Obit Sandy Young 2-22-16

Sandford Young, State Golf Association President, a Wee Burn Club Director

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Sanford Procter Young died on Jan. 28, 2016 in Hendersonville, N.C. A former Darien resident, he was active in state and national golf associations. Sandy, as he was best known, was pre-deceased in 1980 by his first wife, Georgia Childs Young, his college sweetheart at Middlebury. Sandy was born in Boston, the son of Leroy Merrill Young and Evelyn Procter Young. He graduated from Governor Dummer Academy in South Byfield, Mass. and Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vt. and did graduate work at Harvard College.

obit Laurel Richards Kane 2-18-16

Laurel Richards Kane, 69, Former Darien Resident Opened Route 66 Welcome Center

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Along a once-thriving stretch of Route 66 in Afton, Oklahoma, is a vintage service station where visitors from around the world would find, and later seek out, a welcome and a smile from Laurel Kane. The modest ’30s-era building was purchased by Laurel and her then-husband, David Kane, in 1998. In 2001, Laurel and David reopened Afton Station as a welcome center for tourists, including a museum displaying Laurel’s Route 66 memorabilia and David’s collection of restored, vintage Packard automobiles. Afton Station quickly became a mainstay on Route 66 and is featured in most guidebooks that highlight Route 66’s top attractions. Laurel, a resident of Tulsa, passed away at the age of 69, on Jan.

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George Brookner, 79, Active in Darien Senior Men’s Club

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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.

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Matthew Galbraith, 88, Insurance Executive, Father of Three, Former Darienite

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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.

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Olga Bonfoey, 92, Store Clerk, Volunteer, Longtime Darien Resident

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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.

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John Phillips, 98, Airline Pilot, Golfer, Father of Five

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John F. Phillips, a resident of Darien, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, at the age of 98. Born on May 23, 1917, in New York City, he was one of six children born to John Phillips and Mary Mulligan Phillips. John graduated from Fordham University and after graduation served in the U.S. Army Air Forces from 1941 to 1945. After an honorable discharge he spent 32 years as a pilot for TWA.

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Tom Volpe Jr., 57, Technical Support Engineer, DHS Class of ’77, Father of Two

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Tom Volpe, Jr. a long time resident of Monroe and a former Darien resident died unexpectedly of a massive heart attack on Jan. 29, while living in Southbury. Tom was a technical support engineer employed by Neato, Inc., a New Haven subsidiary of Fellows Incorporated. Tom, born in New Rochelle, N.Y. on May 17, 1958, was the son of Thomas and his predeceased mother, Josephine (Jo) Volpe. They lived first in Larchmont, then Chappaqua, N.Y., where Tom attended Greeley High School.

Robert Kammerer, 78, Corporate Executive, Avid Golfer

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Robert Joseph Kammerer-business leader, mentor, friend, husband, father, avid golfer and grandfather-died at the age of 78 on Friday evening, Jan. 22 at Waveny Care Center in New Canaan. Bob was born on March 29th, 1937 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the fifth of five children of Roy and Sarah Kammerer. He attended local schools and DeLaSalle High School. He excelled in many sports and was an all-state player in basketball, baseball and football.

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Harry Eammons, 89, Longtime Darienite & Volunteer with Beautification Committee

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Harry Irving Emmons, Jr. a long time resident of Darien, died Jan. 15, 2016 at the age of 89. He grew up in Andover, Massachusetts and was the son of the late Harry and Grace Emmons. Harry graduated from Holderness School, Plymouth, New Hampshire and attended Bowdoin College before serving at the Merchant Marine Academy in Castine, Maine and in the U.S. Army. In 1943, Harry won Maine’s men’s doubles tennis state championship.

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Audrey Lord, 84, Lifelong Darien Resident, Executive Secretary

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Audrey F. Lord, a lifelong resident of Darien, passed away at her home on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016, surrounded by her family. Born on Sept. 11, 1931, she was the daughter of the late John Scot Foye and Catherine Burke Reilly Foye. Audrey graduated from Darien High School in 1950 and worked at the Sweet Shop in Darien for many years.

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Louis Hagopian, 90, CEO of Oldest Advertising Agency in the U.S.

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Louis Thomas Hagopian of Vero Beach, FL and Darien died after a short illness in his Florida home on Jan. 9, 2016 at age 90. He is survived by his wife of 60 years, Joanne Kelly Hagopian; his daughter Susan Goddard and sons Thomas and Matthew; nine grandchildren; his sister Helen Geovjian; and more than 40 members of his extended family. Lou thought himself to be one of the luckiest men in the world, with a wife and family who loved him and whom he loved dearly, parents he respected and adored and a career he both enjoyed and succeeded in beyond his wildest hopes. He was born June 1, 1925.