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Robert Anderson, 89, of Redding and a former longtime resident of Darien, passed away peacefully on Dec. 13, 2019. He was born in Dec. 1929 to Edwin and Elsie Anderson in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up in Malvern, New York. Bob graduated from Brown University in 1951, after which he served three years as an officer with the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean fleet.
Marcia Wright Talcott, a resident of Norwalk and a former resident of Darien, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 26, 2019 in Norwalk. She was 83. Born on Oct. 13, 1936 in North Platte, Nebraska, she was the daughter of the late Amos Alexander and Juanita Patricia Wright.
After a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease, William Olin Gray passed away Dec. 22. The Darien resident was 89 years old. Mr. Gray was born Nov. 7, 1930 to Grace Lansingh Freeman Gray and Hiram Ligget Gray.
Gladys Marie Costello, formerly of Darien, died on Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 at Knollwood, Army Distaff Hall in Washington, D.C.. She was 96. Gladys was the first child of the late Joseph T. and Gladys E. Julius Golden. She was born May 1, 1923 in Stamford.
Faye C. Gage, longtime resident of Darien, passed away on Dec. 27. She was 82 years old. Born in Hartford, she was the daughter of Mary and Paul Cauley. She graduated from Connecticut College and Yale University.
Dorothy Wilson Kamin passed away peacefully at home on Dec. 19, 2019. She was 91. She was born Nov. 10, 1928 in Evanston, Illinois to Marjory Biggar Wilson and Herbert Durand Willson.
Vyerl Shea’s soul left her body on Aug. 23. Her husband, Frank Shea, followed on Dec. 16, 2019. She was 94; he was 97.
Philomena Leo, a resident of Palm Coast, Florida and a former resident of Darien, passed away on Monday, Dec. 16, in Palm Coast. She was 94. Born on July 24, 1925 in Darien, she was the daughter of the late Dominick and Angelina Toscano. Philomena graduated from Darien High School and worked in banking.
Susan “Suzi” Allen Wertz, 81, passed away Dec. 9, 2019, at Lawrence + Memorial Hospital from complications as a result of pneumonia. Suzi was born in Chicago on May 21, 1938. She is predeceased by her mother, Kathleen Allen; her father, John C. Allen; and a brother, John C. Allen Jr.
She received her bachelor of science degree from Denison University in Granville, Ohio and a master of science degree from the University of Bridgeport. She was a caring and insightful psychotherapist with a practice in Stamford and later, Mystic.
Victor J. DeVivo a resident of Darien, passed away on Sunday, Dec. 15, in Milford. He was 100. Born on Aug. 2, 1919 in Detroit, he was the son of the late Vincenzo and Lina Ferria DeVivo.
Marc E. Thorne, recently a Darien selectman, passed away peacefully in the presence of his wife and sons on Monday, Dec. 16 at Stamford Hospital. Born on Dec. 14, 1938 in Rochester, New York, he was the son of the late David and Harriet Thorne. Marc received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Cornell University and a master’s degree from Sacred Heart University in Fairfield.
Charles J. Nizolek, a longtime resident of Darien, passed away peacefully on Nov. 22. He was 92. Born July 24, 1927 in Stamford to the late Mary and Stanley Nizolek, Charlie served in the U.S. Navy and graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park. He worked for Olivetti and Pitney Bowes, where he met his wife of 57 years, Diana, on a blind date.
Eric Joseph Bergwall of Darien lost his battle against cancer at New York- Presbyterian, Columbia Hospital on Dec. 13. He was 58. He was born in Summit, New Jersey on June 19, 1961, to Joseph Baird Bergwall and Mary Eleanor Emmitt Bergwall who predeceased him. Eric grew up in Short Hills and Cumberland Foreside, Maine.
Louis A. Savarese, age 93, passed away on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019 in Saddle River, New Jersey. Born on Oct. 22, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York to Louis M. Savarese and Catherine L. Savarese. Formerly of Eastchester, New York; Scarsdale, New York; Niskayuna, New York; Virginia Beach, Virginia; and Darien, he lived in Saddle River for the past 37 years.
John Frank Steinegger, 86, a resident of Greenwich and formerly of Darien, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. John was born in Darien, on July 1, 1933, a son of the late Frank John and Frances Elizabeth Partele Steinegger of Darien. John was raised in Darien and graduated from J.M. Wright Technical High School as a master lithographer. He worked in the business for 15 years in the production of high school yearbooks.