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Florence May Clifford
Florence May Clifford, 88, has died.
Clifford was born April 12, 1922 in Port Chester, N.Y, to Ted and Edith Wheeler. She married
James E. Clifford and moved to Greenwich in 1940, where she raised four children and worked as private cook for many families in Greenwich.
She enjoyed the Senior Center and Greenwich Ave., was an avid swimmer and loved salt-water fishing in her travels to Florida.
She is survived by Jim Clifford and his wife Cheryl of Greenwich and Arlene Mandola of Hopewell Junction, NY.
She is also survived by her eight granchildren: Denise Hawkins, Jay Clifford, Steven Clifford, E.J. Gentile, Brian Gentile, Dennis Schmeiler, Jeff Schmeiler and Robbie Schmeiler; and six great-grandchildren: Michael Hawkins, Kyle Clifford, Madison Clifford, Jasmine Clifford, James A. Clifford and Jayleen Clifford.
She was predeceased by her husband James E. Clifford; her daughters Betty- Ann Schmeiler and Diana Gentile; a brother, Ted Wheeler; and her sisters, Marjorie Williams and Dora Baron.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Nathaniel Witherell Patient Fund c/o Mary Bruce, 70 Parsonage Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.
A religious service was held at the Castiglione Funeral Home on July 17. Burial was private.
In lieu of flowers, those who wish may make donations to: The Nathaniel Witherell Patient Care Fund, C/O Mary Bruce, 70 Parsonage Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.
The family would like to thank Dr. James Brunetti and the nurses and staff on the first floor at Nathaniel Witherell.
Emile P. Derocle
Emile P. Derocle, 89, World War II veteran and a Greenwich resident for 41 years, passed away on May 4, 2010 at Greenwich Hospital.
Derocle was born on April 14, 1921 in Manhattan, where he resided until he moved to Greenwich in 1969.
During World War II he served as a U.S. Marine in China.
He was the employee of several Manhattan and Greenwich families until he retired at age 80.
For many years he assisted Father Mark Connolly at Mass as a Eucharistic Minister at St. Timothy's Chapel in Greenwich alongside his wife.
Derocle enjoyed his Denning, N.Y. summer home, was active in the Round Hill Volunteer Fire Dept. and volunteered for Meals on Wheels.
He is survived by his wife of 66 years, Margaret; three daughters: Margaret Peasback and her husband David of Greenwich, Barbara Steele and her husband John of Greenwich and Anne Hires and her husband By of Darien; and a son, Paul Derocle of Kauai, Hawaii.
He is also survived by his grandson, Jeffrey Wilkens and his wife Francine and their four children: Paige, Brooke, Morgan and Kelsey.
Derocle was predeceased by his sister, Aimee Derocle Delhaye.
Father Connolly presided over a Mass of Christian burial on May 10 at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Greenwich. Interment followed in St. Mary cemetery with full military honors.
Those who wish may make memorial contributions in Derocle's name for the benefit of St. Timothy's Chapel c/o Msgr. J. Peter Cullen, St. Michael the Archangel Church, 469 North Street, Greenwich CT 006830.
Katherine Albert Favor
Katherine Albert Favor died at Greenwich Woods Nursing Home on June 21, 2010. She was 100 years old and had lived in Greenwich for more than 50 years.
She was born on Aug. 18, 1909 in Columbus, Ohio, where she met and married
her husband, Anthony Favor.
Favor was a gifted seamstress and owned an antique shop. She also owned and operated her real estate business, Katie Favor & Associates until she was well into her 90s.
Favor was also a longtime member of the Westchester Country Club and was very active in the Audubon Society.
She is survived by her sister, Aletha Albert Birkefeld of Florida; one niece; two nephews; six great -nieces and nephews; and seven great-great-nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband.
There will be a private service in Columbus, Ohio, where she will be interred beside her parents, Emma and Joseph Albert, and her husband.
Memorial contributions may be made in Favor's memory to the Audubon Society of Greenwich, 613 Riversville Rd., Greenwich, CT 06831.
Mildred Gatto
Mildred Gatto, 90, a lifelong resident of Greenwich, passed away on May 23, 2010.
She was born in Greenwich to Francesco and Josephine Gatto, graduated from Greenwich High School and was a parishioner of St Roch's Church.
For many years, Gatto worked in the medical records department for United Hospital in Port Chester.
She is survived by her brother, Pasquale Gatto and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her sister, Rose Gatto Thompson.
Funeral services and burial were private.
Richard Lee Geismar
Richard Lee Geismar, World War II veteran of Riverside, passed away on July 10, 2010 in Rockport, Maine.
Geismar served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, then graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and received his M.B.A. from Harvard University.
Geismar worked for decades in television and radio broadcasting, beginning with Dumont and Metromedia in New York City. He launched Broad Street Communications in the 70s.
Geismar was an active member of the Riverside Yacht Club and the First Congregational Church of Greenwich. He served on the boards of Greenwich Adult Day Care and the Greenwich Chapter of the American Red Cross.
Geismar is survived by his wife, Patricia Willard Geismar; and three children: Nancy; John and his wife, Susan; and Elisabeth and her husband, Torsten Heycke; as well as six grandchildren and his brother, John.
A memorial service is planned for mid-September, at the First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to GADC River House or the First Congregational Church of Greenwich.
Elizabeth Matthews Hubbard
Elizabeth Matthews Hubbard, former Riverside resident, passed away peacefully at Essex Meadows, Essex, one week after her 101st birthday.
Hubbard was born on July 1, 1909 to George and Susanna Matthews in Massena, N.Y., where she grew up. She began drawing at the age of three, and carefully observing the world around her became Hubbard's lifelong pleasure.
Her formal training in painting began at the College of Fine Arts at Syracuse University. During the Great Depression she ventured to New York City, where she worked as a freelance fashion illustrator and window display designer for Elizabeth Arden, Helena Rubinstein, Saks, and other Fifth Avenue department stores. She was always proud to have been a creative woman in the workforce, her family said.
In 1935, she married
Lawrence Hubbard, an advertising and marketing executive. They first lived in Jackson Heights, N.Y., then remodeled an old red barn in Redding, which served as a retreat from city life and an art studio for her.
Throughout the 30s and 40s, Hubbard explored a variety of artistic mediums. She wrote and illustrated a book called Red Sneakers, created portraits in pastel, sculpted small figurines and busts, and painted in oil and watercolor. A few years after the birth of their second child, the couple moved to Riverside.
Hubbard's creativity infused everyday life, her family said, from orchestrating children's birthday parties to drawing annual Christmas cards. In response to the demands of a busy family and travel opportunities, Hubbard began to focus on watercolors.
She studied watercolor painting with Herb Olsen and Frederick Whitaker and was inspired by the Central Park Zoo as well as the weathered barns, boat docks and seascapes of coastal New England.
Her paintings were exhibited at a variety of venues, including juried shows at the American Watercolor Society, Allied Artists of America, the National Academy, and the Knickerbocker Art Association. Her painting, "The Louise Shop" was included in the 1990 exhibition "Salute to Greenwich - 350 Years" at the Hurlbutt Gallery.
Hubbard was a member of the Connecticut Watercolor Society, the Greenwich and Old Greenwich Art societies, and an associate member of the American Watercolor Society.
After retiring to Old Lyme, Hubbard became an artist member of the Old Lyme Art Association and a docent at the Florence Griswold Museum. In 2006, a retrospective of her paintings was presented at Essex Meadows, her home for the last 20 years.
She will be remembered as a woman who cared deeply for her family and friends, and taught them to find the beauty in the world around them, instilled in them a passion for art, and made them laugh with her wry sense of humor.
She is survived by her son, Ken Hubbard and his wife Tori Dauphinot of Greenwich; a daughter, Susan Hubbard Ryan and her husband, Dr. Russell Ryan of Marblehead, Mass.; and six grandchildren: Paul Hubbard of Missoula, Mont., Dr. Rusty H. Ryan of Cambridge, Mass., Suzanne H. Brutocao of Los Angeles, Calif., Eliza H. Ryan of New York; and West Hubbard and Skye Hubbard of Greenwich.
A memorial service is being planned at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme on Sept. 12 at 11 a.m.
Donations in Hubbard's memory may be sent to the Elizabeth Hubbard Endowment at the Florence Griswold Museum, 96 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT 06371; www.FlorenceGriswoldMuseum.org). Fulton-Theroux Funeral Home, Old Lyme is handling the arrangements.
