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Herman ‘Karl’ Day Jr., 82, Green Beret With a Bronze Star Who Rededicated His Life at a Retreat in Darien

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Herman E. “Karl” Day, Jr., 82, of Greer, SC, passed away on June 22. Karl was born in Flint, MI, to Herman Eugene and Florence Ford Day. In 1957, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a bachelor’s degree in engineering, a devotion to America and a zest for life. Entering active duty as a 2nd lieutenant, Karl was an Army Ranger, Green Beret, as well as a member of the 82nd Airborne Division and the 10th Special Forces Group in Germany. He earned a masters in engineering at Michigan State and returned to West Point, where he taught ordinance courses and two electives for senior cadets on several subjects — propulsion, ballistics, automotive, and materials engineering — the only department officer qualified to do so.

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Frank Grunert, 79, Formerly a Mechanic at H&L Chevrolet, From Complications After a Vehicle Accident

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Frank Grunert, 79, passed away on July 5, 2018 at Mountain Valley Hospice Facility in Gloversville, NY from complications following a motor vehicle/pedestrian accident. Frank was born on June 20, 1939 in Greenwich, the son of the late Robert and Constance (Wilkins) Grunert. He was a skilled auto mechanic and was previously employed at Allen Bros in Greenwich and H&L Chevrolet in Darien. He was a member of St. Mary’s Roman Catholic Church in Granville and a proud member of AA.

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Edward Handler III, 81, Leading Patent and Trademark Lawyer, West Point Graduate, Former RTM Member [UPDATED]

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Edward J. Handler III of Darien, formerly of Short Hills, NJ, passed away peacefully in his family home at the age of 81. Mr. Handler was born on April 20, 1937. He was raised in Parkchester, the Bronx and attended Xavier High School in Manhattan and Braden’s Preparatory School in Cornwall, NY. He graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in the Class of 1960. Mr. Handler earned a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1964.

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Graeme Lindsay, a Darien Rugby Coach, Former Darien Resident

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Graeme James Lindsay passed away peacefully in his sleep, June 30, 2018 at his home. Born in Oamaru, New Zealand to Norma and Stuart (deceased) Lindsay. Graeme attended St. Kevin’s College, and went on to become a Fulbright scholar and attend Massey University. He moved to the U.S. in 1975 with the NZ Meat Board and went on to run the NZ Lamb Co.

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Joan Duffield, 89, Longtime Darien Resident, Worked at Stores Downtown and in Preschool

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Joan D. Duffield, 89, of Darien, died peacefully at her home on June 29. Joan resided in Darien for the past 50 years, spending the last three years at Maplewood of Darien. She was born on Jan. 25, 1929 in Philadelphia to George and Helen Dippy. Joan graduated from high school in Scarsdale, NY and then went on to receive a B.A. from Hood College. She devoted her time in both high school and college playing field hockey, basketball and softball, excelling in all three.

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Debra Tracey, 54, Former Darien Resident, Greenwich Teacher

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Debra Ann Tracey, 54, passed away peacefully and surrounded by loved ones on Saturday June 23 at Bridgeport Hospital. Debra was born in Bronx, New York on Sept. 19, 1963 to Joan Baigis and John Murphy. Debra was a Pre-K teacher at the Putnam Indian Field School in Greenwich for 28 years. She taught with enthusiasm and compassion and was passionate about working with children.

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Barbara Souders, 88, Volunteer for 25 Years at Norwalk Hospital

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Barbara H. Souders, 88, of Darien passed away at her home on June 23 with her loving husband, William, by her side. She was born on March 24, 1930 in Oak Park, IL to the late William and Lucille Huskey. Barbara attended Lake Forest College in Lake Forest, IL, where she met her husband and the love of her life, Bill. They married and eventually moved to New Canaan with their three children, Susan, Scott and Sally.  Barbara worked as an administrative assistant before she became a homemaker.

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Linda Head obit

Linda Davidson, Former Darien Resident, US News & World Report Advertising Analyst

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Linda Bush Davidson Head passed away on June 8, in the John Muir Medical Center in Concord, CA, from complications of colon cancer, attended by her son Carey and daughter-in-law Jill. She had lived in Concord for the last 10 months, having moved there recently from Hamilton, NY. Linda was born in Boston and grew up in various locations before settling in Southwestern Connecticut. While born with a severe hearing loss that later resulted in total lifelong loss of hearing, in her youth she loved reading and summer vacations in Rockport, MA. Linda graduated from high school in Greenwich and obtained her higher education at Gallaudet College and American University.

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William Shepard, Jr, 71, International Banking Executive, Active Volunteer

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William “Bill” Brown Shepard, Jr., 71, of Darien and Naples, FL passed away suddenly on Tuesday, May 29 surrounded by his loved ones after complications from immunotherapy treatment for recently diagnosed metastatic melanoma. Bill was born in Summit, NJ to William and Mary Shepard. He graduated from The Pingry School and Wesleyan University, where he had a long high school and college swimming career. He passed on a deep love of competitive and recreational swimming to his children and grandchildren, and any Shepard family vacation always included being on the water. It was during college where he met his loving wife of 49 years, Midge, who came back the night they met and said to her friends “this is the first man I could consider marrying.”

After college they were married before Bill served a year in Vietnam as an officer stationed at a riverboat base.

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Charles Rhodes Obit

Charles Rhodes, 71, Physician in Indian Health Service, Darien High School Class of ’64

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Charles Edward Rhodes, M.D., of Phoenix died unexpectedly March 8, 2018 at home. He was 71. Known to his family as “Chuck”, he was born June 22, 1946 in Charleston, WV, to the late Mary Tipton Ross Rhodes and Arthur Winfred Rhodes. A member of the Darien High School class of 1964, he graduated from The Johns Hopkins University (1968) and received his M.D. from Jefferson Medical College in 1972. Chuck Rhodes’ life was defined by a clear moral vision and a deep desire to give to others rather than be given to, rejecting comfort and luxury in favor of an unrelenting drive to serve those around him.