W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home

11/20/2025

Josephine “Jo” (DeCaprio) Farricielli passed away peacefully in her home in Branford, CT on November 16, 2025. Josephine was born on November 30, 1919 in New Haven to Antonio and Raffaela (Sparico) DeCaprio. She was one of nine siblings. She was a devoted mother to Joseph (Jean) Farricielli and Chri...

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11/18/2025

John M. Carulli, of Orange, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, November 14, 2025. He was the beloved husband of Trofimena Carulli. Born in New Haven on September 16, 1941, John was the son of the late John A. and Louise Nardella Carulli.

John graduated from Fairfield University in...

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11/18/2025

When asked ”what is something you wish people understood about grief?”, one of the most common answers was “how isolating it is”.

Loss brings about a deep and consuming loneliness. It makes people feel overlooked and overwhelmed with the weight of the pain they now have to carry. And it makes people afraid that they are alone. The darkness can do that to a heart. It makes it hard to see any hope or any help.

That is why support is so important: someone to witness another’s pain and walk alongside them. That is why the warmth of a compassionate hand reaching for ours matters so much.

A broken heart aches to feel seen in their most painful spaces. Let’s see them. Let’s hear them. Let’s listen for them. 💖

11/17/2025

"Some people never get the chance to grow old. Appreciate every sunrise, it’s a privilege, not a guarantee."

Some people never get the chance to grow old — and that truth alone should humble us.

Each sunrise we wake to is a quiet blessing, a whisper from life saying, you still have time. Time to love, to heal, to begin again. It’s so easy to take the ordinary for granted — the beating of our hearts, the air in our lungs, the familiar faces we pass each day — but these are the miracles others no longer have.

So, when the dawn spills its light across your window, pause. Feel it. Appreciate it. Growing older isn’t a burden; it’s a privilege, a tender reminder that you’re still part of this beautiful, fleeting story.

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11/17/2025

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11/17/2025

The W.S. Clancy Memorial Funeral Home is joining the Connecticut Funeral Directors Association by collecting gift cards and unwrapped toys for Operation ELF families of CT National Guard and other soldiers and airmen who are deployed during the holidays, as well as for Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital’s Toy Closet program and the CT Children’s Medical Center. Donations may be brought to our funeral home at 244 North Main Street in Branford from now until Wednesday December 3rd. If there are any questions please call us at 203-488-3414, thank you.

11/12/2025

11/12/2025

Vincent A. Falade, formerly of Branford, passed away on Sunday November 9th at Evergreen Woods in North Branford. He was the husband of the late Marilyn Thompson Falade. He was the uncle of Mark Falade of East Hartford, Steven Falade of North Stonington, CT, Gregg Falade of Bar Harbor, Maine, Willia...

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11/11/2025

They don’t leave — they just change the way they stay… In our hearts, in our words, and in the quiet love that never fades. 🤍

11/11/2025

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