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James A. Stelzel
James A. Stelzel, of 16 Benedict Ave., Danbury, died at the Danbury Hospital on Tuesday evening.
He was born in Danbury, May 27, 1964, son of Harold A. Stelzel of Danbury and the late Eileen Batchelor Stelzel. He was a lifetime Danbury resident and had attended Danbury schools. He had worked for many years as a truck driver and also had worked as a painter.
In addition to his father, he is survived by a son, Mark Stelzel of Danbury; two brothers, Michael J. Stelzel of Danbury and John A. Stelzel of New Fairfield; a sister, Barbara A. Filomio and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral services will be held at the Green Funeral Home, 57 Main St. Danbury, on Friday afternoon at 1:30 p.m. Cremation will take place at the convenience of the family.
Friends may call at the Green Funeral Home on Friday after 12 noon.
Contributions may be made to the Dorothy Day Hospitality House, 11 Spring St., Danbury 06810.
Joseph Stephen Antoni
Joseph Stephen Antoni, 89, of 92 Hat Shop Hill Road, Bridgewater, husband of Irene (Staron) Antoni, died Thursday at his home.
Mr. Antoni was born in Bridgewater, Feb. 1, 1911, a son of the late Stephen and Mary (Brinza) Antoni. Before his retirement in 1976, he had worked for many years at the former Scovill Manufacturing Co. in New Milford.
He was a communicant of St. Francis Xavier Church and a member of Housatonic Council No. 40 of the Knights of Columbus, both of New Milford.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son and daughter, Robert Antoni and Bernadette Allingham, both of Bridgewater; four grandchildren, Sherry Lynn and Stephen Antoni, Thomas Allingham and Susan Allingham Tanamli; four sisters and three great-grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church in New Milford, with a mass of Christian burial. Interment will be in St. Francis Cemetery.
Friends may call Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Lillis Funeral Home, 58 Bridge St., New Milford.
Salim N. Fayad
Salim N. Fayad, 81, of 43 Pleasant St., Danbury, husband of the late Nahdia (Fayad) Fayad, died on Wednesday, April 12, 2000, at the Danbury Hospital.
Mr. Fayad was born in Lebanon, April 1, 1919, and resided in Lebanon until 1970, when he emigrated to the United States and settled in Danbury.
He was a retired machine operator for Rasamny Mills of Bethel.
Mr. Fayad was a member of the American Druse Society.
He is survived by three sons, Samir Fayad of Naugatuck, Imad Fayad and Hashim Fayad, both of Danbury; two daughters, Nassab Fahreddine of Danbury and Nada Fayad of Clinton, Maryland; two brothers and two sisters, all of Lebanon; as well as 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will take place on Saturday, April 15, 2000, at 10:30 a.m. in the Cornell Memorial Home, 247 White St., Danbury.
Friends will be received in the Cornell Memorial Home on Friday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Contributions in Mr. Fayad's memory may be made to the Fayad Family Home, Saufar, Lebanon.
The Jowdy-Kane Funeral Home, 9-11 Granville Ave., Danbury, is in charge of the arrangements.
Stuart C. Guyer
Stuart C. Guyer, age 73, husband of Muriel (MacArthur) Guyer of Pine Tree Hill Road, Newtown, died Friday, April 14, 2000, in the Lord Chamberlain Health Care Facility, Stratford, CT.
Mr. Guyer was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, October 19, 1926, a son of the late Charles and Mildred (Leighton) Guyer. During World War II he served in the U.S. Navy on the U.S.S. Amsterdam in both the European and Pacific Theaters. He was employed as an Accountant for the American Fabric Co. of Bridgeport until his retirement in 1992.
From 1965 to 1978, Mr. Guyer was a resident of Monroe where he was an avid softball player in the Monroe Slow Pitch League and a member of the former Town Line Father's Club. He had been a resident of Newtown since 1978.
In addition to his wife, survivors include 3 daughters, Linda Stonehart and Laurie Dean, both of Mesa, Arizona, and Leslie House of Middlebury, CT, and 2 grandchildren, Patrick and Rebecca House.
A Memorial Service will be held Monday April 17, 2000, at 3 p.m. in the Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., Newtown. Friends may call from 3:30 p.m. to 6 p.m. Monday. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Visiting Nurse Services of CT, 800 Main St. South, Southbury, CT 06488 or to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5022, Wallingford, CT 06492-7522.
Joseph Saleem Sr.
Joseph S. Saleem Sr., age 76, of 19 Bergh St., Danbury, died Thursday, April 13, at Danbury Hospital. He was the husband of Dorothy (Carrington) Saleem.
Born Nov. 19, 1923 in Hartford, CT, he was a son of the late Sam Saleem and the late Mary Harrison.
Mr. Saleem was a U.S. Army World War II veteran. He served in France with Battery B 535th Anti Aircraft Artillery Automatic Weapons. He was a recipient of The Bronze Star.
Mr. Saleem was employed by Leahey's for 40 years before retirement. He drove a propane truck and worked at the Danbury State Fair.
He was a member of the Disabled American Veterans and the Korean War Veterans, which he joined in honor of his brother James Harrison, who died in the Korean Conflict in 1952.
Mr. Saleem was an avid racing fan and served on the pit crew for his son's race car.
Besides his wife, he is survived by a son, Joseph S. Saleem Jr. of Danbury; a daughter and her husband, Linda and Don Miller of Beacon Falls, N.Y.; a sister, Rose Bennett of Danbury; and several nieces and nephews.
Cremation will take place at the convenience of the family, and interment of Mr. Saleem's cremains will be in St. Peter Cemetery.
There are no calling hours. The Green Funeral Home, 57 Main St., Danbury, is in charge of arrangements.
Charles C.Anderson
Charles C. Anderson, age 65, of Newtown, died Friday, April 14, 2000, in the Connecticut Hospice, Branford.
Mr. Anderson was born in Bridgeport and was a lifelong area resident.
He was a retired Bridgeport police officer for 28 years. A U.S. Marine veteran, he served during the Korean Conflict and was a member of the Police Benevolent Association and the Police Association of CT. He also was a member of the Blue Knights and of the Ashlar-Aspetuck Lodge No. 142 A.F. & A.M.
Survivors include his wife, Vera Ann Saul Anderson of Newtown; one son, Charles C. Anderson Jr. of Arlington, Texas; his mother, Ann Yamnicky Anderson of Stuart, FL; two brothers, Herbert and Harold Anderson, both of Stuart, FL; one sister, Barbara Silhavy and her husband, Joseph, of Easton; four nephews and one great-niece. He was predeceased by a brother, Robert Anderson.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral on Tuesday at 10 a.m. directly at the Salem Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. Burial will be in the Ridge Cemetery in Redding Ridge, CT. Friends may call on Monday at The Larson Funeral Home, 2496 North Ave., Bridgeport, from 4 to 8 p.m. A Masonic service will take place at 7 p.m. The family would prefer donations to either the Salem Lutheran Church General Fund, 3160 Park Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06604 or the Connecticut Hospice, 61 Burban Drive, Branford, CT 06405.
Emilie Hennessey Stirnweiss
Emilie Hennessey Stirnweiss, 82, of 191 South Kent Road, Gaylordsville, wife of Andrew P. Stirnweiss, died Thursday at New Milford Hospital.
Mrs. Stirnweiss was born in New York City, July 29, 1917, a daughter of the late James P. and Emily Vosburgh Hennessey.
She spent her early life in New York City and moved to Kent in 1941. She had been employed at the Barn Shop in Kent from 1970 to 1981. She was a communicant of Sacred Heart Church, Kent.
Besides her husband, she is survived by a son, A. Paul Stirnweiss of Wassiac, N.Y.; 4 daughters, Patricia A. Bryant of Millersville, Md., Margaret S. Lillis of Great Falls, Va., Elizabeth Soper of Alexandria, Va., and Evelyn (Lyn) Stirnweiss of Cornwall, Conn.; a sister, Mildred Gifford of Ocala, Fla.; and 4 grandsons.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday at 10 a.m. in Sacred Heart Church, Kent. Interment will be in Morningside Cemetery, Gaylordsville. Friends may call at the Lillis Funeral Home, 58 Bridge St., New Milford, Sunday from 7 to 9 p.m. Contributions in her memory may be made to the New Milford Visiting Nurse Association, 68 Park Lane Road, New Milford, CT 06776.
Herta Burger
Herta (Kindler) Burger, 92, widow of the late Wilhem Burger, of 9 Sweetcake Mountain Road, New Fairfield, died Saturday, April 15, 2000, at Danbury Hospital.
Mrs. Burger was born in Durlach, Germany, February 18, 1908, a daughter of the late Jacob and Wilhelmina (Schaefer) Kindler, emigrating to the United States in the 1920s.
Mrs. Burger and her husband had lived in the Inglenook section of New Fairfield for more than 50 years, moving in with her son William and daughter-in-law Hazel Burger.
Besides her son William and daughter-in-law Hazel, Mrs. Burger is survived by three grandchildren, William Burger Jr. of New Fairfield, Deborah Gay of Brattleboro, Vermont, and Gail Burger of Danbury, Connecticut. She also has two great-grandchildren, Joshua Gay of Vermont and Kathryn Burger of Danbury.
Friends may call at the New Fairfield Funeral Home, Route 37 at Cottontail Road, New Fairfield, on Monday, April 17, 2000, from 6 to 8 p.m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Burger will be at 8 p.m. Monday following the calling hours. The Rev. Patricia Nicholas of the New Fairfield Congregational Church will officiate.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the New Fairfield Congregational Church, 20 Gillotti Road, New Fairfield, CT 06812.
Michael F. Glover
Michael F. "Grover" Glover, 36, of 15 Paul Street, Danbury, died Friday, April 14, 2000, at Danbury Hospital, due to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident. At the time of his death he was surrounded by his friends and loved ones. He was the husband of Kerry (Knapp) Glover.
Glover had lived in the Newtown area all his life, had loved motorcycling and had worked at Consulting Engineering & Development in New Milford.
Besides his wife, he is survived by 2 brothers, James Glover of West Dover, VT, and Robert Glover of Walden, NY; a sister, Sharon Trudeau of Sandy Hook; and several nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Southbury Funeral Home of Munson-Lovetere on Monday, April 17, 2000, from 6 to 8 p.m. A Funeral Mass will be held at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown on Tuesday, April 18, 2000, at 11 a.m. Burial will be in St. Rose Cemetery, Newtown.
Memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association, 5 Brookside Drive, Wallingford, CT 06492.
The Honorable John Kenneth Mansfield
John Kenneth Mansfield, 78, who served three United States presidents in executive branch appointive positions and who held important posts on Capitol Hill died April 6, 2000.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Mansfield was graduated from Northwestern University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He did graduate work in International Relations at Yale University and was named to the Yale faculty in 1949.
The following year he came to Washington, D.C. as a staff member of the Joint Congressional Committee on Atomic Energy and later became Chief of Staff of its Military Applications Subcommittee, in which capacity he concentrated on helping speed progress on the development of inter-continental and submarine launched ballistic missiles.
In 1956 he returned to Connecticut where he was Assistant to the Director of the Nuclear Division of Combustion Engineering, Inc. which built nuclear propulsion machinery for the United States Navy.
In 1959, he was requested by the late Senator Henry M. Jackson (D. Wash) to return to Washington as Staff Director of the Subcommittee on National Policy Machinery of the Senate Government Operations Committee. The Subcommittee, whose work was non-partisan throughout, conducted the first comprehensive congressional review ever undertaken of the organization and staffing of the federal government in the area of national security. The recommendations emerging from the Subcommittee's two and one half year long inquiry heavily influenced the Kennedy administration's approach to the conduct of national security policy.
In 1961, at the completion of the subcommittee's study, President John Kennedy appointed Mr. Mansfield as the Department of State's first Inspector General of Foreign Assistance and he later served President Lyndon Johnson in this same capacity. Mr. Mansfield himself took part in on-the-spot inspections of United States economic and military assistance programs, Peace Corps and Food for Peace activities in seventy-five different countries.
After stepping down as the foreign assistance watchdog in 1969, he joined the staff of what is now the Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs.
In 1978, president Jimmy Carter appointed Mr. Mansfield as the first Inspector General of the Department of Energy, a position he held until he left government service in 1981.
Mr. Mansfield was a member of the Board of Directors of the Panama Canal Company from 1961 to 1969. His various consultancies included advising the then Governor of Connecticut Abraham Ribicoff on nuclear energy issues and the Parliamentarians Conference of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on scientific and technical matters. After leaving government he also served as a consultant to the Westinghouse Electric Corporation.
His survivors include his wife Jane Shalley Mansfield of Washington, D.C., formerly of Danbury; his sister Ruth Reazin of New Albany, Indiana, and two nieces and a nephew.
Charles C.Anderson
Charles C. Anderson, age 65, of Newtown, died Friday, April 14, 2000, in the Connecticut Hospice, Branford.
Mr. Anderson was born in Bridgeport and was a lifelong area resident.
He was a retired Bridgeport police officer for 28 years. A U.S. Marine veteran, he served during the Korean Conflict and was a member of the Police Benevolent Association and the Police Association of CT. He also was a member of the Blue Knights and of the Ashlar-Aspetuck Lodge No. 142 A.F. & A.M.
Survivors include his wife, Vera Ann Saul Anderson of Newtown; one son, Charles C. Anderson Jr. of Arlington, Texas; his mother, Ann Yamnicky Anderson of Stuart, FL; two brothers, Herbert and Harold Anderson, both of Stuart, FL; one sister, Barbara Silhavy and her husband, Joseph, of Easton; four nephews and one great-niece. He was predeceased by a brother, Robert Anderson.
Friends are invited to attend the funeral on Tuesday at 10 a.m. directly at the Salem Lutheran Church, Bridgeport. Burial will be in the Ridge Cemetery in Redding Ridge, CT. Friends may call on Monday at The Larson Funeral Home, 2496 North Ave., Bridgeport, from 4 to 8 p.m. A Masonic service will take place at 7 p.m. The family would prefer donations to either the Salem Lutheran Church General Fund, 3160 Park Ave., Bridgeport, CT 06604 or the Connecticut Hospice, 61 Burban Drive, Branford, CT 06405.
