Darien Obituaries 2021
Janet Phyfe obit

Janet Phyfe, 97, Past President of Darien Book Aid, Volunteer at St Luke’s, Tots ‘n’ Teens, Loved Gardening, Tennis

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Janet Unz Phyfe, 97, died Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021 at Masonicare in Wallingford. Janet grew up in New York City and moved with her family to Darien for her junior year of high school. Her father was a founding member of the Norwalk Skating Club, providing the family hours of shared enjoyment with the skating community. Janet graduated from Low Heywood School and earned her bachelor’s degree at Wheaton College.

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Cameron Repp, 92, Active Volunteer, Youth Hockey Coach, Enjoyed Boating, Skiiing, Fishing, Golf

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Cameron Herbert Repp a resident of Norwalk, passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 12, 2021 at the age of 92. He was born in Brooklyn, New York to the late Herbert Nelson Repp and Lavinia Stuart Repp. Cameron attended Hindley Elementary, Deerfield Academy and Kent State University, graduating with a bachelor’s degree. He then went onto have several jobs which included working for Walden Books, Yacht Haven, Rings End Lumber, Lloyd Lumber and Creative Cabinetry.

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Edith Omicioli, 92, Darien Native, Worked in Convalescent Homes, Volunteered at Food Bank

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Edith  Omicioli, formally a resident of  Portland for over 60 years, passed  away peacefully on Dec. 8, at  Hillsborough County Nursing Home in Goffstown, New Hampshire, at the age of 92. She was born Feb. 28, 1929, in Darien to John Levay and Florence  (Stevens) Levay. Edith  worked  at Queens Convalescent Homes in Middletown, Stonehaven, and Portland Connecticut and Elmcrest, also in Portland, before retiring.

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Richard Terhune Sr, 86, DCA Board Member, Church Elder, Enjoyed Reading, Genealogy

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On Friday, Dec. 10, Richard “Dick” Terhune said goodbye to this world and strode into the light to rejoin the love of his life, Gretchen Reiche Terhune. Dick was 86 years awesome and a resident of OceanView in Falmouth, Maine. Despite the brief illness that laid him low at the end, he was a six-and-a-half-foot hunk blessed with good health, great humor, chronic curiosity and an affectionate, adoring personality that brightened the lives of his beloved family and many, many friends. Dick was born on Jan.

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Glen VanCura, 57, Active Parishioner at St John Church, Owned Bicycle Store

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Glen Bruce VanCura of Rowayton, Connecticut passed away peacefully on Dec. 4, 2021 at Greenwich Hospital. He was 57. He was born to the late Joseph Clement VanCura and Kathleen (Kitty) Moody of Goshen, New York on April 5, 1964. An avid cyclist all his life, Glen attained ownership of Dave’s Cycle in Cos Cob in 1992, and took great pride in running his business and embracing his customers for the past 30 years.

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Eileen Hanford, 73, Longtime Darien Realtor and Resident, Loved the Beach, Visiting New York City

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With heavy hearts but boundless love and appreciation, the family of Eileen B. Hanford announce the Dec. 3 passing of their beloved wife and mother at the age of 73. Born in 1948 to Anna and Peter Brabazon, Eileen B. Hanford was the youngest of seven children and made a point of letting everyone she met know this about her. She attended St. Andrew Avelino School and Mary Immaculate Boarding School in Ossining, New York, where she graduated in 1966.