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Bertha Fumega Stuart, a longtime resident of Darien, passed away on Friday, April 8, 2016 at Stamford Hospital after a short valiant struggle with pancreatic cancer. She was 81. Born on Aug. 31, 1934 in Cuba, she was the daughter of the late Frank and Hortensia Fumega. Bertha worked for Union Trust in the Darien office for many years and retired as the manager.
Olive Aspinall Hajduk, 89, died on Good Friday, March 25 in Darien. Born on October 10, 1926 to Charles Henry Olive Aspinall and his wife, Martha Anne Huxley in Radcliffe, England. She met her husband, Marion (Mike) Hajduk, when he was stationed in England in the U.S. Army Air Force. They were married on July 28, 1945. Until her final year she lived in Clifton, N.J. She loved animals, travel, books, movies, walks in Brookdale Park and Masterpiece Theatre — but most of all she loved her family.
Joseph Orlando Lauro, 72, died Tuesday, March 29, 2016 at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx following a long illness. He leaves his wife of 30 years, Rhoda (Preiss) Lauro; his daughter, Jennifer Scherr and her husband, Max of New York City; his mother, Angelina Lauro of Greenwich; his brother, Brian Lauro and his family of Fairfield. Born and raised in Greenwich, the son of the late Orlando Lauro and Angelina Lauro, he was a longtime resident of Darien. After graduating from Greenwich High School in 1961, he attended the University of Connecticut, graduating in 1965 with a bachelor’s degree in political science, serving in the army upon graduation. He met his wife, Rhoda Preiss, at work after his father Orlando hired her to be their company’s bookkeeper, and they married in 1985 at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.