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Lillie M. Heath, age 80, of East Haddam, the loving and longtime companion of Wiley E. Brown, passed away on Sunday, June 16th at the Marlborough Medical Center in Marlborough. Lillie was born on August 28, 1932 in Rural Retreat, Virginia, the daughter of James Randolph and Ida Elizabeth (Hall) Guillion. Lillie had been a resident of East Haddam since 2004 and formerly resided in both Chester and Deep River. She had been employed at the Monsanto...

Eileen Samuelson ("Sammy") Perry of Essex, CT went peacefully to be with the Lord on June 15, 2013, surrounded by loved ones in the comfort of her home. The eldest of two children, she was born in West Haven, CT, on December 19, 1920 to Arthur Oliver and Ruth Chevalier Samuelson. Following her graduation from Massachusetts General Hospital School of Nursing in 1944 she applied for service in the Navy and then the Army. Sammy completed Army...

Pasquale "Pat" Dibenedetto, 90, of Deep River, passed away peacefully at his home after a long illness on June 12, 2013. He was the husband of Elaine (Seaburg-Johnson) Dibenedetto. Born August 17, 1922 in Salerno, Italy, son of Vito and Concetta (Cesarano) Dibenedetto, Pat moved to New Haven as a child with his family. He is survived by his sister, Florence Borino of East Haven as well as several nieces and nephews. Pat moved to Deep River...

Margaret Kathleen Daly, 96 of Westbrook, the beloved wife of the late William H. Daly, Sr. passed away June 11, 2013 at Apple Rehabilitation in Old Saybrook. She was born May 25, 1917 in Dublin, Ireland, the daughter of the late Richard and Kathleen (Bardsley) Alcock. Margaret immigrated to this country in 1926, and grew up in the Norwood section of the Bronx. Margaret was a graduate of the St. John's Hospital School of Nursing in Long Island...

Alan S. Lindquist, 83, passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 6, 2013. Prior to becoming a full-time resident of Old Saybrook, Connecticut in 2010 he and his family had resided in Bow, New Hampshire for 42 years. Alan was a very active Rotarian in both the Rotary Club of Bow and the Old Saybrook Rotary Club. As a Past-President of the Rotary Club in Bow he was a Paul Harris Fellow and the first recipient of the club's...

Katherine K. Fuller was born in San Diego, California on December 25, 1925 the daughter of Theodore C. and Alice (Hatton) Kistner. She was raised in San Marino, California and attended Scripps College and graduated from UCLA with a BA in Political Science. Kathy's first husband, Edward Bruce Ferguson was a Foreign Service Officer serving as Vice Consul to the U.S. Embassy in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil where they lived. Their daughter Linda was born...

Anne Dower Kowalski, 82, of Old Saybrook, died on Tuesday May 21, 2013. She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph S. Kowalski. Born in Hartford CT, she lived in Old Saybrook for the past 48 years. Anne was a devoted spouse, mother, grandmother, sister and friend. She was a Eucharistic minister at St. John's Church in Saybrook, and volunteer at the Goodspeed Opera House and Shoreline Soup Kitchens. Anne was young at heart and she led a full...

Ann Pross Gates, age 72, a resident of Ivoryton and Essex for over 50 years passed away peacefully on Monday morning, May 20th at The Connecticut Hospice in Branford surrounded by her loving family. Ann was born in Hyde Park, New York on February 14, 1941 the daughter of Alfred Emil and Elizabeth (Rozelle) Pross. She graduated from Nathan Hale Ray High School in East Haddam as a member of the Class of 1959. Ann worked for many years as the...

Gill, Marvel Satterlee Allison – Formerly of Scituate, MA, passed away unexpectedly at her home in Essex, CT on May 16, 2013 at the age of 81. The daughter of Robert Ashcroft Allison and G. Victoria Britton, she was born in Baltimore, MD in 1932. Wed to Richard Charles Gill in 1955, they were married for 49 years and lived for most of that time in their beloved Scituate. Marvel's life was entirely invested in the care and nurturing of...

John L. Armitage, 96, of Essex, CT, formerly of Madison, NJ and Morris Plains, N.J. died peacefully on May 14, 2013. John L. was born on July 24, 1916 on the kitchen table of his grandfather's house in Newark, NJ, middle child and first son of Elwood Spencer Armitage and Adra Fitts Armitage. After graduating Lawrenceville, he attended Princeton University, and graduated in 1938. While in college he met Karen Marie de Chambaud Conze of Greenwich...