Frances Jeanette (Gervais) Culver, a devoted wife, mother and grandmother, a proud member of her large French Canadian Catholic family passed away unexpectedly on October 17, 2021. Frances (Frannie) was born in New Britain, Connecticut on November 8, 1937, the tenth of ten children, the youngest, as she loved to frequently remind everyone.  Growing up on Maple Street, she was a bit of a tom-boy, loved to play basketball and took great pleasure in being the first to...

Louis Rocco Malizia, 91, cherished husband of Joan (Guerin) for 64 blissful years, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 3, 2021 at Apple Rehab in Cromwell. A longtime resident of Berlin, Louis was born to Lucy (Mazziotto) and James B. Malizia in Hartford on July 21,1930. Besides his wife, Louis leaves another light of his life, his precious daughter, Lu-Ann, with whom he shared a special bond over their mutual love of Scripture and football; his dear “son-in-love”, Scott,...

Bruce Ryder, 86, of Berlin, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 27, 2021.   Born on March 8, 1935 in Greenville Junction, Maine, he was the son of the late James and Isabel (McEachern) Ryder and the husband of the late Mary Jane Ryder.  He moved to Hartford as a child and later to Berlin. Bruce retired from CIGNA, where he did Office Repair.  Prior to CIGNA, he worked at Smith Corona and A&A Typewriter Repair and later worked at the Lucy Robbins Welles...

Victoria Grayce (LoVetere) Driscoll, 102, of Kensington, passed away peacefully at home on Sept 15, 2021 with her loving family by her side.   Born on November 13, 1918 in East Boston, MA, a daughter of the late Anthony and Rose (Guadagno) LoVetere and the wife of the late William J. Driscoll of 49 years. She was the youngest of 10 children and was named Victoria because she was born on the day WWI ended. Victoria graduated from Girl’s Latin in Boston, Massachusetts, before...

Gary “Super” Suprynowicz, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Kensington, CT on Sunday, August 29th 2021, at the age of 67.  Gary was born on February 22nd 1954, in New Britain, CT.  He grew up in New Britain and has been a resident of Kensington since 1988.  He was the son of Joseph and Lucy (Cozzolongo) Suprynowicz. Gary leaves behind his daughter, Kayla Suprynowicz, her fiancé, Jay and his granddaughter, whom he loved more than anything, Mya...

APARO, ANGELICA BEATRICE (TORINO)   Angelica Beatrice (Torino) Aparo, 94, of New Britain and Old Saybrook, passed away peacefully August 26, 2021 with loving family by her side. Ann, as she was known to family and friends, was born March 9, 1927 in New Britain to the late Joseph and Bertha (Miller) Torino. Ann graduated from New Britain High School and it was there that she met the love of her life, the late Sebastian Thomas Aparo, whom she married and together spent 68 wonderful...

Venise (Rioux) Jalbert, 78, of Berlin passed away on August 6, 2021.  She was the wife of Claude Jalbert. Born in Lewiston ME she was the daughter of the late Herve and Irene (Levasser) Rioux. Venise is survived by her 3 children; Steve Jalbert of Bristol, Brenda Santagata of Berlin and John Jalbert of Berlin, her Grandchildren; Mark and Eric Jalbert, Ian and Zachary Santagata, Gregory and Aubrey Jalbert and her Great-grandchild Wade Jalbert She was predeceased by her 2 brothers;...

Frances LaVorgna, 98, of Kensington passed away on Friday, July 9th, 2021.  Frances was born on Oct. 23,1922 in New Haven, CT. She was the daughter of the late George and Jennie (Celentano) Ventura. Fran is survived by her three children:   Laurel Rosso and spouse (Peter) of Kensington, Michael and spouse (Grace) LaVorgna of Berlin and Cynthia LaVorgna of NYC.  She is also survived by her sister Georgana and spouse Christopher Prisco. She leaves her adored grandchildren:...

Roland W. Drouin, 92, son of the late Alphonse and Yvonne Landry Drouin, passed away on June 25, 2021.  Born in New Britain he attended local schools and also attended the Hartford School of Accounting. He was in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, serving in Korea and Japan. Roland was employed by Greyhound Lines for 30 years, retiring in 1984. He is survived by his wife, Francis Reale Drouin, 3 sons Ronald and (Terese), Richard and Robert, who was also his caregiver at home. He...

Kenneth J. Stewart, 56, of Rocky Hill, passed away on Thursday, June 4, 2021. Kenny was born on July 4th, 1964 in Hartford, CT and was the son of John and Sara (Reynolds) Stewart of Rocky Hill. A lifelong resident of Connecticut, Kenny was a 1982 graduate of Rocky Hill High School. He spent his professional career for the United States Postal Service, working as a letter carrier for over 30 years for the Rocky Hill branch. Throughout his time with USPS, he was well known for his work ethic,...