Exhibit 99.3    Form of Shelton Proxy Card


                              SHELTON BANCORP, INC.

           This Proxy is Solicited on Behalf of The Board of Directors

                  The   undersigned   shareholder  of  Shelton   Bancorp,   Inc.
("Shelton") hereby appoints  ________________________ and _____________________,
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  annual
meeting of  shareholders  (the  "Shelton  Meeting")  to be held at 10:00 a.m. on
October 31, 1995 at Rapp's Paradise Inn, 557 Wakelee, Ansonia,  Connecticut, 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: (1)
TO APPROVE AND ADOPT AN AGREEMENT  AND PLAN OF MERGER,  DATED JUNE 20, 1995,  AS
AMENDED,  AMONG WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION  ("WEBSTER"),  WEBSTER ACQUISITION
CORP.  AND SHELTON,  PURSUANT TO WHICH SHELTON AND SHELTON  SAVINGS BANK WILL BE
ACQUIRED BY WEBSTER FINANCIAL CORPORATION,  (2) FOR THE ELECTION OF THE NOMINEES
AS  DIRECTORS,  AND (3) OTHERWISE IN ACCORDANCE  WITH THE  DETERMINATION  OF THE
PROXIES. The undersigned shareholder may revoke this proxy at any time before it
is voted by delivering to the Secretary of Shelton  either a written  revocation
of the proxy or a duly  executed  proxy bearing a later date, or by appearing at
the Shelton  Meeting and voting in person.  The undersigned  shareholder  hereby
acknowledges  receipt of  Shelton's  Notice of Annual  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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                                                              See
                                                          Reverse Side





                                                                    [X]


                                                             Please mark your
                                                                votes as this.

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                                     COMMON

Proposal 1:       To approve  and  adopt an  Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated
                  June 20, 1995, as amended, among Webster,  Webster Acquisition
                  Corp.  and  Shelton,  pursuant  to which  Shelton  and Shelton
                  Savings Bank will be acquired by Webster.

                  FOR                       AGAINST                 ABSTAIN
                  [ ]                        [ ]                      [ ]

Proposal 2:       To  elect  the  following  nominees  as  directors  to serve a
                  three-year  term and until the election and  qualification  of
                  their  successors:  LeRoy T.  Glover,  J. Allen  Kosowsky  and
                  Kenneth E. Schaible.

                  (INSTRUCTION:   To   withhold   authority   to  vote  for  any
                  individual,  write that  nominee's  name on the space provided
                  below.)

  FOR all nominees     WITHHOLD AUTHORITY        WITHHOLD AUTHORITY
  listed above         to vote for all nominees  to vote for the following only:

     [ ]                  [ ]


Other Matters:   The  proxies  are  authorized to vote upon such other  business
                     as   may   properly   come  before  the  meeting,  or   any
                     adjournments  thereof, in accordance with the determination
                     of the proxies.

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.