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Charter member, MVFD Ladies Auxiliary
Elsie Mellette, 88, of Middlebury passed away Wednesday, June 28, 2017, at St. Mary’s Hospital. She was the wife of the late Cy Mellette, who passed away in 2011.
Elsie was born December 14, 1928, in Waterbury, the daughter of the late Howard and Astrid (Grandell) Northrop. She worked as a licensed insurance agent for Litchfield Insurance Group as well as the Hearthstone Agency until her retirement in 1994. She was a charter member of the Middlebury Volunteer Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and a 65-plus year member of the Pomperaug Chapter Order of the Eastern Star.
Elsie is survived by her daughter, Diane Cataudella, and her husband, Mark, of Cumberland, R.I.; her grandsons, Cris and his wife, Amy, of Harvard, Mass., and Matt and his wife, Jozefien, of West Chester, Ohio; her great-granddaughters Siena and Audrey; great-grandsons Ryan and Owen; her sister, Nancy Northrop; and her brother, Howard Northrop. Besides her parents and her husband, Elsie is predeceased by her sister Ruth Rooney.
The funeral will be Monday July 3, 2017, at 11 a.m. at the Middlebury Congregational Church at 1242 Whittemore Road in Middlebury. Friends are asked to meet directly at the church. Burial will follow in Middlebury Cemetery.
Calling hours will be Sunday July 2, 2017, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Alderson-Ford Funeral Home of Naugatuck at 201 Meadow St. in Naugatuck.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cystic Fibrosis, 185 Silas Deane Highway, Wethersfield, CT 06109 or the Middlebury Fire Department, 65 Tucker Hill Road, Middlebury, CT 06762-2512. For online condolences, to share a photo or a story, please visit www.fordfh.com.
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