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Ted Tharp, 91, RTM Member, Wall Street Analyst

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Ted Tharp, a long-time resident of Darien, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015. He was born on May 27, 1924 in Boston. He was the son of long-time Darien residents the late Carey E. Tharp and Louise Hall Tharp, a New York Times best-selling author who wrote Tory Hole, a historical novel set in the Tokeneke section of Darien. Ted was a graduate of Darien High and served in World War II in the U.S. Navy.

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Martha Kosinski, 83, Mother of Three, Lived in Darien 30 Years

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Martha A. Kosinski of Wilton, CT died November 18, 2015 at her home at Brookdale Assisted Living, after a brief illness. She was 83. Prior to living in Wilton, Martha and her family lived in Darien for over 30 years, Westport, CT for 10 years and Stratford, CT for 13 years. ______________

— An obituary from Edward Lawrence Funeral Home

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Daughter of the late Oscar Moody and Helen Fry, she was born Nov. 6, 1932 and was raised in Stamford.

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Mary Burke, 89, Mother of Five and a Former Darien Resident

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Mary M. Burke, born in Brooklyn, N.Y. and a former resident of Darien and Norwalk, died on Nov. 14 in The Haven at Bellevue in New York, 10 days before her 90th birthday. Born on Nov. 24, 1925, in Brooklyn to the late Frank and Grace Simpson, Mary was one of nine children. She was predeceased by her siblings Veronica “Ronnie” Simpson Grupinski, Frances Simpson, Grace Simpson Snyder, John Simpson, Rosemary “Rosie” Simpson-Sorady, Joseph Simpson, and William Simpson.

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Nancy ‘Pat’ Wunder, 85, Devoted Wife and Mother

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Nancy Patricia Wunder died Nov. 9 with her beloved family by her side at Maplewood in Darien. Pat was 85 years old and loved by all her family and friends. She was born on Jan. 18, 1930 in Baltimore, and was the oldest child of the late Duncan Lyle and Charlotte Stubbs. Pat met her husband, Bill, the late William E. Wunder in high school in Baltimore.

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

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

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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.

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

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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.

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Obituary: Marilyn Goodrich, Mother and Grandmother of Darien Residents

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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

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

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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.

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Miriam Moran, 82, Teacher, Served on Foundation Boards

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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.

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

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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.

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

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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.