Dolores Deran Dwelle of Darien passed away on Feb. 21 at Norwalk Hospital after a brief illness. She was 88.
Dolores Dwelle, 88, passed away on Feb. 21. Her wake will be on Sunday, Feb. 26, and her funeral is scheduled for Monday.
Born in 1928, Dolores was raised in Darien as the middle child of the five children of Leon and Elizabeth Deran. Dolores attended Darien High School (class of 1946) and worked in her father’s photography business.
In 1955, she married Edwin (Ned) R. Dwelle, a World War II Flying Tiger veteran and Princeton University graduate who worked as an executive for the Monsanto Company Textiles Division in New York City. Dolores and Ned settled in West Norwalk and there raised five children.
Dolores took great pride in her husband, in her children, in her home, and in her role as a homemaker. She was an avid gardener, excellent cook, and a generous entertainer. She loved sitting at the beach, shopping for antiques, knitting and needlepointing, and solving the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle. Dolores was adventurous and fun and loved travel and being outdoors. She always had her camera handy, and delighted in taking photos of her family.
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— an obituary from Edward Lawrence Funeral Home
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Dolores moved to Fairfield in the mid-1990s and lived there for 19 years. She was a devoted volunteer at Norwalk Hospital for 16 years, where she was chair of the Babies Alumni program on Norwalk Hospital’s Volunteer Board, worked with the Pet Therapy Program, and delivered flowers. Dolores was presented a 2000 Hour service pin by the hospital shortly before her retirement in 2015.
Dolores is predeceased by her husband, Edwin R. Dwelle II, her son, Paul D. Dwelle, her brother Lt. Leon Deran, sisters Jean D. Montaperto and Lucille D. Smith, and sister-in-law Elizabeth D. Halliday.
She is survived by her sister and brother-in-law, Elaine and Joseph Kilbourn, and her children, David and Joan Dwelle, Melinda and Mark Vallerie, Susan and Todd Maziar, Edwin and Cynthia Dwelle, and Lisa Dwelle. She is also survived by her 11 grandchildren, Scott and Craig Dwelle, Christopher and Michael Vallerie, Nathan and Joseph Maziar, Matthew and Emily Dwelle, and Justin, Jessica and Jack Dwelle.
A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 27, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. at St. John Roman Catholic Church, 1986 Post Road, Darien. Interment will follow at Spring Grove Cemetery. Family and friends may call from 5 to 7 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26 at the Edward Lawrence Funeral Home, 2119 Post Road, Darien.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Norwalk Hospital Babies Alumni, 34 Maple St., Norwalk, CT 06856.