Joseph Marinan Obituary

MARINAN, JOSEPH P. Joseph P. Marinan, 82, of 116 Summerhill died Monday afternoon after a long illness. Mr. Marinan, son of the late Iva P. Marinan and Joseph T. Marinan of New Haven and Cheshire, was born in New Haven, July 18, 1932. He lived in New Haven and Guilford for many years. He was President of Lewis S. Welch Inc., an area Insurance Agency founded in 1928. He leaves a son, Sean R. Marinan; daughter-in-law, Brenda; and two grandsons, Sean Jr. and Paul. Mr. Marinan was a graduate of Yale University and a member of the New Haven chapter of MENSA. He was also a veteran who served 25 years with the Army National Guard and Reserve; he retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel. Funeral services will be private. There are no calling hours. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society, 825 Brook St., I-91 Tech Center, Rocky Hill, CT 06067. Biega Funeral Home has care of the arrangements. To share memories or express condolences online please visit www.biegafuneralhome.com

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Published by The New Haven Register from Mar. 13 to Mar. 14, 2014.

Memories and Condolences
for Joseph Marinan

11 Entries

Chris Poulos

March 7, 2019

Today Im observing my 75th birthday and its not unusual that as we hit these milestones, we reflect on those who have touched our lives but are no longer here.
How appropriate, this anniversary gives me cause to think about my good friend Joe.

Chris Poulos

August 16, 2014

Sean and family:
You probably do not know me but your Dad and I shared some good times together in both our insurance and Army Reserve careers. We met while you were tearing up the gridiron at Princeton and I was working with Charlie Crowley. In spite of his aversion for skiers, prominently posted on the wall, he often allowed my family to stay in his VT hide-a-way so we could afford an otherwise expensive pastime. Whenever I visited him at The Welch Agency he insisted we take lunch at The Q Club and took pleasure pointing to his posted scores with the bowling league. We also connected in a different way through the Army Reserve. Not many Yalies owned up to that in those days. In recent years our contact was via E Mail. We would exchange humorous bits and I continued doing so after I returned from Florida in April not learning of his death until last week. I will miss him and his very special wit.
Chris Poulos

May 9, 2014

Sean,
So sorry to learn of your Dad's passing. My last communication with Joe was at Christmas time when I dropped off cookies for him. He was a great next door neighbor to me at Summerhill (114) for all the years I was there. I will miss his wise and ever so humorful commentaries that we shared. My deepest sympathy to you and your family.
Susan Joslyn

Paul Silverstone

March 30, 2014

I am very sorry to learn about Joe. My condolences to his family. We were rooommates at Yale in my senior year 1952-53 and had kept in touch over the years. I will miss his perceptive and interesting commentaries.

March 29, 2014

Mr. Marinan ,We are very sorry to hear of the loss of your father. May God bless and watch over you and your family at this difficult time. Sincerely, The Martone Family

Tara Knapp

March 21, 2014

Dear Sean,
We share your sense of loss. Uncle Joe was an important part of our lives. We saw him almost every Sunday growing up. He was at all our major milestones: graduations, wedding, baptism. We will miss him.

Guido Calabresi

March 18, 2014

Dear Sean, I just read of your dad's death and it made me very sad. Joe and I go back a very long way. We both went to the Foote school at the same time. As soon as we got there he and I started campaigning for FDR's fourth term. We assured everybody that his health was great and so there was no need to worry about who the vice president would be. We convinced enough of our classmates and others so that when they took a vote in that school full of kids from wealthy families, Roosevelt won. It caused a bit of a scandal. When Roosevelt died. I called Joe up and said "what do we tell them now." Joe had been about to call me to say "let's tell everyone we have reason to believe Truman will be just fine." We told them that and, as so often, your dad was right.

We both went to Hopkins, but I skipped a year and so was no longer his classmate. We did keep up then, however, and at Yale as well.

Over the years, and especially as he got ill, we lost track of each other. Nonetheless, I thought of him often and will miss him a lot. Please know that he and you and your family are very much in my thoughts and prayers.

With sincere condolences,
Guido (Calabresi)

Tracy Crowley

March 17, 2014

Dear Sean, your dad was a wonderful person. Although we were not related by blood, he will always be my Uncle Joe. He was an important presence in my life for over 50 years and was a wonderful friend to my dad through good times and bad. I will miss him but never forget him.

March 15, 2014

Dear Sean & family, Sorry to hear of the loss of your father. Please know that you are in our thoughts and prayers.

Bob & Deb Gill

Bob DeFeo

March 15, 2014

Joe's Hopkins Grammar School classmates of the class of 1950 share the sadness of his loss and extend our deepest sympathy to his family.

March 14, 2014

We are very sorry for the loss of your Father, and our cousin. June and Jim Seichter

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