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Jeanne Marilyn Toth, 79, of Stamford Ct passed away Tuesday February 23, 2016 from complications of a stoke. Beloved wife and mother, Jeanne was born in Darien on April 16, 1936 to Russell and Dorothy Harper. As a Darien resident, she was a proud member of Darien High School. In her teenage years she was a dancer until being struck down with meningitis. She fought back from that disease and overcame it.
Ralph W. Smith, 92, of Southbury, died Feb. 28, 2016 in River Glen Healthcare. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Elizabeth Waterbury Smith. He was born Aug. 25, 1923 in New Canaan to the late Charles G. and Annie Simon Smith. Ralph lived in New Canaan, Darien, Norwalk, and most recently Southbury.
Roselynde “Lynda” S. Barnes, age 70 of Millsboro, Del. formerly of Virginia and Connecticut, passed away on Sunday, Feb. 28, 2016 at Beebe Healthcare in Lewes, Del. She was born Aug. 11, 1945.
Charles Lee Burwell, 98, of Millwood, Va., a former Darien selectman and teacher at Darien High School, passed away peacefully on Feb. 26, 2016 at Westminster Canterbury, surrounded by his family. He was born Sept. 24, 1917 at Carter Hall in Millwood, the son of John Townsend Burwell and Rosalie Leslie Wheat Burwell. Mr. Burwell earned a B.A. in history and literature at Harvard College in 1939, and later, in 1975, an M.A. in education at Fairfield University.
Bennett Wood of Darien passed away peacefully on February 27, 2016 surrounded by the family that cherished him. Ben was born on July 15, 1992 in Norwalk. He graduated from Darien High School in 2010 and attended Bucknell University for two years before transferring to Fairfield University, where he was scheduled to graduate in May. He was a biology major who loved animals and the outdoors. An enthusiastic reader, rock climber and mountain biker, Ben particularly enjoyed fly-fishing and had become very skilled at fly casting and fly tying.