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Rebecca Henick
Rebecca Henick (n'E9e Seif) on July 5th, age 94 of Florida and New York. Beloved wife of the late Max Henick and much loved mother of Myrna Jacobs-Rubin, Beatrice Kurzner and Marilyn Shimkowitz. Adored by her 8 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. She was our heart and soul and gave each of us our strong commitment to family and friends. To honor her memory we will remain a loving family forever.
Myrna will be home Monday through Wednesday, services will be at 7:30 p.m. Donations may be made to the Myrna Jacobs-Rubin Leadership Fund, United Jewish Center, Danbury.
Catherine B.Trowbridge
Kitty Trowbridge, age 58, of 50 High Ridge Rd., Brookfield, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2000 at the Bethel Health Care Center after a three month battle with cancer.
She was born and raised in Pensacola, Fla., daughter of Mary (Wear) and the late James Bailey. She met and married her husband of 35 years, Ernest V. Trowbridge, in Pensacola. In 1970, she moved to Brookfield and raised her two children. She was a longtime member of the Congregational Church of Brookfield and a member of the choir. Over the years she participated in many activities in Brookfield, most notable being President of the Brookfield Women's Town Club and First Lady of the Trailblazers Square Dance Club. She was also an active tennis and bridge player. Kitty was a loving mother and wife, and a caring friend to many. She will be missed by all.
Besides her mother of Pensacola, Fla. and her husband, she is survived by her son, Christopher B. of Dallas, Texas and daughter, Laura V. Chafin of Greeley, Colo.; three sisters, Janice Hanes of Corpus Christi, Texas, Linda French of Quartz Hill, Calif. and Robin Daniel of Rancho Vierho, Texas; several nieces and nephews and close friends.
Memorial services will be held at the Congregational Church of Brookfield on Monday, July 10 at 1 p.m. with interment of cremains in the Memorial Garden. A reception will follow at the church immediately following. Donations in Kitty's memory may be made to the Complementary Alternative Medicine Dept. at Danbury Hospital, 24 Hospital Ave., Danbury, CT 06810. The Brookfield Funeral Home, 786 Federal Rd., Brookfield, is in charge of arrangements.
Joseph A. Theriot
Joseph Alexander Theriot, age 86 of Walnut Hill Road, Bethel died Friday, July 7th at Harborside Glen Hill, in Danbury, of natural causes. He was the husband of the late Helen Stagl Theriot, his wife of forty years and the late Elsie Stora Theriot, his wife of twenty years.
Mr. Theriot was born in Kaplan, LA. February 17, 1914 a son of the Late Joseph Theclet and Edmaze Simon Theriot. He was a graduate of Kaplan High School and served in the US Coast Guard during W.W.II. He was employed his entire career by General Motors until his retirement, spending some time in Pakistan for them as a diesel engineer. He resided in Bedford Hills, Ohio, prior to coming to Connecticut in 1999 to live with a niece Barbara Ellis and her husband Bill.
Joseph, known as Uncle Alex to his family, is survived by his sister Elise, and brothers; Walter, Joseph and Noe; as well as many nieces and nephews, and great nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be conducted from the Bethel Funeral Home, 215 Greenwood Avenue, Bethel, Tuesday morning at 9:30 with a Mass of Christian Burial celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Bethel at 10:00 a.m. Burial will be in Newtown Village Cemetery, Newtown.
The family will receive friends at the Bethel Funeral Home, Monday evening from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Martin Muschett
Martin Muschett, 21, of Southern Boulevard, Danbury died Tuesday, July 4, 2000 from an accidental fall while attending a concert in Baltimore, MD.
He was born in Danbury, CT, April 3, 1979, a son of Roy and Verna (White) Muschett of Danbury.
Martin graduated from the Wooster School in 1997 and also attended the University of CT for one year before pursuing a career in music.
Besides his parents, he is survived by his brothers; Delroy and Hugh, his sisters; Sharon, Leoni, Judith and Veronica; his grandmother, Lena Muschett and his grandfather, Charles White of Jamaica, WI
In lieu of flowers, a scholarship fund will be established in Martin's memory. Please contact 203-744-1604 for further information.
Calling hours: Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Tomlinson Homestead, 336 Main Street, Danbury. Services; Tuesday at 11 a.m. at the New hope Baptist Church, 10 Cherry Street, Danbury. Burial will follow in the Wooster Cemetery.
Lula Rose
Lula Batjios Rose, age 75, of 53 Stony Hill Rd., Bethel, died Sunday at Danbury Hospital. She was the widow of George H. Rose Jr.
Mrs. Rose was born in Middletown, Ohio, on July 24, 1924, a daughter of the late Harry and Helen Poulyiana Batjios. She was raised in Ohio and graduated from Witherowe High School and attended the University of Cincinnati. Mrs. Rose moved to the Danbury area in the mid 1950s and was employed by Risdon Manufacturing until her marriage to George. While raising her family, she worked part-time for various companies. Mrs. Rose was a loving mother and grandmother. She was a member of the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church, Danbury.
Mrs. Rose is survived by two sons, George H. Rose III and his wife Jennifer of Danbury, Timothy A. Rose and his wife Michelle of Southbury; and a daughter, Helen Kopchyak of Thomaston; a sister, Mary of Texas; and 7 grandchildren, Kimberly, Randy, Timmy, Geoffrey, Ryan, Joshua, and Crystal.
Memorials may be made to the Bethel VNA, One School St., Bethel, CT 06801.
The funeral service will be held at the Bethel Funeral Home, 215 Greenwood Ave., Bethel on Thursday at 10:30 a.m. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Bethel.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m.
Jennie F. Singer
Jennie F. Singer passed away at Waterbury Hospital, at the age of 84, on July 8th, 2000.
Mrs. Singer was born in Ithaca, New York and was the wife of the late Abraham Harry Singer. Mrs. Singer came to Danbury as a young woman and has been a resident here since that time.
Her daughter, Judith A. Fabian and granddaughter, Anita M. Fabian, both of whom reside in Danbury, survive Mrs. Singer, as do many nieces and nephews in Upstate New York.
There will be no calling hours. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Peter's Church in Danbury on Wednesday morning at 10 a.m. Burial will follow. The Green Funeral Home, 57 Main St., Danbury, is in charge of arrangements.
Paula M. McGovern
Paula M. McGovern, age 101, devoted mother of Ann Gilchrist of Ridgefield, entered into eternal rest Saturday Morning, July 8th at Laurelwood Care Center in Ridgefield.
She began her journey of living in three different centuries when she was born in Colfax, Iowa on Friday the 13th, June 1899. She grew up on a working farm the oldest of three sisters and six brothers. She met her husband, the late Thomas McGovern during World War I and they were married at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1918. During the Roaring Twenties they ran one of the exclusive social clubs in ManhattanEvelyn Nesbit's Tearoom.
While raising her daughter in the 1930's, they attended many New York Yankee baseball games and she reveled in seeing Babe Ruth hit numerous homeruns. After her daughter was grown, she spent a number of years with American Express in New York City before finding her true calling as a practical nurse, caring for the infirmed. She moved to Leisure Village in Lakehurst, N.J. in 1979 where she lived fiercely independent until her 100th birthday.
Besides her late husband, Mrs. McGovern was predeceased by her parents, Genevieve and Martin Gorgas and all eight brothers and sisters.
Along with her daughter, Ann, she is survived by a son-in-law, Jack Gilchrist of Ridgefield; three grandchildren, John Gilchrist and Betty Ann Meny, both of Redding and Linda Andrews of London, England; devoted granddaughter and grandsons-in-law, Lauren Gilchrist, Robert Meny and Michael Andrews; six great-grandchildren, Jessica Gilchrist, Ryan Gilchrist, Brynn Gilchrist, Nicholas Gilchrist, Paxton Meny and Patrick Andrews.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated Tuesday at 1 p.m. at St. Mary's Church, Ridgefield. Burial will follow in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Friends will be received on Tuesday morning after 11 a.m. at the Kane Funeral Home, 41 Catoonah St., Ridgefield.
Contributions in Mrs. McGovern's memory may be made to St. Mary's Church Building Fund, 183 High Ridge Ave., Ridgefield, CT 06877.
Shirley A. Miller
Shirley A. Miller, age 82, wife of Dr. John P. Miller Jr., of 46 Main St., Newtown, died Saturday, July 8, 2000 at Ashlar of Newtown.
She was born in Bridgeport June 25, 1918, daughter of the late Erwin and Catherine (Baron) Mott. She was a graduate of Central High School in Bridgeport and graduated from Central Connecticut State University. A schoolteacher by profession, she was employed for many years as an elementary teacher.
A resident of Newtown since 1951, she was a past president and longtime member of the Newtown League of Women Voters. Mrs. Miller was Treasurer of Narragansett Railroad in Rhode Island.
She is survived, besides her husband, by one brother, Leslie Mott of Monroe.
Private services will be held at the convenience of the family. There are no calling hours. Arrangements by Honan Funeral Home, 58 Main St., Newtown.
Margaret J. Wixted
Margaret Jeanette Shanley was born in Danbury, October 1, 1919 to Edward F. and Clarice (Clapp) Shanley. She grew up in Bethel and graduated from Bethel High School. Margaret graduated as an R.N. from the Danbury Hospital School of Nursing, Class of 1940. She married Edwin A. Wixted of Danbury in 1955.
She was beloved by many Bethelites as the office nurse for Dr. Albert J. Trimpert for fifteen years. After her marriage, she worked as a private duty nurse in Danbury and surrounding towns for another 25 years.
Margaret did volunteer work with the Danbury Red Cross Bloodmobile, St. Peter's Thrift Shop and St. Peter's School. She was a proud member of the Danbury Hospital Alumnae Association and St. Peter's Women's Guild. She served as secretary for Chapter 3340 of AARP. For many years while her family was young she belonged to St. Monica's Mothers' Circle.
Margaret was predeceased by her husband, Edwin Sr., in 1999 and her sister, Catherine Cole in 1990.
Margaret leaves five children and their families to mourn her passing: Anita and Vladimir Hampl of Georgia; Edwin Jr. and Linda Wixted of Waterbury; Dennis and Ingrid Wixted of New Fairfield; Grace Wixted of Brookfield; and Michael and Paisley Wixted of Guilford. She also leaves eleven grandchildren who were the lights of her life.
She is also survived by four sisters and one brother: Dorothy McGurkin of Wethersfield; Ruth (and William) Hennessey of Florida; Joan Oberg of Bethel; Clarice Osiecki of Danbury; and Edward (and Esther) Shanley of Newtown. She also leaves Dorothy Kane of Danbury, Joan Sullivan of Florida, Mary Gorman of Florida and William Wixted of New Mexico (siblings of her husband Edwin); as well as several cousins and countless nieces and nephews.
A Mass Of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Peter Church Thursday morning At 10:30 a.m.
Burial will follow in St. Peter Cemetery.
Friends will be received at The Green Funeral Home, 57 Main St., Danbury Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m.
Contributions in Margaret's memory may be made to St. Peter Church Restoration Fund, 104 Main St., Danbury 06810 or Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, Western CT Chapter, P.O. Box 1748, Hartford, CT 06144.
Denis J. Frey
Denis J. Frey, age 62, of Stony Hill Rd., Bethel, died June 29, 2000 at his home.
Mr. Frey was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, October 3, 1937, a son of Gertrude A. Beckman Frey of Cincinnati, Ohio and the late Martin J. Frey.
In addition to his mother, he is survived by a son, Martin S. Frey of Appleton, Wis.; 2 daughters, Jennifer A. Allen of Birmingham, Mich. and Malia Weinmann of Minneapolis, Minn.; 1 brother, James F. Frey of Danville, Calif.; 2 sisters, Mary Ann Carroll of Albuquerque, N.M. and Barbara McNamara of Westchester, Ohio; as well as 5 grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at St. Mary's Church, Bethel, Tuesday morning at 11:15 a.m. Burial will be in Wooster Cemetery, Danbury.
There are no calling hours. The Bethel Funeral Home, 215 Greenwood Ave., Bethel, is handling arrangements.
A Family Memorial Service will also be held on Thursday, July 13th at Bayley Place Chapel in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Rev. Clayton R. Lund
The Reverend Clayton R Lund, theologian, philosopher, historian, counselor and friend, died Wednesday, July 5th at Danbury Hospital. He served as the 17th Senior Minister of The First Congregational Church of Ridgefield for 30 years from 1956-1986 and at his retirement was appointed Minister Emeritus. He spent his retirement years in Danbury and most recently resided at The Village at East Farms retirement community in Waterbury. He was 81 years old.
Before coming to Ridgefield, Mr. Lund served churches in Hingham, Massachusetts, and Brooklyn, New York. After his retirement from Ridgefield, he served the Saugatuck Congregational Church as supply and interim minister in a relationship that spanned 7 years.
Mr. Lund was born in Providence, Rhode Island, on the 31st of March, 1919 to the Rev. Anders Gottfrid Lund and Iris Sofia Fredrika Lindblade, and he grew up in New York and Worcester, Massachusetts. He was a graduate of Clark University and Andover-Newton Theological Seminary. He was ordained at First Congregational Church in Fall River, Massachusetts.
Mr. Lund's love of Christ, eloquent speech, sense of history and personal warmth provided an anchor for an ever-changing Ridgefield community and congregation. During his tenure, the church grew to 800 members, which mirrored the growth of Ridgefield from 4,000 in the 1950s to 22,000 in the late 1980s. Many changes were made during his tenure including the forming of a Church Council from the Cabinet, strengthening the Board of Mission and adorning the sanctuary with more comfortable pews and a magnificent hand-hewn cross above the communion table.
Most notably, Mr. Lund led the congregation through the difficult time following the fire in 1978 of the 100 year-old Church House. In December 1980 the new Church House was dedicated to the glory of God and the hope of the Phoenix Fund campaign, "out of ashes, newness; out of destruction, a great joy" was realized. The fellowship room was named Lund Hall in his honor.
Mr. Lund is survived by his sister, Gretalyn Lund Elmen of Woodstock, Conn.; his niece, Elisabeth Levesque and her husband and son, Joffre and Paul of Pomfret, Conn.; a nephew, John Elmen and his wife, Robin Neely of Falmouth, Maine; and loving friends and parishioners. A brother, Anders Godfrey Lund, predeceased him.
A memorial service will be conducted Thursday, July 13th, 1:00 p.m. at The First Congregational Church. A reception will follow the service in Lund Hall. A family interment will be conducted in Woodstock, Conn.
Contributions in memory of Mr. Lund may be made to The First Congregational Church, 103 Main Street. Ridgefield, CT 06877 for the Clayton R Lund Scholarship Fund of Andover-Newton Seminary or the Clayton R. Lund Endowment Fund of The First Congregational Church.
The Jowdy-Kane Funeral Home, 9-11 Granville Avenue, Danbury, is in charge of the arrangements.
Jeffrey Thomas Mead
Jeffrey Thomas Mead, 41, of Sandy Hook, died on Sunday (July 9) in Danbury.
Mr. Mead was born in Norwalk on September 6, 1958, a son of the late Samuel L. and Mary Alice Broadhurst Mead. He grew up in Ridgefield and previously had lived in Norwalk for ten years before making Sandy Hook his home for the past 1'BD years. He was employed at the Peoples Bank of Newtown.
Surviving is his twin brother, Dennis M. Mead, of Sandy Hook. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a brother, Samuel L. Mead Jr.
Services will be held on Wednesday (July 12) at 8 p.m. in the Bouton Funeral Home, 31 West Church Street, Georgetown. The Rev. Mary Hoynes, Pastor of the Stevens Memorial United Methodist Church, Lewisboro, N.Y., will officiate. The interment is to be private.
Friends may call at the funeral home on Wednesday from 5 to the time of the service.
