Obituary of Paul Thomas Gaudioso

Paul Thomas Gaudioso, age 45 of Seymour, died suddenly at home on May 29, 2016. Born in Derby on June 6, 1970, he was the beloved son of Pasquale “Pat” and Barbara J. White Gaudioso. Mr. Gaudioso was a 1988 graduate of Seymour High School and earned a certificate in welding from Kaynor Technical School. He owned and operated the CT Ground Maintenance and Service Co., a full service landscape and tree service for many years. He also worked as an employee for the S.P. Pruzinsky & Sons Co. and St. Joseph’s Manor. Mr. Gaudioso found peace in the outdoors and loved all animals, especially dogs and wolves. He was often found tending to his vegetable and flower gardens, rooting for the NY Yankees or UCONN Basketball, or tossing horseshoes with friends and family. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a sister, Michele (Jeffrey) Zibluk of Newtown; a brother, Matthew (Marian) Gaudioso of Seymour; a cherished nephew, Adam Jeffrey Zibluk of Newtown; as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. He was predeceased by his materal grandparents, Paul and Alcine McCabe White and paternal grandparents, Peter and Catella Ardigliano Gaudioso. Funeral services will take place on Friday, June 3, 2016 at 9:00 AM from the Wakelee Memorial Funeral Home, 167 Wakelee Avenue, Ansonia. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated at 10:00 AM in the Church of the Assumption, 61 North Cliff Street, Ansonia. Interment will follow in Mt. St. Peter Cemetery, Derby. Family and friends may call at the funeral home on Thursday, June 2, 2016, from 4:00 to 7:00 PM. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are encouraged to be made to the Yale-New Haven Hemophilia Center, Dept. of Pediatrics, LMP 4087, 333 Cedar St., New Haven CT 06510 or to the Seymour Animal Control Dept., Silvermine Rd., Seymour, CT 06483. Online condolences may be made at www.wwakeleememorial.com.