Jo Frances (Jodie) Mueller, 82, of Madison, CT, and Grantham (Eastman), NH, died Wednesday, February 3, 2021, at her home in Madison, surrounded by her family. She was born in Wichita Falls, TX, on October 29, 1938, the daughter of Mary Nell and Robert Harrison Creed. Jodie graduated from Wichita Falls High School, Wichita Falls, TX, and Yale School of Nursing, New Haven, CT. Everyone that knew Jodie knows that at the center of it all was her husband, John. They were married 51 years before his death in 2011. Active in her community and committed to volunteerism, Jodie was passionate about caring for others. She took great pride in her work in Hospice's founding days in Branford, CT, in...

Virginia Alice Kwieraga of Durham, born November 19, 1937, daughter of the late Andrew Paul and Alice (Ulatowski) Landa, departed this life peacefully in her home on October 29, 2020. Virginia, affectionately known as "Ginny" or "Gin," graduated from East Haven High School and worked briefly for Winchester Repeating Arms before meeting her late husband James "Jim" Kwieraga at the local roller-skating rink. They married and moved to Durham in 1958. Their love and devotion for each other was immediate and everlasting, and they were married for 56 years before Jim's passing in 2014. A devoted mother, grandmother, community volunteer, and homemaker, Ginny also worked as a medical coding...

Nicholas (Nick) Carafeno of Middlefield, formerly of Guilford passed away suddenly on July 28, 2019. He is the loving husband of Colleen (O'Connor) Carafeno whom he has spent the last 30 years with after meeting in high school and the devoted father to Christopher and John. Born in New Haven, CT on January 25, 1973, son of Michael Carafeno and the late Janet (Blackie) Carafeno of Guilford. Nick also leaves his sister, Lisa (John) of Miami, FL and his brother Michael (Dawn) of Guilford, several nephews, nieces, aunts and uncles amongst family and a close circle of friends. Nick attended Keene State College and earned a degree in Environmental Science. He was employed with Mystic Air...