Obituaries

Harvey E. Young

AGAWAM, MA- Harvey E. Young, 83, died at the home of his loving sister, Laura M. DeSpirt, on January 16, after a brief illness. Mr. Young was the son of the late Pierce L. Young and Laura M. (Adams) Young. He was born on May 16, 1935 in Portland, ME. He was raised in Springfield from the age of...

Mary Elizabeth Smith Van Zandt

DOVER- Mary Elizabeth (Betty) Smith Van Zandt, 91, of East Dover, died peacefully at home on January 17. She was born on August 29, 1927, the daughter of Gordon and Edith Standish Smith, of Old Saybrook, CT. She married Robert Rockwell Van Zandt in 1947 and lived in Old Saybrook until moving to...

Stephen S. Weiss

WILMINGTON- Stephen S. Weiss, 72, husband to the late Frances A. Weiss and father to Kimberly Weiss Shrank and Samantha Weiss Critchell, died on Tuesday, January 8. He suffered a stroke while hospitalized at Southwestern Vermont Medical Center in Bennington.
Mr. Weiss had lived full time...

Sarah McCluskey

ORANGEBURG, NY- Sarah (Sadie) McCluskey, 82, was called home by God on January 12, 2019. She died peacefully in her sleep at her home.
Born in 1936 in Emyvale, County Monaghan, Ireland, the eldest daughter of seven children, Mrs. McCluskey left Ireland in 1954 to join her oldest brother...

Adam J. Stradecki

Adam J. Stradecki

WHITINGHAM- Adam J. Stradecki, 76, a resident of Green Road, died January 16 at his home. Mr. Stradecki was born in Poland on January 1, 1943, the son of the late George and Josephine Dubicka Stradecki, and attended schools in England. A man of many talents, he worked as a hairdresser, bus driver...

Dana Anderson

SOUTHBURY, CT- Dana A. Anderson, 89, died on January 1 at the Watermark. A lifelong Milford resident until he moved to Southbury in 2016, he was born on March 21, 1929, to the late J. Allen and Edna Bennett Anderson. Before retiring, he was a self-employed carpenter and could fix most anything....

Nellie Domina

WRENTHAM, MA- Nellie (Kienoski) Domina, 101, died peacefully at the Pond Home on Sunday, January 6. Born in Northbridge, MA, on May 29, 1917, she was the daughter of the late John and Frances (Pesta) Kienoski.
Mrs. Domina married her beloved husband, E. Curtis Domina, on October 1, 1938...

Joseph A. Palladino

Joseph A. Palladino

DOVER- Joseph Anthony Palladino, 49, a resident of Edelweiss Lane, died unexpectedly December 30 at his home. He was born in Long Branch, NJ, on July 28, 1969, the son of Ralph C. Palladino Sr. and H. Gale (Leonard) Palladino. He attended school in West Long Branch, NJ, graduating from Shore...

Audrey Ebbetts

Audrey L. Ebbetts

BRATTLEBORO- Audrey Louise Batchelder Ebbetts died peacefully on Friday, December 28, surrounded by her family and best friend Kathi. She is survived by her husband of 42 years, Carl C Ebbetts; her daughter Sue Ann Thomas Tefft and husband Richard of Jacksonville; grandchildren David and Tammy...

Scott J. Meade

COLCHESTER- Scott Jesse Meade died Tuesday, January 1, at the McClure Miller Respite House following a long battle with cancer. Mr. Meade was born May 15, 1960, in Bennington, to Thomas and Shirley (Johnson) Meade. He was raised in Dover, attending Dover Elementary School. He was a 1978...