Date of Passing
Wake and Funeral Info

Funeral from BEECHER & BENNETT, 2300 Whitney Ave., Hamden, on Thursday, October 14th at 9:15 a.m. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at 10 a.m. Followed by burial in Beaverdale Memorial Park. Friends may visit with the family on Wednesday evening from 4 to 8 p.m. Contributions in memory of Janice may be sent to CT Hospice, 100 Double Beach Rd., Branford, CT 06405. Visitation:

Janice E. Houde, 62, of Hamden, passed away at CT Hospice on October 11, 2010 with her devoted family by her side. She was born in New Haven on April 26, 1948 to the late Julius and Rosemary Anderson Toth. Janice is survived by her three children and their spouses, Edward Jr. and Lisa Houde of North Haven, Christopher and Rachel Houde of East Granby and Megan and Michael Karcher of Glens Falls, NY; brother, Douglas Toth of Hamden; sister Elaine Reitmeyer and her husband Thomas of Huntington; grandchildren, Ashlie, Lauren, Daniel, and Jason Houde; aunt, Elsie O'Connell of Hamden. Janice was raised in Hamden until moving to West Haven where she lived for over 30 years. Ten years ago she happily moved back to Hamden. She worked for AT&T for 14 years and was an active member of CWA Local Local 1298 CWA.  Janice served as a union steward and had been a member of the finance committee at Union Headquarters for over 10 years.  Janice's will be sorely missed by all.