Obituaries from Naugatuck and Waterbury.
John J. Mehigan aged 87 of 548 Rubber Ave died Dec 1 1973 at St Mary's Hospital natural causes. He was born Sept 24 1906 in Naugatuck and was a retired Seavill Manufacturing employee. He leaves a sister and a brother and several nieces and nephews. Funeral Tuesday 11 am Buck Miller Funeral Home Naugatuck with burial in St James Cemetery. Visitation Monday 7 to 9 pm. Memorials to Naugatuck Congregational Church Organ Fund. Arthur Mornbecker 67 of 56 Ward St Waterbury died at St Mary's Hospital after a short illness. Born April 1 1906 in Naugatuck he was a longtime Gaels Mig Cai employee, retiring April 17. He leaves a wife, a son Donald A, a daughter Marion Dalka of Avon, three brothers and two grandchildren. Funeral services were at Alderson Funeral Home Waterbury with burial in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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John J. Mehigan
Rubber Ave
St. Mary's Hospital
Joseph Daly
Naugatuck
John and
Jessie (Wilson) Mehigan
Seavill Mfg. Co
Mehigan
Buckmiller Funeral Home
Fairview Ave
Gary Brown
Naugatuck Congregational Church
St. James Cemetery
Funeral
Naugatuck Congregational Church Organ Fund
Waterbury
Arthur Mornbecker
Ward
Mr. Hornbecker
Frederick and
Frederica
Waidlich) Hornbecker
Mlany
Gaels Mig. Cai
Violet
Bellerive) Hornbecker
Donald A
Marion F. Dalka
Avon
Jay
Miss Alice E. Ryan of Waterbury Dies at 90
Miss Alice E. Ryan 90 of 64 Lounsbury Street died Sunday at St. Marys Hospital after a brief illness. Born Nov 24 1883 in Waterbury she worked 40 years at Howland Hughes Co retiring in 1955. She leaves nieces and nephews and will lie in state at Kelly Funeral Home before Mass at St Francis Xavier Church Tuesday. Burial in Old St Josephs Cemetery.
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Waterbury
Alice E. Ryan
Lounsbury, St
St. Mary's Hospital
Patrick
Mary (Rafferty) Ryan
Howland Hughes Co
St. Francis Xavier Church
Ladies Guild
Ryan
Raymond Leonard
Watertown
Funeral services for Mrs Daisy E Coburn
Funeral services for Mrs. Daisy E Coburn of 405 Cherry St Ext were held Saturday at Buckmiller Funeral Home 92 Fairview Ave with Rev Robert Hawkins of the Naugatuck Methodist Church officiating A delegation from the Senior Women's Friendship club including Christine Joyce Mary Martino Helen Kockoowski and Ann Rizautti attended Burial was in Grove Cemetery with the Reverend Hawkins leading the committal service
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Daisy E. Coburn
Cherry St
Ext
Buckmiller
Fairview Ave
Robert Hawkins
Naugatuck ‘Methodist Church
Christine Joyce
Mary Martino
Helen Kockoowski
Ann Rizautti
Grove Cemetery
Hawkins
Funeral Service For Frank Janus 55 Held In City Church
Funeral services for Frank Janus 55 of Hoadley Street were held Saturday at 8 30 a m from Fitzgerald Zembruski Syrilla Funeral Home to St Francis Church for Mass. Rev Raymond Pitrugzelle officiated assisted by Deacon Henry Dean. Madeline Baker organist and Mrs Farrar salvist. Bearers included Mayor William Rade Burgess Jack Foley Bruce Janus John Janus Edward Bozenski and George Lisieski with a VFW delegation as honorary bearers Joe Poplauskas William Triano Bill Lannen and Richard Clark also present. Honorary hearers were Burgesses Fred Sokoloski Marge Carlson and Thomas Curtin Police Chief Frank Mariano and Street Superintendent Michael Kelly attended. Burial followed at St James Cemetery with Fr Pitruzzello and Deacon Henry Dean directing committal prayers.
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Frank Janus
Hoadley St
Fitzgerald - Zembruski - Syrilla
North Main St
St. Francis Church
Sa.m
Raymond Pitrugzelle
Henry Dean
Madeline Baker
Farrar
William Rade
Jack Foley
Bruce Janus
John Janus
Edward Bozenski
George Lisieski
VFW
Joe Poplauskas
William Triano
Bill Lannen
Richard Clark
Fred Sokoloski
Marge Carlson
Thomas Curtin
Frank Mariano
Police
Michael Kelly
St. James Cemetery
Funeral for Helen P. Southard Held in Irving
The funeral for Mrs. Helen P. Yosias Southard aged 52 of 111 Auburn Street Irving was held today at 9 30 am at Green and Packer Funeral Home 66 Terrace Ave. Mass was at St Marys Church and burial followed at St James Cemetery.
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Helen P. Southard
Helen P
Yosias) Southard
Auburn
Irving
Bill) Southard
Green and Packer Funeral Home
Terrace Ave
St. Mary’s Church
St. James Cemetery
Bacharach TV special stars Duncan Globetrotters and Moore
Sandy Duncan and the Harlem Globetrotters join Jack Jones and Roger Moore as hosts and guests for an East Coast Burt Bacharach television special, blending music comedy and celebrity appearances for a prime time showcase.
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Bactatach
Hollywood
UPI
Sandy Duncan
Harlem Globetrotters
Jack Jones
Roger Moore
Burt Bacharach
Author Editor Succumbs in Chilmark at 66
Hiram Haydn 66 editor author and publisher died Sunday at his home in Chilmark after illness. Native of Cleveland he lived in Connecticut years and edited the American Scholar since 1944. He planned a spring publication Words and Faces. Survived by his second wife Mary, a daughter and two sons.
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Uhilmark
Mass
Hiram Haydn
Haydn
Cleveland
Connecticut
American Scholar
Phi Dela Kappa
Chilmark
Mary
Eer
Watergate hurts GOP claims in California insights
Watergate fallout prompts Peace Corps Director Joseph Blatchford to say the Republican Party will suffer mainly at the national level while statewide and local elections in California remain competitive. He stresses party politics are decided by cities and counties, not Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GOP
Inglewood
Calif
UPI
Peace Corps
Joseph Blatchford
Republican Party
Washington
Blatchford
California Republican League
Weicker Urges Oil Embargo Export Prohibition
Senator Lowell Weicker proposed amending the Export Administration Act to bar all exports except food and medical supplies to nations that embargo the United States. He warned Arab states use oil as economic blackmail and urged full energy independence while reserving humanitarian goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weicker
Washington
United States
Lowell Weicker
R. Conn
Israel
Grasso pushes limits on exports of coal and oil
Connecticut congresswoman Ella Grasso urged a ban on export of domestically mined coal unless the president certifies a national benefit. She also pressed Commerce Secretary Bent to curb oil product exports amid a fuel crunch, citing October and September totals and warnings of winter shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Weather Service
Hartford
Congress
Energy crisis prompts tighter highway work controls
Transportation Commissioner Joseph B Burns orders closer oversight of highway construction to curb traffic delays amid fuel shortages. He urges Sunday work where feasible and asks private contractors for cooperation while Becket Academy in East Haddam installs wood stoves as a backup heat plan. A Milford gas station incident ends in arrest for second degree assault, and Connecticut Petroleum Association officials warn of a 15 percent shortfall in home heating oil this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Joseph B. Burns
Burns
All Department
Deermine
Becket Academy
East Haddam
John Walter
California
Milford
Russell G. Smith Jr
Sindose
New Haven Correctional Center
Ladies Guild Christmas Party at St Michael's Dec 16
Beacon Falls announces the St Michael's Church Ladies Guild annual Christmas Party on December 16 at 6 p.m. in the church Lyceum featuring a buffet with roast beef chicken ham and other dishes. Cost four dollars per person. reservations urged. Contact Edith Minnick Babs Swierceewski or Rose Hennessey for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beacon Falls
Ladies Guild of
St. Michael's Church
Church Lyceum
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Dorothy Yan
James Synott
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Thomas Hoey
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Old St. Joseph’s Cemetery
ITT
Alexander M. Haig Jr
White House
Haig
Nixon
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U.S
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Haldeman
Wasitington
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Chicago
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Raymond L. Langfield
Connecticut Petroleum Association
Ladies’ Guild
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Babs Swierceewski
Rose Hennessey
Bristol
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Mayor and Burgesses
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Burgesses
Wiliam Long
Ronald Pruchnicki
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Maurice Benoit
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Rena
Colonial Bank
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