Obituaries

Anthony Verrico Sr., 74, Veteran, Post Office Employee, Car Buff

Mary Romaniello, 87, Former Darien Resident, Worked at Capital Magnetic and IBM in Stamford

Joseph Augustus, 91, a Darien Post Office Supervisor, Active in Piedmont Club

Parker Chick Jr, 85, Former Darien Resident, Active in Episcopal Church

Maureen Diehl, 68, Former Darien Resident, Enjoyed Crocheting, Celebrating Holidays

Sanford Kaynor Jr., 58, Raised in Darien, Dies as a Result of 2012 Shooting

Malcolm Robinson Jr., 82, High School Athlete in Darien, IBM Executive

Michael Jordan, 68, Hairdresser and Business Owner in Darien and Stamford

William Barrett, 93, Former Darien Resident, Self-Taught Mineralogist, Semi-Pro Ice Skater

Cornelius Lovelady, 72, Former Golf Pro at Country Club of Darien

Jacqueline Pace, 93, a Teenager in the French Resistance, Former Darien Resident

Robert Buccelly, 87, Former Darien Resident, Electrician, Air Force Veteran

Susan Coates, 69, Former Darien Resident, Active Volunteer

Barbara Dillon, 90, Worked at The New Yorker, Wrote Children’s Books, Active Volunteer

Charles Miner Jr., 96, Financial Executive, Active Volunteer, Former Resident of Darien

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By DARIENITE.COM | April 1, 2018

Death notices for Darienites, immediate relatives and others of interest to town residents

Anthony (Tony) Joseph Verrico Sr., 74, of Stamford, Darien, Wilton, and North Carolina, passed away peacefully on Friday, April 20,at Wilton Meadows Convalescent Home in Wilton. He served his country as a member of the United States Navy and was a retired U.S. Postal worker. He had many interests, from building and flying model planes, to working on engines of all sizes. He was a car buff, enjoyed music from the Doo-wop era especially those “Oldies but Goodies,” and don’t forget Country Music! Tony loved fishing, boating, traveling, and cooking.

Mary McDonald Romaniello, formerly of Darien and Estero, FL, passed away in Naples, FL. She was 87. Mary was a resident of Southwest Florida for over 23 years. Mary Romaniello was born June 3, 1930, she was the daughter of Edward J and Cecilia M (nee Walsh) McDonald. She was a graduate of Darien High School.

Joseph G. Augustus, a lifelong resident of Darien, passed away on Sunday, April 29, 2018 at his home. He was 91. Born Jan. 9, 1927 in Darien, he was the son of the late George Agosto and Josephine Calvi Agosto Verducci. Mr. Augustus attended Darien Public Schools and was a star athlete while at Darien High. He participated in the Accelerated Graduation Program and was drafted into the U.S. Army near the end of World War II.

Parker Newhall Chick, Jr., 85, of Chatham, MA passed away peacefully on Thursday, April 26, 2018 after a long illness. He was the beloved husband of Priscilla (Freeman) Chick for over 64 years. He is predeceased by his parents Parker Chick Sr. and Katharine (Pearson) Chick, and his beloved brother Peter Chick of Tacoma, WA. He was born in Cambridge, MA on June 12, 1932. He attended Walpole public schools and graduated from Walpole High School in 1951.

Maureen Joy (Felicella) Diehl of Trumbull and previously of Darien and Stratford, beloved wife of the late Steven Diehl, passed away Sunday, April 22 at St. Vincent Medical Center. She was 68. Born Jan. 12, 1950 in Bridgeport, Maureen was the daughter of the late Vincent and Mary (Joy) Felicella and was a lifetime area resident.

Sanford (Sandy) Bull Kaynor, Jr. an attorney and businessman, died on April 19, 2018 in New Orleans, the result of gunshot wounds sustained on Oct. 2, 2012. He was 58. Born in Manhattan on May 19, 1959 and raised in Darien, he was predeceased by his parents Sanford Bull Kaynor, Sr. and Laura (Sanford) Kaynor. A descendant of the earliest settlers of the country, his ancestors included Elihu Yale; Thomas Hooker, the founder of Hartford; and soldiers who fought at the Battle of Brandywine in the Revolutionary War and the Battle of Plattsburgh in the War of 1812.

Malcolm W. Robinson, Jr., died April 16, 2018, at his residence at Westminster, FL in the World Golf Village, after a few days of hospice care. He lived a vibrant personal and business life, raising a family with his wife of 55 years, Betsy. He was attended in his last conscious days by his sons, and his only brother, John, and sister in law, Lynn, all whom had the chance to remind him they love him. Malcolm was born in Stamford, on June 13, 1935. He spent his childhood as a student, sailor, hockey player, lacrosse player, and a boxer in Darien.

Michael J. Jordan, passed away on Monday, April 16. He was 68. Michael was born on April 15, 1950 in Stratford to Josephine Dominguez and Joseph Carter. He was a business owner/hairdresser for 50 years in Darien and Stamford. Surviving are his siblings: Jo-Ann Ferro and Anthony Spetrino; his former wife, Lynn Jordan of Stamford, CT; his daughter, Mariesa Lynn Jordan of Stamford CT; and by his two twin granddaughters, Brooke Emily Bechalany and Jordan Lynn Bechalany.

William John (Bill) Barrett passed away peacefully at the River Glen Health Center in Southbury on Saturday, April 7. He was 93 years old. Born in South Norwalk to the late John J. and Viola Bloom Barrett in 1924, he resided in Norwalk, Trumbull, Darien and South Salem, NY before retiring to Southbury over thirty years ago. Bill was a member of the 3704th Army Air Force Base Unit of the U.S. Army Air Forces Training Command in World War II, serving from 1943 to 1946. He co-owned a roofing business and worked as a construction foreman, but his true passions were history, antiquities and science.

Cornelius “Neil” F. Lovelady, of Fairfield, the beloved partner for over 22 years of Marilyn Eggers, passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, April 8. He was 72. He was born in Halifax, England to the late Cornelius C. and Elizabeth Lovelady and grew up in Oxford, MS.

Neil received his B.A. degree in physical education from the University of Mississippi, where he was a member of the golf team and won NCAA Individual Champion honors in 1967-1968. He followed his passion for golf winning Pro-Am tournaments and serving as Assistant Golf Pro at the Country Club of Darien for over 30 years. Neil had a genuinely warm personality that everyone loved to be around. He was a true southern gentleman and a friend to all.

Jacqueline Henriette Pace, a former, long- time resident of Darien and once a member of the French Resistance, passed away peacefully after a long illness Saturday, March 24, at her apartment in Stamford. She was 93.

Born March 18, 1925 in Paris, Jacqueline Gambiez survived the Great Depression and World War II as part of the rightfully dubbed “Greatest Generation.”

Upon the Nazi invasion of France in 1940, Jacqueline left behind her Parisian childhood to hide in the Burgundy countryside in Chatillon-sur-Seine with her mother and grandmother. (Her grandfather, Henri Bertrand, who had passed before WWII, once owned a small cheese-making company near Chatillon, in Chamesson, and built a beautiful stone home there that remains today.)

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— an obituary from Edward Lawrence Funeral Home

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Two years later, at the age of 14, Jacqueline joined the Resistance delivering mail to the underground. While she assumed tremendous risk (that she said she never appreciated at the time), she proved very valuable as a translator since she spoke English, German, Russian, and of course, French. Among her notable wartime successes, Jacqueline helped save the life of American pilot, James MacGrew, who had been downed behind enemy lines in the forest near her home.

Robert W. Buccelly, 87, of Shelton, beloved husband of Gertrude M. Ouellette Buccelly, passed away March 31 at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Bridgeport.

Robert was born in Derby, May 9, 1930, son of the late Liberato and Antonetta Bosco Buccelly. Robert was a proud veteran of the U.S. Air Force serving during the Korean War. He graduated from the University of Hartford with two associates degrees in electronics and in industrial & communications. He lived in Darien, for many years. He worked as an electronic technician for Dorr-Oliver Inc. of Stamford for many years until his retirement. He was a member of the Sutter Terlizzi American Legion Post 16 of Shelton, and the Shelton Senior Center. Along with his wife Gertrude, he is survived by his sister, Ada Rauscher of Worcester, Mass.; his sister-in-law, Dolores Buccelly of Shelton, his nephews: Michael Rauscher and Keith Ogle and his wife, Jennifer; his nieces: Mary Marengo, Debbie Potter Ogle, and Joan Russell and her husband, John. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by his brothers: Dante Buccelly (who was shot down and died while flying a mission in the U.S. Air Force during World War II) and Orlando Buccelly (who was also a proud veteran of the U.S. military and served during WWII); and his sisters: Eva Ogle, and Dora Buccelly.

Susan Merritt Coates, 69, passed away on March 10 from Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease which affects one person in a million each year. She was surrounded by family and friends when she passed away peacefully with the same smile and positive attitude that she kept during her entire life. Susan was born May 21, 1948 in Port Chester, N.Y. and graduated from Darien High School. She attended Colorado Women’s College in Boulder before transferring to San Jose State University, where she received her degree. It was there that she met her future husband, Stephen, to whom she was married for nearly 48 years.

Barbara Dinkel Dillon, 90, of Darien passed away on March 28, 2018. Born on Sept. 2, 1927 in Glen Ridge, N.J., Barbara grew up in Maplewood, N.J., where she graduated from Columbia High School. She went on to attend Pembroke College in Providence (then the women’s school of Brown University), following in her father’s footsteps as a Brown alumnus. She graduated in 1939 with a B.A. in English.

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The family of Charles Miner Jr. announces the loss of their beloved father on March 19 in Vero Beach, Fla. Charlie, or Chas, was born Dec. 13, 1921 in New York City. He was 96 years young, and peacefully passed away at home with his children at his side. He is survived by his three children: Charmaine Caldwell, Mary M. Rude-Bell, and Charles Miner III, MD: six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.