Ruth R. Papa, 87, of North Haven passed away peacefully Saturday, October 31, 2015 at Connecticut Hospice, Branford. She was the beloved wife of the late Michael Angelo Papa. Ruth was born in New Haven on November 12, 1927; daughter of the late Samuel and Tillie Butchek Dobrosky. She had worked as a Certified Licensed Practical Nurse at Yale New Haven Hospital for over 30 years. Mother of Cheryl P. Tomczyk and Michael Papa, Jr. Grandmother of Joseph Michael Tomczyk, Christopher Papa and Lisa Marie Caro (Tom). Great Grandmother of Isabella. Sister of the late Josephine Piampiano, Rose DeFelice, Helen Kuchinski, Olga Frieder, Pauline Vitalli, Philip and Thomas Dobrosky. Also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be conducted in the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Avenue on Friday afternoon at 12. Family and friends may call from 11:00 am until time of service. Interment will be private and at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Connecticut Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd. Branford, CT 06405 or Alzheimer’s Association, 200 Executive Blvd. Suite 4B Southington, CT 06489.
I am so sorry for the loss the whole family must be felneig right now.My thoughts and prayers are with you all.I don't know if this is the right time to say this but I have been searching for Larry for quite sometime now and had hoped to find him and reintroduce myself but as it is now, let me introduce myself to you I am Larry's half sister.I want to let you know Steve,Larry,and Bonita or Bonnie as we have always called her, have always been on my mind and in my heart.It saddens me very much to know I'll never be able to tell them that.Lester was my father also, me and my brothers and sister are children from his marriage to our mother Wilma.My brothers are Lynn,and Paul and then me Alice and my sister Gloria. If I have done this at the wrong time I ask you to forgive me I was afraid I would never get the chance to talk with anyone who was a part of Larry's life.I'll always remember Steve, Larry and Bonnie as teenagers so for me they are forever young and they will always be forever LOVED.