in the home for about two years.
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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1968
Page
21
The mother of pediatrician Dr Benjamin Spock died in a convalescent home in West Hartford on Tuesday at age 90. She had lived in the home for about two years.
Frank Saniuk Sr. 53 of 33 Lake avenue longtime Danbury Trojans halfback, died Monday at home. Services Thursday 8:15 a.m. at John C. Freeland funeral home and 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart church with solemn high Mass. Burial in St. Peter's cemetery. He headed the Greater Danbury Oldtimers Athletic Association, served on War Memorial board, and played multiple sports in the Industrial League. Survivors include wife Dorothy Best Saniuk, son Frank Jr., daughter Mrs. Donald Natate, and several relatives.
The Defense Department reported Corporal Donald P. Ferguson of Hamden Connecticut was killed in Vietnam. He was the son of Mr and Mrs Franklin E Ferguson of 178 Haverford Street Hamden. Funeral services for James Rafferty 55 of Stratford will be Friday. He died yesterday at home and is survived by a large family. Edward G Fairchild 77 of Stratford died Saturday with services yesterday at Dennis and D Arcy funeral home. Burial at Lakeview Cemetery. James G Curtiss Jr 76 of Derby died Monday. Funeral 2 pm today at C E Lewis and Son funeral home. Burial in North Cemetery Woodbury.
Obituary notices report Gustave Szilagyi Sr. of Fairfield died at St Vincents Hospital. Funeral at Frank P. Police & Son and St Emerys with burial in St Michaels. Westport honors C Elwood Betts of 8 South Blind Brook Rd, a World War I veteran, with funeral at Lewis Funeral Home and burial in Willow Brook Cemetery. Milford and New Milford services for Leroy Dupee and Miss Julie Camp. Norwalk services for Elizabeth Reardon and Anna Weed. Derby Miss Mary Cullin, former Bridgeport secretary. Greenwich notes Whitworth Bird, former Collins & Aikman chair, died in Savannah at 70 with services in Greenwich.
Stanley Sikorski 77 of 605 Union Avenue retired Bridgeport Casting employee and St. Michael's Cemetery Association member died yesterday. Services Friday at 8:15 a.m. Lieberum Heaphy and Doyle Funeral Home and 3 p.m. at St Cyril and Methodius Church with a Requiem Mass. Burial in St Michael's Cemetery. Ezra Layton Jones 71 of 46 Van Zant Street East Norwalk died Tuesday at Westport Manor. Funeral at Raymond Funeral Home with burial following. Edith May Hine 94 retired Torrington School System principal died Sunday in Milford Convalescent Home. Services today at 2 p.m. Cody White Funeral Home and burial in Union Cemetery Stratford. Jessie Forester Salem Bier 62 of Woodbury Road died Monday in Montego Bay Jamaica. Services Thursday 10:30 a.m. Fable Funeral Home and 11 a.m. St Luke Chapel Westport with burial in Willow Brook Cemetery Westport.
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