Elliott Sossei Jr., art teacher

Elliott Joseph Sossei Jr., a retired art teacher with Broadview Junior High and Rogers Park Middle schools in Danbury, died Monday, Oct. 30, in Louisville, Ky. He was 59.
A former resident of Ridgefield and Bethel, he was a former member of the Bethel Art League and a member of Thomas Jefferson Unitarian Church in Louisville.
He is survived by his wife, the former Rebecca Miller; two daughters, Mia and Tiffani Sossei; a son Joseph Sossei, all of Louisville; his mother, Nellie Sossei, a sister, Helen Hyde, both of Austin, Texas; and three brothers, William Sossei of Bethel, Edward Sossei of Bethlehem and James Sossei of Coconut Creek, Fla.
Funeral services are Friday at 1 p.m. at Pearson Funeral Home, Louisville.
Memorials may go to the American Cancer Society or to the Juvenile Diabetes Association.