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Alice Cooney, 92, Longtime Darien Resident, Former Teacher, Excelled at Needlepoint

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Alice Knotts Cooney, 92, of Darien and Waldoboro, Maine, died peacefully at her home in Waldoboro on Sept. 30, 2016. Born in Tacoma, Wash., on Nov. 17, 1923, she was the daughter of Gilbert Lloyd Knotts and Alice McCoy Knotts. She grew up in Portland and Falmouth, Maine and graduated from Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She taught at the Knox School, Cooperstown, N.Y., Buckley Country Day, Great Neck, N.Y., and the Day School in New Haven.

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Carlyn Legge Crane, 59, Former Darien Resident

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Carlyn Elizabeth Legge Crane, 59, of Westbrook, died peacefully at home on Friday, Sept. 30. Born in Northfield, Vt., to William R. and Gail Price Legge, Carlyn spent her first 12 years in Norwalk and Darien before her family moved to Cumberland Foreside, Maine. A 1975 graduate of Greely High School in Cumberland, Carlyn earned a degree in accounting from Casco Bay College. She worked for many years in guest reception and as a night auditor at Holiday Inn Downtown Portland, and had long-term positions with the Greater Portland Convention and Visitors’ Bureau and various financial service companies.

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Marcelle Dunphy, 96, Longtime Darienite Active in St. John Church, DCA

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Marcelle Lambert Dunphy, a long-time resident of Darien, passed away quietly at home on October 4, 2016 at the age of 96. Marcelle was born on Jan. 7, 1920 in West Somerville, Mass., where she spent her youth and young adulthood. She began working as bilingual secretary to the President of Dewey & Almy Chemical Company, the inventors of synthetic rubber, in Cambridge, Mass. during World War II.

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Lee Colbath, 92, Longtime Darienite, Active in Noroton Presbyterian Church

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Lee Arnold Colbath, 92, passed away peacefully at home Sept. 18 in Auburn, Maine. He was born Nov. 16, 1923 in Howland, Maine to Lee and Helen Colbath. Lee grew up during the Depression and, after graduating high school, served in the European Theater during WWII. He was a member of the 12th Armored Division “The Hellcats,” 7th U.S. Army and awarded the Purple Heart for injuries sustained in battle.

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Patricia Scott, 84, Former Darien Resident

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Patricia Wilson Scott passed away peacefully on Sept. 26, 2016, in Naples, Fla. She was 84. Patty will be remembered by her friends and family for her genuine interest in other people, her sense of optimism and fairness, her wonderful laugh and sense of humor, her passion for racquet sports, international travel, entertaining, and her love of her extended family. Born to Fredrick and Ruth Wilson in Bronxville, New York on Feb. 1, 1932, she was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, John M. Scott, and first husband, Stanley R. Westberg.