MENEO, VINCENT

Mr. Vincent Meneo, son of the late Antonio Meneo and Anna Marie DePrisco, born November 11, 1935 in Derby, CT entered into eternal rest peacefully on September 12, 2020 in Port St. Lucie, FL with family by his side. He was brother to Michael (Roseann) Meneo, Angelina (John) Geriak, and Anthony (Christine)

Meneo.

He was a kind and generous soul, his memory will forever be cherished by his devoted wife of 65 years Elizabeth Lange, his 4 children Elizabeth (Robert) Kissiday, Vincent (Deborah) Meneo, Michael (Laura) Meneo, Terry Meneo, 12 loving grandchildren, and 4 beautiful great-grandchildren.

A celebration of life will be held in Derby, CT November 2020.

Shelton is home to an American chestnut tree, which sits beside the Rec Path, close to Wesley Drive. The American Chestnut Foundation will harvesting the chestnut seeds on Sept. 24.

Foundation recently pollinated the tree, with the help of United Illuminating and a Lewis Tree Service bucket truck. Now the project moves to the next step — harvesting the chestnut seeds — on Sept. 24.

“The flowers of these majestic trees are far out of reach, so TACF enlisted the help of United Illuminating, who provided a bucket truck for the pollination process,” Gosset said. “Representatives from TACF brought pollen from other Connecticut flowering American chestnuts

and applied it to the female flowers of the Shelton chestnut tree. The flowers were then covered with corn bags to protect them from any possible stray pollen.”

TACF returns Sept. 24, again with the help of UI and a Lewis Tree Service bucket truck, to harvest the nuts for planting in one of its Connecticut orchards next spring.

“The hope is that descendants of the Shelton American chestnut will eventually be returned to the forest,” Gosset said.

Shelton Trails Committee / Contributed photo