Recent Death Notices From Wallingford

WALLINGFORD, CT — Below are recent death notices from Wallingford.

John W. Hill Jr., 64, died Sept. 12, 2026. A Lyman Hall High School graduate, he worked for 10 years at Advanced Auto Parts in Meriden as a parts delivery driver.

George W. “Chip” Mellor III, 72, died Sept. 13, 2026. A graduate of Lyman Hall High School, he worked for nearly 50 years as an inside salesman in industrial and commercial plumbing supplies, including 20 years at New Haven Windustrial, and enjoyed gardening, spending time with his grandchildren and volunteering for various organizations, including the VFW Auxiliary, of which he was a lifetime member.

Joseph Anthony Kurcaba Jr., 83, died Sept. 13, 2026. A graduate of Horace C. Wilcox Technical School, he worked for 47 years as an engineering supervisor at Hobson & Motzer, was a longtime member of the Connecticut Street Rod Association in Wallingford, built several custom Ford vehicles, including a 1940 Ford pickup truck and a 1940 Ford Sedan Delivery, and enjoyed traveling, gardening and NASCAR.

Alvaro Martinez, 65, died Sept. 19, 2026. He was a forklift operator for Nucor Steel for many years. He is survived by his wife, Maria M. Martinez.

Brandice Paige DeVeau, 47, died Sept. 22, 2026. She worked as a television producer, traveling throughout the United States and internationally, and more recently worked at Masonicare, while her interests included art, music, travel, animals, food and flowers.

Doris Adelaide Eckels, 97, died Sept. 22, 2026. A graduate of the New England Deaconess School of Nursing, she worked as a registered nurse at Yale-New Haven Hospital and Gaylord Hospital, where she spent more than 35 years, and enjoyed playing the organ, bowling, bocce and traveling.

Calogero “Joe” Marino, 78, died Oct. 1, 2026. He was the former co-owner and operator of Caesar's Pizza in Wallingford before working as a butcher at several local grocery stores, and enjoyed gardening and growing various fruit trees.

John A. Perrelli, 83, died Oct. 4, 2026. He owned Consolidated Dental Lab in Hamden, was a singer and saxophonist for the band The Patriots, and enjoyed vacationing on Block Island and fishing in the Catskill Mountains of New York.