The following obituaries will be published in this week’s Observer. For more information, look to our print or e-edition this Friday.
Joseph F. Skelskey, 97, died Jan. 19. He was the widower of Charlotte Skelskey and Kathleen Hayes Skelskey.
Norman J. Gagnon, 80, of Bristol, husband of 61 years to Gladys (Parent) Gagnon, died on Thursday, Jan. 22 at his home.
Walter H. Hintz, 83, of Bristol, died on Sunday, Jan. 18 at Southington Care Center.
Martial O. Brasseur husband of Priscilla (Pinette) Brasseur, died on Jan. 16.
Joan L. (Jacquemin) Strecker, 72, wife of James Strecker, died Monday, Jan. 19 at Bristol Hospital.
Robert Edward Parker, Jr. 68, of Bristol, died on Thursday, Jan. 15 at John Dempsey Hospital after a long illness. He was the husband of Ann Louise (Wrisley) Parker.
Rita Elizabeth (Gould) Gervais died on Friday, Jan. 16.
Wallace A. Mendela of Middletown, former Terryville resident, died Sunday, Jan. 18 at his home.
Mildred Sogan, 84, of Bristol, died on Friday, Jan. 23 at Village Green in Bristol.
Ellen (Zahn) Wilbur, 73, of Bristol, died Sunday, Jan. 18 at Countryside Manor, Bristol.
Carole (Koloski) Truiolo, 73, of Bristol, widow of Jack J. Truiolo, died on Monday, Jan. 19 at Yale/New Haven Hospital in New Haven.