United States High School Yearbooks by County
James J. Tsitsos
James J. Tsitsos, 71, a retired accountant, died Tuesday at Northern Westchester Hospital, Mount Kisco, N.Y.
Mr. Tsitsos, of Benedict Road, South Salem, N.Y., was the husband of Katherine Gioles Tsitsos. He lived in Queens, N.Y., before moving to South Salem 20 years ago.
He was born in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 17, 1926, a son of John and Pauline Katerlis Tsitsos.
A veteran of World War II, he served with the U.S. Army Air Forces.
He was a graduate of the Baruch School of Business of the City University of New York.
Before his retirement, Mr. Tsitsos was employed by the Bankers Trust Company of New York.
He attended the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church of Danbury.
Besides his wife, his survivors include a son, John G. Tsitsos of New York, N.Y.; a brother, Nicholas Travis of Montclair, Mich.; and a sister, Maria Musik of Ravenswood, W. Va.
CALLING HOURS: Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Jowdy-Kane Funeral Home, 9-11 Granville Ave., Danbury. The Trisagion prayer service will be conducted at 6:30 p.m.
SERVICES: Friday at 11 a.m., the Rite of Burial at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, 30 Clapboard Ridge Road, Danbury, with the Rev. Peter Karloutsos officiating. Burial will follow in St. Peter Cemetery.'
Frank P. Berte
Frank P. ``Butch'' Berte, 48, a computer programmer and consultant, died Tuesday at Danbury Hospital.
Mr. Berte lived at 3 Cardinal Lane in New Milford for two years. Previously he was a Danbury area resident for eight years.
He was born in Mount Kisco, N.Y., July 18, 1949, a son of Thomas and Catherine Amuso Berte. He was a graduate of St. Thomas School in Pleasantville, N.Y.
Mr. Berte was employed for 23 years as a computer programmer with IBM. For the past two years, he was a consultant with Keane, Inc., of Fishkill, N.Y.
He attended St. Joseph's Church in Brookfield.
His survivors include a son, Nicholas Berte of Brookfield; two daughters, Erin Berte and Tricia Berte, both also of Brookfield; a brother, Thomas R. Berte of Bethel; a sister, Catherine Bonuomo of White Plains, N.Y.; and several nieces and nephews.
CALLING HOURS: Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. and Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Brookfield Funeral Home, 786 Federal Road, Brookfield.
SERVICES: Saturday at 10:30 a.m., a Mass of Christian Burial at Holy Innocents Church, Bedford Road, Pleasantville, N.Y. Burial will be in All Souls Cemetery, Pleasantville.
Dorothy G. Chandler
Dorothy G. Chandler, 85, a retired reporter for the Acorn Press of Ridgefield, died Tuesday at the Laurelwood Rehabilitation Center in Ridgefield.
An area resident for the past 48 years, Mrs. Chandler lived at 25 Gilbert St., Ridgefield. She was the wife of the late Theodore Chase Chandler.
She was born in Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 11, 1912, a daughter of Otto and Mary Jane Geisler. She attended Leavenworth schools and the Kansas State Teachers College.
Mrs. Chandler lived in Newport, R.I., before moving to Ridgefield.
She was a member of the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church of Ridgefield.
Mrs. Chandler is survived by a son, Donald Chandler of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; and a granddaughter.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Ridgefield Fire Department Ambulance Fund, 6 Catoonah St., Ridgefield 06877.
There are no calling hours.
SERVICES: Wednesday, March 4, memorial services at 2 p.m. at the Jesse Lee Memorial United Methodist Church, 207 Main St. Ridgefield. The Rev. R. Randy Day, Pastor, will officiate. Burial will take place in Long Island National Cemetery, Pinelawn, N.Y.
The Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah St., Ridgefield is in charge of arrangements.'
Tomlinson Wells
Tomlinson Wells, 84, a former Brewster resident, died February 10 at White Oak Estates in Spartanburg, S.C.
A resident of North Carolina since his retirement, Mr. Wells was the husband of Elizabeth Downer Wells. He was predeceased by his first wife, Ruth Wing Wells.
He was a graduate of the Hotchkiss School and Yale College.
A was an Army veteran of World War II.
Before his retirement, Mr. Wells was employed by the Textile Banking Company and the Greenwich Research Corporation.
Besides his wife, Mr. Wells is survived by a son, Thomas of Charlotte, N.C.; a sister, Virginia Schwartz of New Bern, N.C.; and three brothers, Alfred of the Canary Islands, Frank of Charlottesville, Va.; and Crosby of Salisbury.
SERVICES: March 14 at 3 p.m., a memorial service at Milltown Cemetery, Brewster.
Bennett H. Short Sr.
Bennett H. Short Sr., a native of Bethel and a retired employee of the Risdon Manufacturing Co. in Danbury, died Monday in Rockledge, Fla.
A resident of Cocoa Beach, Fla., since 1991, he was the husband of Louise Hoyt Short.
He was born in Bethel in 1911. He was a graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy and attended Yale University.
A lifetime member of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, he was an acolyte, choir member and parish clerk.
Besides his wife, Mr. Short is survived by two sons, Bennett of Hollis, N.H., and David of Newtown; a daughter, Margaret Howe of Rockledge, Fla.; six grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter.
Francis Ginty
Francis Patrick Ginty of Annapolis, Md., formerly of Danbury, died Wednesday at Annapolis Hospital. He was 69.
Mr. Ginty was the husband of Aileen (Hagan) Ginty.
He was born in Danbury, June 20, 1928, a son of the late Patrick and Mary Keane Ginty. He was a graduate of St. Peter School and Danbury High School and he was a graduate of the University of Connecticut.
He was a claim supervisor for Aetna Insurance Co. in its Trumbull office before retiring. He lived in Fairfield before moving to Annapolis just over a year ago.
Besides his wife, he is survived by two sons, David of Columbia, Md., and Mark of Bridgeport; a daughter, Kellianne Shackelford of Frazer, Pa.; a sister, Winifred Turgeon of Danbury; six grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.
Contributions in memory of Francis Ginty may be made to John Hopkins University of Medicine, North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205.
CALLING HOURS: Tonight, 7 to 9, and tomorrow, 9 to 10 a.m., Green Funeral Home, 57 Main St., Danbury.
SERVICES: From the funeral home at 10 a.m. tomorrow to a 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial at St. Peter Church. Burial in St. Peter Cemetery.
Styntje Cooper
Styntje Cooper of Bethel died Wednesday at Danbury Hospital. She was 72.
Mrs. Cooper was the wife of Le land E. Cooper.
She was born in Gasst, Nether lands, June 8, 1925, a daughter of the late Ike and Engeltje DeBoer. She moved to the United States in 1929. Formerly of Harmony, N.J., she lived in Bethel for the past 26 years.
She was a member of the Bethel Historical Society.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Cooper is survived by a son, Ron Cooper of Sherman; two daughters, Catherine Balduino of Washington, N.J., and Linda Cooper of Middlebury; a brother, John Deboer of Bangor, Pa.; two sisters, Eva Mensch of Bangor, Pa., and Emma Brandt of Columbia, N.J.; and five grandchildren.
Contributions in memory of Styntje Cooper may be made to the American Cancer Society, 40 North St., Danbury 06810.
Calling hours will be at the MacFadden Funeral Home in Belvidere, N.J., where the service and burial also will be. Hull Funeral Service of Danbury is in charge of arrangements.'
Sylvia Jasmin
Calling hours for Sylvia L. Jasmin of New Milford are from 6 to 8 tonight at the Lillis Funeral Home, 58 Bridge St., New Milford. Services are at 10:30 a.m. tomorrow, also at the funeral home.
Mrs. Jasmin died Wednesday at New Milford Hospital at the age of 70.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, 40 North St., Danbury 06810.
Elizabeth M. Newman
Elizabeth M. Inderdohnen Newman, 70, mother of Joan K. Oldham of Bethel, died Monday in Yale New Haven Hospital.
She was the wife of William M. Newman of Fairfield.
Born in Carona, N.Y., she graduated from Roger Ludlowe High School and attended Virginia Intermont College.
A resident of Fairfield for 60 years, she was a retired employee of Fleet Bank, a member of St. Pius X Church of Fairfield and a volunteer with Operation Hope.
Besides her husband and daughter, Joan, she is survived by two other sons, William of Landenberg, Pa., and Christopher of Shelton; a daughter, Lizbeth M. Hollopter of Eaton Rapids, Mich.; seven grandchildren; a great-grandson; and several nieces and nephews.
CALLING HOURS: Friday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Spear Funeral Home, 39 S. Benson Road, Fairfield.
SERVICES: Saturday at 9:15 a.m. in the Spear Funeral Home in Fairfield, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. at St. Pius X Church in Fairfield. Interment will be in St. Thomas Cemetery, Fairfield.
Judith Lyons
Judith Godin Lyons of Mill Plain Road, Danbury, died Thursday at Danbury Hospital. She was 50.
Mrs. Lyons was born in Lowell, Mass., Sept. 5, 1947, a daughter of Mildred Wyman Godin of Danbury and the late Alfred Godin. She was a Danbury resident most of her life and a graduate of Danbury High School. She worked as a nurse's aide.
Besides her mother, she is survived by a son, Edward Lyons of Sedona, Ariz.; a daughter, Carrie Milligan of Tarrytown, N.Y.; a sister, Beverly Ellis of Danbury; and three nieces.
CALLING HOURS: Tomorrow, 1 to 2:30 p.m., Hull Funeral Home, 60 Division St., Danbury.
SERVICES: Memorial service, tomorrow, 2:30 p.m., at the funeral home. Cremation at Ferncliff Crematory, Hartsdale, N.Y.
Robert G. Pike
Robert G. Pike, 83, father of Barbara Miner of Newtown, died Sunday in Newport, Vt.
A resident of Vermont since 1979, Mr. Pike lived at Dane Hill Road in West Charleston. He was born in the Ivoryton section of Essex, Conn., on June 3, 1914, a son of Robert G. and Hazel Buckley Pike.
He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
Before his retirement in 1979, Mr. Pike was a welder and motorcycle dealer for Pike's Cycles in Ivoryton. He was an avid motorcyclist until the spring of 1997.
Besides his daughter in Newtown, Mr. Pike is survived by three sons, Robert Pike of Essex, Thomas Pike of Chester and Daniel Pike of Ivoryton; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Contributions in his memory may be made to the Orleans-Essex VNA and Hospice Inc., 3 Lakemont Drive, Newport, VT 05855.
CALLING HOURS: Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Converse-Rushford Funeral Home, Newport, Vt.
SERVICES: Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the funeral home with the Rev. Richard Whitehill officiating. Burial will take place at Winthrop Cemetery, Deep River, Conn.'
Eugenie Wolf
Eugenie Wolf, 72, a founding member of the Westchester Studio Artists in Chappaqua and the Chappaqua Artists Guild, died Friday at Laurelwood Care Center in Ridgefield.
Mrs. Wolf, of 60 Ridgewood Road, Ridgefield, was the wife of Arnold S. Wolf. A resident of Ridgefield for the past seven years, she previously lived in Chappaqua, N.Y.
She was born in New York City on Nov. 21, 1925, a daughter of Alexander and Eva Brown Rimberg.
After receiving her bachelor's degree from Brooklyn College, she did graduate work in art at New York University.
Most recently, Mrs. Wolf taught art in mixed mediums including ceramics to senior citizens at the Fox Center in Mount Kisco. Mrs. Wolf taught there while her mother was a student.
She was a member of Temple Shearith Israel in Ridgefield. She was also a member of the Ridgefield Guild of Artists, the Ridgefield Community Center, and the American Association of University Women. She was also a member of the Aldrich Museum in Ridgefield where she was active as a docent.
Besides her husband of 49 years, Mrs. Wolf is survived by two sons, Michael E. Wolf of Rehovot, Israel, and Andrew N. Wolf of Tahoe City, Calif.; a daughter, Susan W. Hovey of Brewster; two sisters, Carolyn Malesco of Sandwich, Mass., and Barbara Keil of Denver, Colo.; and four grandchildren.
Contributions in Mrs. Wolf's memory may be made to the Mount Kisco Senior Group, 198 Carpenter Ave., Mount Kisco, NY 10549.
SERVICES: Sunday, January 18, a memorial service at 2 p.m. at Temple Shearith Israel, 46 Peaceable St., Ridgefield with Rabbi Jon Haddon officiating. Burial took place in Sharon Gardens Cemetery, Valhalla, N.Y.
The Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah St., Ridgefield is in charge of arrangements.
Nancy M. See
Nancy M. See, 65, a homemaker and resident of Brewster for the past 40 years, died Saturday at Northern Westchester Hospital Center, Mount Kisco, N.Y.
Mrs. See was the wife of Arthur See, whom she married on Aug. 18, 1950.
She was born in Mount Kisco on April 5, 1932, a daughter of Lawrence and Inez Lent Partelow. She graduated from schools in Pleasantville, N.Y.
Besides her husband, Mrs. See is survived by a son, Raymond See of Patterson, N.Y.; a daughter, Marie Brunner of Baltimore, Md.; a brother, Lawrence Partelow Jr. of Hawthorne, N.Y.; and six grandchildren.
Contributions in Mrs. See's memory may be made to the American Cancer Society, Box 210, Carmel, N.Y. 10512.
CALLING HOURS: Tuesday from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Beecher Funeral Home, 1 Putnam Terrace, Brewster.
SERVICES: Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the Beecher Funeral Home with the Rev. Ralph LaBelle officiating. Burial will be in Milltown Rural Cemetery, Brewster.'
William B. Parnell II
William B. Parnell II, 45, an employee of Vectron Labs, died Friday as a result of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident.
Mr. Parnell lived at 27 Crows Nest Lane, Danbury.
Born in Greenwich on Dec. 30, 1952, he was a son of William H. and Alta Benson Parnell.
He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Mr. Parnell was a member of the Innovators Club of Danbury and assisted in producing a show on cable TV.
His survivors include his wife, Linda Sacrison Parnell of Riverside, Conn.; a son, David William Parnell of Riverside; a daughter, Sarah Elizabeth Parnell, also of Riverside; two sisters, Lori Burke of Norwalk and Alice Timmerman of Greenwich; a brother, Frederick William Parnell of Byram, Conn.; several nieces and nephews; and several grandnieces and grandnephews.
Contributions in his memory may be made to a charity of one's choice.
CALLING HOURS: Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Fred D. Knapp & Son Funeral Home, 267 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich.
Private services and burial will take place at the convenience of the family.
