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Janie Lee Castles Boyd (Crowder), 97 passed away peacefully at Sunrise in Madison senior living community on Friday, Jan. 29. She lived in Darien in the early 1970s. She was born on Oct. 22, 1918 to Joseph Raymond and Lucy Rebecca Jones Crowder in Blackstone, Va.
Dorothy Naumer Brown, 90, formerly of Darien and Port Clyde , Maine, died peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 5 at her home in Audubon, Pa. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y. on Sept. 10, 1925, she was the daughter of Dr. Harry and Anna Risch Naumer. She was raised in Brooklyn and graduated from Packer Collegiate Institute.
Family, friends, and community lost a great man on Jan. 28. George Michael Brookner, 79, of Norwalk died peacefully surrounded by his family at Norwalk Hospital.
George was a 1954 graduate of Pittsfield High School in Pittsfield, MA, he graduated from Syracuse University in 1958, later receiving an MBA from Sacred Heart University. While at Syracuse, he was on the varsity baseball and swim teams. A veteran of the US Air Force, he held a pilot’s license. He worked in the aerospace industry for the Link Division of General Dynamics and for Pitney Bowes.
Matthew Galbraith, a resident of Darien, a former resident of Riverside, and a former 40-year resident of Barrington, RI, passed away on Monday, Jan. 25, 2016 in Darien. Born on Nov. 23, 1927 in New York, N.Y., he was the son of the late Rose Marie Howes Galbraith and Matthew W. Galbraith and was raised in Millburn, N.J.
Matthew graduated from Millburn High School in Millburn, N.J. and received a B.S. degree from Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Penn. He served with the U.S. Army during World War II.
Olga Bonfoey died unexpectedly and peacefully at her home early Tuesday morning, Jan. 26, in Darien at the age of 92. She died in the home in which she resided since 1950. Olga Bonfoey is survived by her children; Michael Bonfoey and his wife Kelley of Lake Junaluska, N.C., Beverly Bonfoey of Darien, and Gail Iannacone and her husband Al of Norwalk; sister Helen Hallas of Greenwich; grandchildren Tekla Bonfoey, David Iannacone, Michael Iannacone, Lauren Kelley Brown; great grandchildren McKenzie and Abigail; special friends Joe and Sarah Licari and family, especially Jillian and Jake who kept her young at heart. Olga is preceded in death by Arthur Bonfoey, her husband of 57 years.
Elizabeth Patricia Aussenhofer, of Sarasota, Fla. and formerly of Darien, passed away on Jan. 16. She was born June 30, 1931 in Norwalk to Patrick and Hannah Murphy and is preceded in death by her brother, James and sisters, Marianne Quinn and Francis Kondub. Elizabeth was a homemaker to her eight daughters, a member of Power Squadron, Twin Mothers Club and Pelican Yacht Club of Fort Pierce, FL.
Lois Querze Peebles’ luminous presence was extinguished Feb. 4, 2016 after a wonderful and rich life of 91 years. A proud daughter of Italian immigrants, Lois was a true citizen of New England – born and bred on Cape Cod and educated in the Boston area (Bridgewater Teachers College, Boston University for her Masters). She was a Connecticut resident for many years (the last 22 years in Greenwich, 18 in Stamford prior to that, 12 in Darien even earlier). Imbued with a deep love of music by her adored father, Dolfo, Lois became an aficionado of the arts — classical music, opera, theater and regularly venturing up to Boston for the symphony or heading into New York for performances at the Met or a play on Broadway.
Alexander Boris Diekmann passed away peacefully on Feb. 1, 2016, at his home in Bozeman, Mont., after a courageous battle with cancer. Alex was born Feb. 10, 1963, in Van Nuys, Calif., to Kurt Karl Maximilian and Marianne Edith (Barthel) Diekmann. Alex graduated from Darien High School in 1981 and received his BA from Yale University in 1985 where he met his wife, Lisa Lundal, at a freshman party in Lawrence Hall on Old Campus.
Andrea Warble of Darien, Connecticut died unexpectedly on Feb. 5. She was born on Jan. 8, 1964 and is the daughter of Linda and Eric Despirlet. She is a graduate of Choate Rosemary Hall and Georgetown University.