Charles "Charlie" Conochalla

Charles Charlie Conochalla, 86, of New Britain, beloved husband of Delicia Dolly Cancellieri Conochalla, died Friday January 27, 2006 in Largo, Florida. A native and longtime New Britain resident, Charlie attended Hartford High School and served in the U.S. Army in the Phillipines during World War II, he also served for 23 years in the 76th Infantry Division with the Connecticut Army Reserve in West Hartford. He owned and operated Charlies Market on North Street in New Britain for 25 years and later was a State Judicial Marshall for the past 35 years. Charlie summered in Old Saybrook and was an officer in the Great Hammock Beach Association. He was a member of St. Anns Church in New Britain; was active in New Britain Democratic politics formerly serving on the Democratic Town Committee and as a Town Constable, as well as a New Britain Auxiliary Policeman. An avid Monday night bowler at T-Bowl in Newington and an enthusiastic card player, he was also a Fourth Degree Knight with Daley Council of the Knights of Columbus. Charlie was a member of the Angelo Tomasso Sr. Lodge, Sons of Italy; the Pvt. Walter J. Smith Post, VFW; the Italian Fraternal Society; and was a life member of the St. Josephs College Fathers Association. Charlie loved to travel with his family. He touched and enriched the lives of everyone he met. He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. Besides his beloved wife Dolly, he is survived by a daughter, Angela Conochalla of New Britain; two brothers, John Conochalla of Winter Haven, Florida, and Joseph Conochalla and his wife Eleanor of Wethersfield; two sisters, Madeline Maulucci of New Britain, and Mary Gaudette and her husband Richard of New Hartford; two sisters-in-law, Josephine Cancellieri of Wethersfield and Angela Cafaro of Largo, Florida; several nieces and nephews; and two beloved grandcats, Chellie and Casey. Funeral services will be held Wednesday 8:30 AM at Carlson Funeral Home, 45 Franklin Square, New Britain followed by a Mass of Christian Burial 9:30 AM at St. Anns Church. Entombment with military honors will be in the St. Mary Cemetery Mausoleum. Calling hours are Tuesday 4 to 8 PM at Carlson Funeral Home. Memorial donations may be made to St. Anns Church, 47 Clark Street, New Britain, CT 06051. Please share a memory or note of sympathy with Charlies family by clicking on "GUESTBOOK" at the bottom of this page.

Charles "Charlie" Conochalla

October 21, 1919 - January 27, 2006

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October 21, 1919 - January 27, 2006

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