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Gloria Coffey Petrillo, 89, Of Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Gloria Coffey Petrillo, a lifelong resident of Bridgeport, died Wednesday, June 3. She was 89.
Petrillo was born to Francis and Helen Cooper Coffey.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Patrick; a son, Kevin; a brother, Frank; and a sister, Lucille.
Petrillo is survived by her son, Patrick Petrillo, Jr., of Bridgeport; a brother, Harold Coffey of Florida; and several nieces and nephews.
A private graveside service was held under arrangements by the Lesko & Polke Funeral Home, 1209 Post Road, Fairfield Center.
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Jeanne C. Fisher Marks, 84, Of Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Jeanne C. Fisher Marks, of Fairfield, died Monday, June 8. She was 84.
She was predeceased by her husband, Eugene Marks Sr.
Visiting hours will be Friday, June 12, from 5-7 p.m. at the Lesko & Polke Funeral Home, 1209 Post Road, Fairfield Center.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 13, at 11 a.m. at St. Emery Church on Kings Highway in Fairfield.
Interment will follow in Oaklawn Cemetery.
A complete obituary will appear in Thursday's edition of the Connecticut Post.
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Helen Elizabeth Shields, 86, Of Norwalk
NORWALK, Conn. – Helen Elizabeth Shields, a longtime resident of Norwalk, died Friday, June 5, at Courville Nursing Home in Nashua, N.H. She was 86.
Shields was born on Oct. 8, 1928, in Yonkers, N.Y., to August and Bertha Petersen Dietzel. She retired from Nestle Foods.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Robert; her brother, Harold E. Dietzel; a sister, Dorothy E. Vitaliani and brother-in-law Anthony Vitaliani.
Shields is survived by a sister-in-law, Barbara Dietzel of Debary, Fla.; nieces Kathy Vitaliani Estrella of Nutley, N.J., Donna Vitaliani Kilbride of Newburgh, N…
Rose Marcoux Loughlin, 91, Of Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Rose Marcoux Loughlin, of Bridgeport, died Friday, June 5, after a long illness. She was 91.
Loughlin was born in New Hampshire on March 23, 1924, to Delvina and Albert Marcoux. She earned a teaching degree after her husband's death in 1955 and spent the next 31 years in the field of special education as a teacher and administrator.
She was predeceased by her parents; her husband, Robert; two sisters, Sally Gantek and her husband, Stash, and Elaine Zrallack and husband, Robert; a brother, Albert Marcoux and his wife, Kay; and a brother-in-law, John Yanosy.
Loughli…
Willie Alexander Asberry, 63, Formerly Of Stamford
STAMFORD, Conn. – Willie Alexander Asberry, a former resident of Stamford, died Wednesday, June 3, at North Fulton Hospital in Roswell, Ga. He was 63.
Asberry was born in Cornwall, N.Y., to James A. Asberry and Mattie Homer. He attended Stamford public schools and worked for the Stamford Housing Authority for 27 years.
He was predeceased by his parents. He is survived by a sister, Jacqueline Homer Jackson of Marietta, Ga.; two brothers, Mack J. Homer and his wife Elma of Stamford, and James O. Homer of Nashville, Tenn.; a daughter Shanaya Gill and a son Christion Gill, both of Bridgepor…
Daranee Ekmahachai, 68, Of Ossining
OSSINING, N.Y. – Daranee Ekmahachai, of Ossining, died on Thursday, June 4. She was 68.
Ekmahachai was born on Feb. 3, 1947, in Bangkok, Thailand, to Prayode and Lamdub Angsusingha.
She worked as a prenatal nurse at the Ossining Open Door.
She is survived by her husband Sunya; daughters Sunsaneeya and Suvida; her son Sunya Jr.; brothers Charlermrath, Tanit, Kitti; and her grandchildren, Charlotte and Everett.
She was predeceased by a brother, Parinya and her sister, Yupayong.
Visiting hours will be from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday at Dorsey Funeral Home, at 14 Emwilton Place in Oss…
Beverly Hauser, 84, Of Yonkers
YONKERS, N.Y. – Beverly Hauser, of Yonkers, died on Monday, June 1. She was 84.
She is survived by her daughter, Sherrie, son-in-law John Kuznicki, granddaughter Ashley, grandson Alex, and daughter-in-law Jane.
She was predeceased by her husband Bernard, and son Steven.
A memorial service will be from 12 to 1 p.m. on June 20, at David J. Hodder Funeral Home, 899 McLean Ave., in Yonkers.
Joseph P. Ponturo, 92, Of Hawthorne
HAWTHORNE, N.Y. – Joseph P. Ponturo, of Hawthorne, died on Wednesday, June 3. He was 92.
Ponturo was born in Pleasantville on Oct. 16, 1922, to Leo and Fortunata (Patane) Ponturo, serving in the Army during World War II, earning the Bronze Star and Purple Heart with an Oak Leaf Cluster.
He was predeceased by his sisters Lucy Wallace and Katherine Guarnaschelli, and brothers Leo and John Ponturo.
Ponturo is survived by his wife Phyllis (Foca) Ponturo, two children, Paul and his wife, Carolyn, and Lisa Young and her husband Tom, and two grandchildren, Ivy Ponturo and Tara Vogl.
Visi…
Sylvia Tantillo, 88, Formerly Of Rye
RYE, N.Y. – Sylvia Tantillo, formerly of Rye, died on Tuesday, June 2. She was 88.
Visiting hours will be on Sunday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Greenwich location of Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home, at 134 Hamilton Ave..
A funeral service will be on Monday at 11:30 a.m. at Harvest Time Church, at 1338 King St. in Greenwich.
Interment will follow at Ferncliff Cemetery.
For more information including a full obituary, or to post online condolences, go to www.coxeandgraziano.com.
Rena Derewjanko, Of Bridgeport
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – Rena Derewjanko, of Bridgeport, died Thursday, June 4, at Carolton Health Care in Fairfield.
Derewjanko retired as a worker for American Fabrics.
She was predeceased by her husband Fedir. She is survived by four nieces and one nephew in Siberia and Moldavia, and friend Luba Woloszyn of Illinois.
Calling hours are Saturday, June 6, from 9 to 10 a.m. at Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church, at 99 York Street in Bridgeport.
A funeral service will follow at 10 a.m., with interment in Lakeview Cemetery.
Arrangements will be handled by the Pistey Funeral Home, a…
