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Clarence Eugene Anderson, 80, died on June 28, 2019, at his home in Beverly Hills, California. Gene was born in Pampa, Texas on Aug. 31, 1938. He was a global resident of Houston; London; Darien; Theoule-sur-Mer, France; Hauraki, New Zealand and recently, Beverly Hills. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and his MBA from Harvard University, 1963.
William James Bell died peacefully at his home in Naples, Florida, on July 21, 2019. He was born 90 years ago in Montreal to William Graham Bell of Ottawa, Ontario, and Althea Morden of Niagara Falls, Ontario. Jim’s youth was playing hockey and summers working on construction of the hydroelectric dam at des Joachimes, commonly referred to as the de Swisha dam, on the Ottawa River. He was graduated from McGill University in 1952 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, and received his M.B.A. from The Harvard Business School in 1954. His early career was in heavy machinery with Koehring Company, Canada.
Anthony Leonard Antin, 96, longtime resident of Cape Cod, died on July 12, 2019, in South Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Tony was born on June 7, 1923 in Newark, New Jersey, the youngest of six children. His mother died before he was 2, and he spent time in orphanages as his father sought to support the family. They eventually moved to Red Bank, New Jersey, where he attended local schools and graduated from Red Bank High School. At the age of eight he sang on his weekly radio show and at 13 landed a job at the Red Bank Register newspaper, first as a runner and later as a copywriter.
Dr. Philip Michael Fallon, 82, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts passed away on Wednesday, Aug. 7 from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. He was surrounded by his loving family and close friends. Phil was born in Fitchburg on June 21, 1937 to William and Roby (Madigan) Fallon. He attended St.
Franklin P. Bates, 90, husband of the late Lois L. Bates, passed away peacefully on Aug. 1, in the comfort of his home in Darien. Born on Nov. 14, 1928 in Stamford, he was the son of the late Walter A. and Jessie Pierce Bates, and a lifelong resident of Darien. Franklin served as a Seabee in the U.S. Navy from 1949-1953 in Cuba and North Africa.
Robert (“Bob”) Paul Sullivan died peacefully, with his beloved wife Marylou and family by his side at his home in Darien, on Aug. 2 after a three-year battle with brain cancer. Born in 1958 in Woburn, Massachusetts to Richard and Margaret Sullivan, Bob was the second of five Sullivan boys. The first in his family to attend college, Bob graduated from Merrimack College in North Andover, Massachusetts in 1981 and joined PricewaterhouseCoopers in Boston. He would spend his entire 36-year professional career with the firm.
Audrey Noel Valentzas passed away peacefully at home on July 10, surrounded by her children. She was 85. Audrey was beautiful, loving, compassionate, adventurous, funny and an inspiration to everyone who knew her. Born on Dec. 11, 1933 to Bert and Sylvia Soderblom, she grew up in Altadena, California and honored her Scandinavian roots by dancing at Swedish picnics and festivals across the state.
Judith “Judy” Garland Bruce of Newtown Square, Pennsylvania and Castine, Maine, passed away on July 28. She was the beloved wife, best friend and partner for 60 years to her husband, Robert J. Bruce, and the devoted mother of Kimberley Bruce Campbell (Chris) and Scott Garland Bruce (Gigi); grandmother to seven grandchildren and great-grandmother to four great-grandchildren, who affectionately referred to her as “Mame.” Born in Somerville, Massachusetts, July 6, 1936 to Stuart and Muriel Garland, Judy spent her early years in North Attleboro, Massachusetts and her teenage years in Darien. Summers growing up were spent with her family at West Island on Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts. — an obituary from Stretch Funeral Home
A 1958 graduate of Colby College, she met her husband, Bob, at Colby and remained an active alumna and supporter of the college throughout her life, establishing with her husband an endowed scholarship fund at the college.
Nancy Lee Coleman passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family, on a picture perfect summer’s day, July 1. She was 66. She was born March 28, 1953 at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, California. She was the eldest daughter of Skeets and Lee Coleman. Along with her younger brother and sister, she was raised in Del Mar and Playa del Rey in Southern California before moving with her family to Darien during her teen years.
Jean Louise Venezio, 93, a longtime resident of Stamford and Darien, passed away peacefully in her home on Thursday, July 25. Jean was born in Stamford on Sept. 16, 1925, daughter of the late William and Anna Picker Moran. Jean started her career in the early 1950s as a clerk typist with General Electric, having retired at age 65. She was a longtime choir member at St.
Carol Elizabeth Pippitt Henkel of Sarasota, Florida died peacefully July 24, 2019 at Sunnyside Village after dealing with Parkinson’s disease for more than 24 years. Born in 1934, she was the daughter of Samuel Allen and Katherine (Laird) Pippitt. She grew up in Short Hills, New Jersey, where at 16 she met 17-year old Steve Henkel. She attended Mount Holyoke College for three years, and after her marriage graduated in 1956 from Barnard College of Columbia University with a degree in economics. Shortly thereafter, she and her husband bought their first sailboat, and both instantly fell in love with being “at sea.”
Tina T. Deverill, a resident of Keene, New Hampshire for the past 20 years, passed away July 24, 2019 from pancreatic cancer. She was 73. Born in Greenwich on March 30, 1946, she was the youngest daughter of Joseph J. Turek and Agnes K. Turek. She graduated in 1964 from Greenwich High School and went to work at CBS Laboratories as an executive secretary to the vice president. In 1969 she met her husband, Robert A. Deverill, who had taken a summer job before returning to college.