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Patrick J. Duffy, 84, of Danbury, died at home on Feb. 28, 2019 after a long illness. He was born Dec. 17, 1934 in Weehawken, New Jersey, son of the late Edward M. Duffy and Anna (Flynn) Duffy. Mr. Duffy never met anyone who wasn’t a friend.
Kenneth H. Allen of Darien died peacefully at home on Feb. 27. He was 82 years old. Mr. Allen was born on Jan. 13, 1937 to the late Kenneth E. and Claudine (Smith) Allen.
Kenneth John Kutz passed away on January 18, 2019 at the age of 92 at his daughter’s home in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. He was born on Nov. 16, 1926 in Elrose, Saskatchewan, Canada. He graduated summa cum laude in Geological Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948. On Nov.
Meridith Ackerman Beaman, 89, of North Hampton, New Hampshire passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Saturday, Feb. 16, at her home. She was born on Aug. 23, 1929 in Boston to the late Dean W. and Gladys M. (True) Ackerman. Meridith was raised in Moorestown, New Jersey and Darien.
Linda Bailey Searle died at her home in Delray Beach, Florida on Jan. 16, 2019, at age 93. Born March 14,1925 in East Orange, NJ to Clifford Sherwood Bailey and Ellen Laird Bailey, Linda grew up in Darien and New Canaan. She graduated from The Ethel Walker School and Finch College. In June 1945, Linda married John “Jack” Endicott Searle, Jr., who was in the Army Air Corps.
Deborah (Debby) Anne Blodget Tait, 84, of Montpelier, Vermont (formerly of Norfolk, Connecticut) died at home on Feb. 8, with her family around her. She was the beloved wife of Colin Condie Tait for 63 years. Debby, the daughter of Barbara Barnes and Donald McKelvey Blodget, was born in New York City on April 10, 1934, the youngest of four children. She grew up in Darien and graduated from the George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania in 1952.
Daniel Lagonigro, 83, of Darien passed away peacefully at Stamford Hospital on Feb. 15, surrounded by his loving family. Daniel was born in Port Chester, New York on April 7, 1935 to Paul Lagonigro and Maria Rosario Lagonigro. As a boy, Daniel was an avid Yankee fan, playing baseball and dreaming of becoming a professional ball player. At an early age, Daniel took piano and accordion lessons.
Linda B. Clark, a resident of Darien and former resident of Rowayton, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 14, at Maplewood of Darien due to complications from dementia. She was 77. Born in 1941 in Des Moines, Iowa, she was the daughter of the late Joe and Ruth Blackledge, and sister of Barbara. She was a graduate of the University of Connecticut and Darien High School.
Muriel “Yoy” Quimby, 95, passed away Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Overlook Masonic Skilled Nursing Facility in Charlton surrounded by family and others who loved and cared for her. Born in Flushing, Queens to Grace and Forrest Smith, Yoy lived in Scarsdale, New York, Darien, Bedford, New Hampshire, Holden, Massachusetts and Sarasota, Florida before moving to Overlook with her husband in 2007. Yoy graduated from Scarsdale High School and earned a B.A. from Denison University. She was the executive director for the Scarsdale, New York Girl Scout Council, the director of adult education and volunteer coordinator for Wachusett Regional High School in Holden and the director of the Challenge Program for the Women’s Resource Center in Sarasota.
Joy Sutton Collins, of Darien, Connecticut; Tierra Verde, Florida; and Bayville, Maine, died February 5, 2019, in Stamford, Connecticut, after a brief struggle with pancreatic cancer. She was 77. Collins was born to the late Bettina Pierce Sutton and David Sutton Jr. on May 9, 1941, in Lancaster, Massachusetts. The eldest of five, she grew up in Lancaster and graduated from the Northfield School in the class of 1959. She attended Tufts University, where she graduated in 1963 with a bachelor’s degree in government.
How do you describe the life of a person who made an impact on every person’s life she entered? Corrie Seyferth will be remembered for her beautiful blue eyes, engaging smile and sweet spirit. She was caring, wise, generous, creative and fun. She touched people’s lives in the most deeply meaningful way. She had a rare combination of spontaneous love of life with acute business acumen.
Elisabeth Perry (Day) Augustyn passed away peacefully on Jan. 19 at Branford Hills Health Center after a long illness. Elisabeth was born in Brooklyn, NY, in 1936, to Walter Merton and Elisabeth (DuMond) Perry and was raised in Darien. She was a graduate of the Low Heywood School and attended Smith College and the Yale School of Music. For many years Elisabeth ran a successful piano instruction studio in Darien which included pre-school music education classes modeled on the pedagogy of Maria Montessori.
Johanna Morris Brennan, 57, of Darien passed away peacefully at her home on Feb. 12. She was born in Boston and was the daughter of Joan Duggan Morris and Philip Paul Morris. In addition to her parents, Johanna is survived by her beloved husband, Marty, and adored children, Martin (22) and Henry (19), her sister Carole Sessine (Michael) of Pembroke, Massachusetts and aunts, cousins, nieces and nephews and the extended Brennan family. Johanna was pre-deceased by her brother Philip. Johanna graduated from Stonehill College with a degree in psychology. She had an exciting career as a forerunner for women on Wall Street in the 1980s and 90s where she excelled in fixed income sales.
Jean Bennett, a resident of Darien, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019 at Notre Dame Convalescent Home in Norwalk. Born on May 11, 1940 in Magherafelt, County Derry, Northern Ireland, she was the daughter of the late William and Mary (Fleming) Kenning. She was 78. Jean worked for Covidien Corp.
Joyce-Ann Davidson passed away on Friday, Jan. 4 ,at the age of 70. Joy was born on March 24, 1948 to Fred G. Davidson and Kay V. Davidson. She attended college at Immaculata University in Washington, D.C. and Maryville University in Missouri. Having grown up in Darien, Joy always loved the beach.