Exhibit 99.2    Form of Webster Proxy Card




                          WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION

           This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of The Board of Directors

                  The undersigned  shareholder of Webster Financial  Corporation
("Webster")  hereby  appoints  Walter R. Griffin and Harold W. Smith,  or any of
them,  with full  power of  substitution  in each,  as proxies to cast all votes
which the undersigned  shareholder is entitled to cast at the special meeting of
shareholders (the "Webster Meeting") to be held at 4:00 p.m. on October 31, 1995
at the Elton Ballroom, 30 West Main Street, Waterbury, Connecticut 06702, and at
any  adjournments   thereof,   upon  the  following  matters.   The  undersigned
shareholder hereby revokes any proxy or proxies heretofore given.

                  This  proxy  will be  voted  as  directed  by the  undersigned
shareholder.  UNLESS CONTRARY  DIRECTION IS GIVEN,  THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED FOR
APPROVAL OF THE ISSUANCE OF ADDITIONAL  SHARES OF WEBSTER STOCK TO  SHAREHOLDERS
OF SHELTON  BANCORP,  INC. AS PART OF THE  MERGER,  AND IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH THE
DETERMINATION  OF A MAJORITY  OF THE BOARD OF  DIRECTORS  OF WEBSTER AS TO OTHER
MATTERS. The undersigned shareholder may revoke this proxy at any time before it
is voted by delivering to the Secretary of Webster  either a written  revocation
of the proxy or a duly  executed  proxy bearing a later date, or by appearing at
the Webster  Meeting and voting in person.  The undersigned  shareholder  hereby
acknowledges  receipt of  Webster's  Notice of Special  Meeting  and Joint Proxy
Statement/Prospectus.

                  If you  receive  more than one  proxy  card,  please  sign and
return all cards in the accompanying envelope.

             (continued and to be signed and dated on reverse side)
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                                                             Please mark your
                                                                votes as this.

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                                     COMMON

Proposal 1:       To approve the issuance of  additional shares of Webster Stock
                  to  shareholders  of  Shelton Bancorp,  Inc.  as  part of  the
                  Merger.

                  FOR                       AGAINST                 ABSTAIN
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Other Matters:    The  proxies  are   authorized   to  vote  upon   such   other
                  business as may properly come before the Webster  Meeting,  or
                  any adjournments thereof, in accordance with the determination
                  of a majority of Webster's Board of Directors.

Date:
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  Signature of Shareholder or
   Authorized Representative

Please  date  and  sign  exactly  as  name  appears   hereon.   Each   executor,
administrator,  trustee,  guardian,  attorney-in-fact and other fiduciary should
sign and indicate his or her full title.  When stock has been issued in the name
of two or more persons, all should sign.