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Mildred Oswald, 94, Larchmont Resident
LARCHMONT, N.Y. – Mildred Oswald, of Larchmont, died Saturday, April 9. She was 94.
She was born March 2, 1922, to John and Ellen Gleason. She worked for many years in secretarial positions and was a parishioner of St. Augustine's Church.
She was married to the late Thomas Oswald.
She is survived by her children, Thomas Oswald, Jacqueline McFarland (Jim) and Kate Moriarty (John); and grandchildren, Thomas, Kerry, Kristie and Kimmy Oswald, John and Michael Moriarty, and Britteny Braegelmann.
In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by her siblings, Huey, Kathy and Margaret.
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Sonja Claire Zandri, 75, Brookfield Resident
BROOKFIELD, Conn. – Sonja Claire (Tobler) Zandri, of Brookfield, wife of the late Harry Zandri, died Saturday, April 9 at Danbury Hospital. She was 75.
She was born in Zurich, Switzerland, on Aug. 16, 1940, a daughter of the late Rudolph and Claire (Nodari) Tobler. She loved the outdoors, which included skiing and competitive swimming. After spending time as a nanny in England, she moved to the U.S. in the 1960s. She was a nanny in Ridgefield when she met her husband, Harry, at Ridgefield’s famous Squash’s. They married in 1965, and had three children. They built a home for their family in D…
Abbe J. Cormier, 75, Danbury Resident
DANBURY, Conn. – Abbe J. Cormier, of Danbury, husband of Mary (Gulla) Cormier, died Thursday, April 7 at Regional Hospice Center for Comfort Care and Healing in Danbury. He was 75.
Cormier was born in Barachois, New Brunswick, Canada, April 7, 1941, a son of the late Aurele and Odila (Caissie) Cormier. He attended schools in Canada and was a veteran of the Royal Canadian Navy. He immigrated to the U.S. from Canada in 1962, and eventually established his own hardwood flooring business, Abbe’s Floors. He then became a partner and owner of Kent Floors for 22 years. He was a member of St. Gregor…
Willie Lee Gianfrancesco, 83, Rutherford Resident
RUTHERFORD, N.J. – Willie Lee (Coffey) Gianfrancesco, of Rutherford, died Saturday, April 9. She was 83.
She was born in Buena Vista, Va., to Walter and Mary Louise Coffey. She had been employed by Fairleigh Dickinson University as an administrative assistant to the dean of public administration for 28 years, before retiring in 1996. She was a member of the Rutherford Woman’s Club and Democratic Club.
She is survived by her daughters, Donna Masar and her husband, Mark, Marianne Pendleton and her husband, Kevin, and Barbara Molina and her husband, Carlos; grandchildren, Matt, Rachel, Cristi…
