Helen Bradley obit 3-9-16

Helen Bradley, 86, Grew up in Darien, Businesswoman

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Helen (Jockers) Bradley passed away peacefully on Friday, Feb. 19, 2016 at her home in Tuftonboro, N.H. She had just turned 86. Known for her graciousness and kindness, Mrs. Bradley was with family during her brief illness. Mrs. Bradley was born Feb. 3, 1930 in Flushing, N.Y. to Harold and Helen Jockers and spent her childhood in Darien.  She graduated from Greenwich Academy and went on to earn a bachelor of arts degree from Wellesley College in 1951.

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Anthony Martin, 77, Former Manager at Darien Sport Shop

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Anthony G. Martin of Taunton, beloved husband of Robert Campbell, passed away on March 2, 2016 at Brigham & Women’s Hospital at the age of 77. Anthony was born in Yonkers, N.Y., a son of the late John and Marie Martin. Before retirement, Mr. Martin was employed as a manager with Darien Sport Shop. Anthony was a U.S. Army veteran, having served with the 101st Airborne Division. Anthony loved to travel especially to Provincetown.

Harold Simpson obit 3-7-16

Harold Simpson Jr., 89, Advertising Executive, Active Darien Volunteer

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Harold Brown Simpson, Jr., a recent new resident of The Inn in New Canaan and a long-time resident of Darien, passed away on Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at Stamford Hospital. He was 89. Born on Feb. 23, 1927 in Boston, he grew up in Scarsdale, N.Y., the son of the late Harold B. and A. Jeanne Simpson. Harold joined the U.S. Navy on July 1, 1944 following his high school graduation and served in the Pacific Theater on Guam as a radioman third class.

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Charles McKenney, 84, Patent Lawyer, Former Darien Resident

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Charles Emerson McKenney, age 84, of West Palm Beach, Florida passed away peacefully on March 1 in a hospice. He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Helaine (“Bobo”). Born Feb. 28, 1932 in Summit, N.J. to Maurice and Florence of Summit, he graduated from Pingry School in 1950 and Yale University in 1954. He received his law degree from the University of Virginia Law School in 1959, and served as an officer in the U.S. Navy.

Billenstein obituary 3-5-16

Eileen Billenstein, 89, Darien Native, Assistant City Clerk in Milford

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Ocala- Eileen C. Billenstein passed away on Thursday, March 3, at the age of 89. She is survived by her loving Husband, William R. Billenstein of 69 years. Eileen is lovingly remembered by her Children, William F. Billenstein, Linda B. Turschmann, Lee Ann Keating and their respective spouses, six grandchildren, one great grandchild, one niece, and one nephew. She was predeceased by one brother, Lee R. Adkins. Eileen was born in Darien on Jan.

Castle obit 3-4-16

Richard Castle, 96, Executive, Longtime Darien Resident

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Richard D. Castle, a resident of Darien since 1962, died on March 3 of natural causes. Born Jan. 15, 1920, in Belding, Mich., he was the son of Glenn and Marjorie Childs Castle. His father died in July of 1920, and his mother later married Frank Case in 1932. Mr. Case died in 1937, and Richard’s mother died in 1984.

Lucille Smith obit 3-4-16

Lucille Smith, 91, Darien Native, Mother, Personal Shopper

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Lucille Deran Smith, a Darien native, sister, mother, grandmother, died in Fairfield after a brief illness. She was 91. Born in Stamford in 1925, Lucille was raised in Darien as the oldest of five children of Leon and Elizabeth Deran. Lucille attended Darien High School (class of 1943) and worked in her father’s photography business. In 1953, she married Edward P. Smith, an attorney from Brooklyn, N.Y. Ed and Lucille first lived in New York City where three of their five children were born, before moving to an 1880 house in Norwalk.

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Obituary: Vincent Lamparelli, Father, Army Veteran Who Served in Korea

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Vincent N. Lamparelli, of Darien, St. Petersburg, Fl. and Canton Mass., passed away on March 1. Vincent was a graduate of Boston College, Class of 1957 and U.S. Army veteran, Korea. Beloved husband of the late Elizabeth M. (Charron) Lamparelli, Vincent is survived by his brother Joseph Lamparelli of Sandwich; children, S. Lisa Lamparelli and Andrea Lamparelli, both of Newton, Mass.; Vincent W. and his wife Nora Lamparelli of Naperville, Ill.; Kara Lamparelli of Darien; and grandchildren Gregory Stephanos, Noelle Lamparelli, Nick Lamparelli and Emily Lamparelli.

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Jeanne Toth, 79, Mother, Noroton Presbyterian Church Member for 60 Years

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Jeanne Marilyn Toth, 79, of Stamford Ct passed away Tuesday February 23, 2016 from complications of a stoke. Beloved wife and mother, Jeanne was born in Darien on April 16, 1936 to Russell and Dorothy Harper. As a Darien resident, she was a proud member of Darien High School. In her teenage years she was a dancer until being struck down with meningitis. She fought back from that disease and overcame it.

Charles Burwell obituary 3-1-16

Charles Burwell, 98, Darien Selectman Who Lived History, Then Taught It at DHS

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Charles Lee Burwell, 98, of Millwood, Va., a former Darien selectman and teacher at Darien High School, passed away peacefully on Feb. 26, 2016 at Westminster Canterbury, surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 24, 1917 at Carter Hall in Millwood, the son of John Townsend Burwell and Rosalie Leslie Wheat Burwell. Mr. Burwell earned a B.A. in history and literature at Harvard College in 1939, and later, in 1975, an M.A. in education at Fairfield University.

Bennett Wood, 23, Outdoorsman, College Student, DHS Class of 2010

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Bennett Wood of Darien passed away peacefully on February 27, 2016 surrounded by the family that cherished him. Ben was born on July 15, 1992 in Norwalk. He graduated from Darien High School in 2010 and attended Bucknell University for two years before transferring to Fairfield University, where he was scheduled to graduate in May. He was a biology major who loved animals and the outdoors. An enthusiastic reader, rock climber and mountain biker, Ben particularly enjoyed fly-fishing and had become very skilled at fly casting and fly tying.

Ann Solas obit 2-28-16

Ann Hickey Sollas, 85, Former Darien Teacher

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Ann Elizabeth Hickey Sollas of Point Pleasant, N.J., passed away peacefully in her home with her husband by her side on Feb. 21, 2016 after a short struggle with cancer. She was 85 years old. Ann was born in Plattsburgh, N.Y., on Feb.6, 1931 was raised by her parents, Roger and Elizabeth Ann Hickey in Plattsburgh. As a young girl she attended St.

Virginia Harbaugh obit 2-23-16

Virginia Harbaugh, 85, First Woman to Lead a Planning Board in VA, Grew up in Darien

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Virginia Wayne Talbot Harbaugh died Feb. 10, 2016, in Charlottesville, Va., with her daughter Lyn at her side. Known as Wayne, she was born Dec. 15, 1930 in Savannah, Georgia, the eldest child of Jeannette Butler Strong Talbot of Savannah and Adrian Bancker Talbot of New York City. She grew up in Darien. After graduating from Smith College in 1952 she moved to Washington, D.C. to work as a research analyst for the National Security Agency.