Paula Joanne Shiff Shemitz, 90, of Woodbridge, Conn., formerly of New Haven, Conn., died May 20. She was the widow of Sylvan Shemitz. Born in New Haven, Conn., she was the daughter of Phillip and Harriet Shiff. She is survived by her daughters, Julie Jane Shemitz of Los Angeles, Calif., Elizabeth Deane Shemitz-Smith, of Woodbridge, Conn., and Allison Kate Schieffelin of New Haven, Conn. and Nantucket, Massachusetts; her grandchildren, Charlotte Anna Shemitz-Smith and James “Ace” Evan Smith, of Woodbridge; and her brother Alan H.W. Shiff of Bethesda, Md. and Nantucket, Mass.