Obituaries

Hamden Obituaries: Edwina Casher, 84

She worked for the SNET Company for 25 years until her retirement and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.




Edwina Sullivan Casher, 84, of Larson Place, Hamden, formerly of Hartford Turnpike, North Haven, passed away peacefully on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014 at her home. She was the wife of the late Michael L. Casher, Sr.

Edwina was born in Danbury on Sept. 5, 1929, the daughter of the late Edward P. and Marie Murphy Sullivan. She worked for the SNET Company for 25 years until her retirement and was a member of the Telephone Pioneers of America.

She was the mother of Michael L. Casher, Jr. and the late Thomas J. Casher and sister of Jacqueline Ruggiero and her husband Joseph, and the late Joan and James Sullivan.

Her funeral procession will leave the North Haven Funeral Home, 36 Washington Ave., on Friday morning at 10:30. Family and friends may call from 9 to 10:30 a.m. A mass of Christian burial will follow in St. Francis Church, New Haven at 11 a.m. Interment will follow in All Saints Cemetery. www.northhavenfuneral.com 


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