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Death notices for Darienites, immediate relatives and others of interest to town residents
Sister Rosemary E. Sheehan, RSCJ, a Religious of the Sacred Heart, died on June 20. She was 91. She was born on May 26, 1926 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Dr. George A. Sheehan and Mrs. Loretta Ennis Sheehan. Affectionately known from college days as “Wickie,” she was the middle of 14 children. She attended St.
Robert Francis Jordan, 76, of Storrs passed away from cancer on June 19. He was the son of Catherine (Fealey) and Francis Jordan and was born in Hartford. Robert served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1967, and obtained his B.A. and MBA from the University of Connecticut. He was the owner and managing partner of Jordan & Company, a marketing consultant firm. Prior to Jordan & Company, he was Managing Partner at Marketing Corp of America in Westport.
Charles (Chuck) Frederick Gulden of New Canaan, who served on the board of Wee Burn Country Club, died unexpectedly on June 21. He was 55. He was born on Nov. 22, 1961 in New York, NY and raised by his parents, Charlie and Katherine Ann (K.A.) in Rye, New York. Chuck is a graduate of The Hotchkiss School, Class of 1979, and Denison University, Class of 1983.
Longtime Darien and Rowayton resident Robert Dean Armstrong, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 12. Born July 8, 1932 in Omaha, Nebr., he was the son of the late Harold Scaife Armstrong and Louise Palmer Armstrong. Bob spent his early years in Des Moines, Iowa; Wilmette, Ill.; and Old Greenwich. He graduated from Choate Rosemary Hall and The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Bob began his career with the American Bankers Association, ultimately becoming the director of automation, and he was on the team that established the CUSIP number.
Betty C. Schley, 76, passed away on June 14 at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford after a long illness. Born on Oct. 17, 1940 in Stamford to Charles and Pauline Ralston, she and her husband Edward Schley of 54 years, were residents of Darien for nearly 40 years. After a successful career in real estate and working for Crate and Barrel, Betty retired in 2012. In addition to Edward, she is survived by her daughter, Deborah Wahlberg of Hingham, Mass.
Christine Stewart of Brewster, Mass., died peacefully in her sleep on Tuesday, June 13 at the age of 91. Christine was born in 1926 in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Her father, Austin Bothwell, was a 1906 Rhodes Scholar, the first from the Northwest Territories of Canada. Her mother, Jessie Robson Bothwell, was the first non-native female child born in Regina, Saskatchewan (formerly known as Pile of Bones), and later became the first woman to serve as the chief librarian of the Saskatchewan Legislative Library. At the age of 16, her first love, an American in the Royal Canadian Air Force, was killed when on a mission over Germany.
Roger L. Clare, 64, of Orange, beloved husband of Marion Clare, passed away on June 10 after a courageous battle with cancer. He departed this world surrounded by family.
Born on March 17, 1953, in Norwalk, Roger was the son of the late Edward and Marie Weed Clare. Roger was a proud member of the Darien Volunteer Fire Department since his high school years. He loved machinery and electronics and could often be found working on household projects.
Elizabeth Winslow (“Winnie”) Cutler of Mystic, beloved wife of the late William B. Cutler, died on Sunday, June 11. She was 90. Winnie was born on May 1, 1927, graduated from the Shipley School, and spent most of her young adult life in and around Manhattan, Darien and Southampton. She summered in Old Black Point then, in the 1960s, Stonington, which became her permanent home later in life. Winnie enjoyed life, friends and family.
Frederick Van Deren Kolbe, a longtime resident of Darien and husband of the late Marion (Wilcox) Kolbe, died on Wednesday, May 31 at Regional Hospice of Western CT Center for Comfort Care and Healing, Danbury. He was 89. Mr. Kolbe was born in Detroit on Jan. 5, 1928. He was the son of Frank F. and Marjorie (Heartt) Kolbe and he lived in Darien since 1963.
AC “Ladd” Morgan III of Darien passed away on June 8. Mr. Morgan was beloved in the community for his extroverted personality and fervent patriotism and will be deeply missed. Mr. Morgan was born on March 10, 1939 in Port Washington, N.Y. and was raised in Westport. He attended The Westminster School in Simsbury and Hebron Academy in Hebron, Maine from which he graduated in 1957. AC Morgan then attended North Carolina State University where he majored in textile chemistry and business management.
Reed William Schwandt, 40, passed away suddenly the morning of June 10 in Darien. Beloved husband, father, son, brother, and friend, he leaves behind a wife, Renee Schwandt, and three children — Isabelle, Luke, and Emmerson — as well as his mother and father, Karen and Stephen Schwandt, brother, Andrew Schwandt and numerous close friends and extended family members. Mr. Schwandt was born on Sept. 11, 1976, in Minneapolis. He attended Armstrong High School, graduating in 1994.
Mary Farrell Lowman, a lifelong resident of Darien, passed away at home on Wednesday, May 24, 2017, surrounded by members of her family and her aides. Mary was born in Norwalk on July 8, 1924. Her parents were John J. and Maude H. Farrell and her younger sister was Elizabeth Farrell Wilson. Her fraternal grandparents were John A. and Katherine M. Farrell of Rowayton and, her materal grandparents were Crowell Hadden Sr. and Elizabeth Hadden Poole of Brooklyn, N.Y. and Litchfield. __________
— an obituary from Edward Lawrence Funeral Home
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Mary attended the Low-Heywood School and she graduated from the Westover School for Girls in 1942.
Richard William Groulx, 68, of Oregon City, passed away on May 26. He was 68 years old. Groulx was born in Accra, Ghana, July 15,1948. Rick spent his early years in Lagos, Nigeria, before beginning traveling to the United States for education at Cheshire Academy and later, Darien High School. He was joined by two much-loved sisters, Kathy and Zoe, remembering trips to South Texas to spend time with grandparents and cousins in the Rio Grande Valley.
Marion Theresa Donahue, age 91 of Venice, Fl., formerly of Darien and West Redding, died at Englewood Hospice House, Port Charlotte, Fl. on Saturday, June 3. Marion was born on Aug. 21, 1925 in the Bronx, N.Y. to the late Genevieve V. (Grubert) and Guy H. Welch. __________
— an obituary from Farley Funeral Homes and Crematory
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After raising their three children in Darien and West Redding, Marion and John, Sr. moved to Venice, Fl.
It is with great sadness that we share the loss of Rollin “Rollie” Hall Teare. He passed away peacefully on March 6 in Naples, Fl. He was 88. Rollie was raised in Bay Village, Ohio, and attended Bay Village Ohio High School & Worcester Academy in Mass. In 1951, Rollie received bachelor of science degree with honors at Cornell University. While at Cornell, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force, where he served in active duty as an officer and subsequently remained in the reserves until 1960.