Darien Obituaries 2015

Marilyn Vojta, 71, Trained Thousands at Post 53, Active at St John Church

Kenneth Weeks, 93, RTM Member, Active in St Luke’s Parish

Mary Townsend, 98, New York Business Figure, Relative of Darienites

Obituary: Marilyn Goodrich, Mother and Grandmother of Darien Residents

Richard Coyle, 55, Father of Four, Manager at Financial Companies

Helen Brzoska, 92, Bowler, Worked at Laboratories

Miriam Moran, 82, Teacher, Served on Foundation Boards

Suzannah Warren, 75, Mother, Volunteer, Former School ‘Office Lady’

William Golden Jr., 68, Lawyer Specializing in Intellectual Property

Jean Hessmer, 47, Group Director at Tiffany & Co.

William Taylor, 86, Ad Man Known for ‘Do You Know Me?’ American Express Commercials

Roberta Clarke, 94, One of Longest-Serving Volunteers at Greenwich Hospital

Obituary: Sue Jean Wong, 85, Owned Jem Lee Laundry for 47 Years

Douglas Wakefield, 79, a Darien Police Sergeant in Department 20 Years

Virginia Miller, 82, Retired Teacher, Volunteer, Mother

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Marilyn Bosh Vojta, of Stamford, CT died peacefully on Friday, Nov. 6, surrounded by her husband and children. She was 71. She touched the lives of everyone who knew her – her husband, children, grandchildren, extended family, her many friends, and especially the hundreds of young students she trained at Darien’s Explorer Post 53 through four decades of volunteer work. Her background as a teacher and her love of medicine made her especially suited for volunteering at Post, an emergency medical service in Darien run by local high school students and adult volunteers.

Kenneth S. Weeks, 93, died peacefully at home in West Yarmouth, Mass. with family by his side November 5, 2015, having recently moved there from Atria in Darien. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1943-1946 and participated in the Salerno, Italy and Southern France landings as a member of the U.S. Navy 4th Beach Battalion of the Amphibious Forces. While in the NROTC program of the Navy he attended Princeton University, Trinity College, and Yale University, graduating from Yale with the class of 1948. Following employment with the Lustron Corp.

Mary Townsend, 98, of New York City, a well-known figure in New York business for more than half a century, died Nov. 4, 2015, in Branford. For much of the past two years Miss Townsend had been staying at the Gables at Guilford and before that was frequently at a family home in Darien. Mary Townsend was born Aug. 18, 1917, in Goshen, N.Y., the daughter of the late Chester and Maude Newell Townsend.

Marilyn Brothers Goodrich died this past week. She was the mother of Darien resident Gail Cunningham, grandmother of Kevin Cunningham (wife Karen), Christine Cunningham, and great grandmother of Jack and Colin Cunningham. The last six months of her life she spent being cared for by the Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne at Rosary Hill Nursing Home in Hawthorne, N.Y. Funeral arrangements are being handled by Lawrence Funeral Home in Darien and internment is private. — an obituary from Lawrence Funeral Home

Richard Charles Coyle, age 55, of Darien, CT, died on Friday, October 30, 2015 with his family at his side. He is now at peace in the Lord’s hands. He leaves his wife, Karen, and four children, Danny, Brian, Emily and Aidan. Rich also leaves his parents, Patrick and Marge, as well as siblings, Tom, Juliana and Maureen, and is predeceased by his brother, Patrick. He leaves behind 24 nieces and nephews, three great-nephews and their loving families.

Helen (Drezek) Brzoska, 92, passed away on Oct. 27, 2015. She was born on May 9, 1923 to Antonia Gronkski and Floran Drezek. She attended Stamford High School. She married Stanley “Charlie” Brzoska in 1946.

Miriam K. Moran of Greenwich, and formerly Darien, died on Thursday, Oct. 22, 2015, at Greenwich Hospital surrounded by family and friends who treasured her. She was born on Dec. 11, 1932, in Boston, Mass., to William and Hilda Kirkwood. She graduated from Trinity College in Washington, D.C., and also attended Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Suzannah (Suzy) Van Vlaanderan Warren, 75, of Ponte Vedra Beach, Fl. and Darien lost her battle to lung cancer on Oct. 19, 2015 surrounded by her family and friends. She is survived by her husband, Charles Ford Warren Jr. Suzy was born in Ridgewood, NJ and spent her childhood years in Hohokus, NJ, Palm Beach, FL and Nassau, Bahamas. ____________

This is an obituary, slightly changed, from Quinn-Shalz Funeral Home.

William Robert Golden, Jr. of Darien, Connecticut died in the company of his beloved family on Wednesday, Oct. 21. He was born on Oct. 24, 1946 in Everett, Mass. to William Robert Golden and Edna Hahesy Golden. A proud “Double Eagle,” he graduated from Boston College High School in 1964 and Boston College in 1968 before enlisting in the army, where he served for three years.

It is with profound sorrow and a deep sense of loss that we announce the sudden and unexpected passing of Jean Marie Hessmer, 47, on Oct. 21. Jean was born in Chicago, Ill. on Feb. 29, 1968.

William Baxter Taylor, a 54-year resident of Darien and Rowayton, died peacefully Friday afternoon, Oct. 16, at home. He was 86. Bill, as he was always known, was born in Los Angeles on Nov. 18, 1928 to Matthew Ambrose and Marion Agnes (Baxter) Taylor.

Roberta P. Clarke of Darien passed away Oct. 17, 2015. She was 94. Married to Edward P. Clarke, she had lived in Darien since their wedding 42 years ago. Born in New York City, she was the daughter of Loren Seymour Pfautz of Iowa and Bertha Wimpfheimer Pfautz of Somersworth, NH.

Sue Jean Wong, a longtime resident of Darien, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 at Notre Dame Convalescent Home in Norwalk. She was born on Oct. 16, 1929 in Toishan, China. She was the daughter of Guo Ning Chen and Yin Xiu Zhou.

An obituary from Edward Lawrence Funeral Home:

Douglas Gale Wakefield, a resident of Darien since 1976, passed away at Stamford Hospital on Oct. 11, 2015. Doug was born on Sept. 7, 1936 in Norwalk to the late Milford Wakefield and Ruth Gale. He was 79. Doug served with the Darien Police Department for 20 years and retired as a sergeant, after serving four years in the U. S. Marine Corps.

An obituary from Edward Lawrence Funeral Home:

Virginia (Ginny) F. Miller, of Darien passed away peacefully on Oct. 2, 2015 at the age of 82. Ginny was a loving wife, a mother, and a teacher in Connecticut schools. She did extensive volunteer work, investing herself deeply in her community using her time, interests and talents. She began volunteering as a member of the Stamford-Norwalk Junior League, joining after graduation from college.

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