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and five grandchildren.
Rabbi Max Glitter will officiate at
the funeral services to be conducted
at the Clark funeral home, 20 State
street, at 2 p. m. Sunday afternoon.
Burial will be in Sharis Israel ceme-
terry.
Friends may call at the funeral
home Saturday between 9 and 1890
p. m, and are requested to omit
flowers.
CRISCITIELLO - Mrs. Theresa
Criscitiello of 80 Lee street, New Bri-
tain, died in New Britain General
hospital last week.
She leaves her husband Pellegrino
Criscitiello; a son, Thomas; three
brothers, Angelo, Albert and Ardalio
Capozzi, all of this city; and four
sisters, Mrs. Fannie Petillo, Mrs
Ermine Lombardo, Mrs. Adeline
Russo and Mrs. Anna Soloa, also of
this city.
Funeral services were held in New
Britain Saturday.
HUGHES-Albert william Hughes,
ST., rs, of 172O East Main street,
died last night in West Cheshire
following a short = illness. He was
born in Birmingham, England, and
had resided in Waterbury for the
past SO years. Until his recent ILL
ness, he had been employed at the
Scovill Mfg. co. Mr.. Hughes was
a member of Waterbury chapter,
National Association of Power Engi-
neers, and a member of Stephen
Terry lodge, No. SO, Odd Fellows OF
Bristol.
He leaves his wife, Mary Ann
(Smith) Hughes; two sons, Albert
w. Hughes, Jr., of Waterville and
Ralph w. Hughes of West Hartford ;
two daughters, Mrs. Lydia Bouteiller
of West Hartford and Mrs. Ethel
Hyper of Baltimore; a brother, Her.
bert Hughes; six grandchildren and
one great-grandchild.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row from the Clark funeral home,
20 State street, time and other ar
rangements to be announced.
Friends may call at the funeral
home today from to 8 p. m.
FRUIN - Robert Fruin, SIS, for
merly of this city, died Tuesday in
Detroit. While in Waterbury, he
operated grocery store in the
Baldwin street section Of the city.
Survivors include a sister, Mrs.
John B. Smithwick of New Britain,
a sister in Ireland and several
nieces and nephews in Waterbury,
and New Britain.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row at 8:15 a. m. from the Ken
ney funeral home, 81 High street,
New Britain, to st. John Evan-
gelist church where a solemn high
Mass will be celebrated at 9. Bur-
ial will be in new st. Josephs
cemetery, Waterbury.
richardson's. Florence Whit
tier (ElmendorD Richards, II, wi
dow of Eugene Lamb Richards, for
mer New York state superintendent
Of banks, died in Cheshire yester-
day following a lingering illness.
She was the daughter of the late
DR.. Martin and Mary Eella Elmen-
dorf of New York city and had
lived in Waterbury for the past
| four years. Mrs. Richards was an
amateur actress, and had appeared
in leading roles with the Amateur
Comedy club and the Strollers'
club of New York city.
She was formerly president of
the Staten Island Garden club and
was a member of the New York
county chapter, D. A. r. and the
Daughters of Holland Danes.
Mrs. Richards is survived by a
daughter, Mrs. Eugene w. Van c.
Lucas, Jr. of Middlebury; three
grandsons, Sergt. Peter r. Lucas,
Army Air corps in the South Pa
cific, Anthony Lamb Richards and
Thomas Randell Richards of New
York city; and two granddaughters,
Diana Lucas of Middlebury and
Mathilda Richards of Los Angeles,
Calf. A son, Eugene Lamb Rich
ards, III, of New York city, died
last August.
The funeral will be held tomor-
row at Christ church, WATERFOWL,
at 4 p. m. Interment will be pri-
vate.
VEPRAUSKAS - Mrs. Josephine
Veprauskas, widow of Matthew Yep
rauskas, died last night at the home
of her daughter, Mrs. Anthony
Schulzinsky, 419 South Leonard
street, after lingering illness. She
came to this country from Lithu-
ania about 30 years ago, residing
In Waterbury most of the time.
Survivors include six daughters,
Mrs. Marion Brayall, Mrs. Anna
Peck, Mrs. Helen Schulzinski, with
whom she resided, Miss Anastasia
Veprauskas, Mrs. Agnes Abromovich
and Mrs. Phyllis Ocampl Of New
York; one son, Joseph, Of this city;
and II grandchildren.
The funeral will be held Morlday
morning at $3.50 from the Stokes
J funeral home, 1914 Riverside street
! TO st. Joseph's church at 9:15. Bur-
ial will be in the family plot III
Calvary cemetery. Friends may
call at the funeral home tomorrow
4 and Sunday from 2 To 10 q. m.