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Ridgefield WA Obituaries and Death Notices
Saturday, June 10, 2017Edward B. DelanyEdward B. Delany, 91, of Wilton, formerly of Ridgefield, passed away after a long illness on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Norwalk Hospital. He was the loving husband of Mrs. Lucille (Heling) Delany.Mr. Delany was born on May 26, 1925 in Queens, NY; a son of the late James and Emilie (Bergmann) Delany. Edward graduated from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Corona in 1943 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy V-12 program. Edward was enrolled at Columbia University, graduating in 1945 with a Bachelors of Engineering. He immediately entered service in the Navy with the rank of Ensign and was stationed at Subic Bay in the Philippines, billeted on the USS PC-1133. In 1946, he was released from active service to inactive service in the Naval Reserves. Ed returned home to Long Island and earned his Masters of Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, taking classes at night and working during the day. During this time Ed started his lifelong career at Perkin-Elmer. He also married his love, Lucille in May of 1948. In 1951 Ed was rec...
Monday, February 20, 2017Susa to Sardis (2,699 km) in seven days; the journey took ninety days on foot."***Seven days was pretty good service in 500 B.C., but not necessarily in 2017. Actually I was anticipating mail from Ridgefield, Conn., weeks ago, but that took 11 days to get to me.My niece sent out invitations to her son’s Bar Mitzvah in January for a March event. My sister-in-law called me to ask me what I thought of the invitation, which, of course is gorgeous.In fact, I told my niece that she should definitely frame it because it’s definitely a keepsake.Anyway, everybody seemed to receive their invitation except my son and me, so after a week went by I was convinced that the calligrapher somehow missed the two Fearer names.Matt and Jackie, my son and daughter-in-law, received theirs and mine came on the 11th day, Jan. 27. The postmark was Jan. 17.Interestingly, there were two bar codes, one on the back and one on the front. Aha, I thought, I bet this has something to do with the delay, so I took the envelope to the Post Office and showed it to one of the nice ladies at the counter.Turned out I was right. Invitations usually have the name of the sender and the return address on the back of the envelope with the invitee’s name and address on the front.Unfortunately, the machine read the return address as the invitee and the invitation went back to Ridgefield, Conn., where some nice letter carrier noticed the mistake and re-sent it to Danvers, And that’s why it took 11 days.I hate to admit what I said to the clerk: “And that’s why they call it snail mail.”Oh, and to boot, the postage was $2.64. At that price they could have almost sent it out Priority Mail.***What a mixed-up week this has been and all because of the snow! The school kids have already used up three snow days, let’s hope we don’t have too many more. I would hate to see them going to school till the end of June. Then again, safety is the most important consideration.***Though many things were canceled over the weekend, one very sad but very special Celebration of the Life of Douglas F. MacLean of Marblehead still went on Saturday at the Old North Church in Marblehead.Newcomers to that church, like me, were awed at the size of this historic Congregational church. The sanctuary has three complete sections, each one almost as large as the interior of many churches.The reason I’m telling you this is because every seat on the entry level was completely filled. There is an upstairs, as well, which is where our Danvers foursome of Alan Hartnett, Larry Crowley, Kay Maurice, and I who all knew Malcolm, the father, well as a fellow Kiwanian.We also recalled meeting Doug and his kids many times at a Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast when his dad was one of the volunteers.We were fortunate to get four seats together before they completely filled and barred others from going up. In the basement, there was also a full house with standing room only. Those on the lowest level watched the service via closed circ...
Monday, December 19, 2016Mae C. Healy, 88, of Redding, formerly of Ridgefield, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016. She was the loving wife of Dr. Harold E. Healy.Mae was born on September 24, 1928 in Tarrytown, NY; a daughter of the late James and Mae (Jacob) Clarkson. She graduated from Central Connecticut State College and began teaching in Madison, CT. Mae spent the majority of her teaching career as a Kindergarten teacher in the Ridgefield Public School System. She was a resident of Ridgefield for 53 years. Mae loved spending summers with family in their second home on Cape Cod. She was an active member of the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield and was involved in fundraising for Regional Hospice. Mae is survived by her husband of 65 years, Hal Healy and their children: Lauren Healy of Wilmington, MA; Scott Healy and his wife Anne, of Sudbury, MA and Jane Stafford and her husband Scott, of Wakefield, RI. She is also survived by 4 grandchildren: Brittany, Ryan, Morgan and Tyler. In addition to her husband, children and grandchildr...
Monday, December 19, 2016John E. DevineJohn E. Devine of Ridgefield, beloved teacher, husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2016 at NY Presbyterian hospital, with his wife, Thea, of 50 years by his side.John was a well respected high school English teacher who loved Shakespeare, and taught in New York City high schools for 31 years, at Charles Evans Hughes in Manhattan, Tilden in Brooklyn, and Evander Childs in the Bronx. After retiring from the N.Y.C. school system, he spent the next 17 years teaching at Keio Academy of New York, a private high school in Purchase N.Y., retiring a second time only recently after forty-eight years in the classroom altogether.John was a devoted family man, an avid N.Y. Rangers fan and dog lover; he loved to cook, do crossword puzzles, read, run, travel, write poetry, go antiquing, build bookcases, and spend time at the family cottage in Maine.He was born February 14, 1942, in Malverne NY, the son of John E. Devine Sr., an advertising executive and Angela Torraco, a ho...
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Saturday, June 10, 2017Edward B. DelanyEdward B. Delany, 91, of Wilton, formerly of Ridgefield, passed away after a long illness on Friday, May 12, 2017 at Norwalk Hospital. He was the loving husband of Mrs. Lucille (Heling) Delany.Mr. Delany was born on May 26, 1925 in Queens, NY; a son of the late James and Emilie (Bergmann) Delany. Edward graduated from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Corona in 1943 and enlisted in the U.S. Navy V-12 program. Edward was enrolled at Columbia University, graduating in 1945 with a Bachelors of Engineering. He immediately entered service in the Navy with the rank of Ensign and was stationed at Subic Bay in the Philippines, billeted on the USS PC-1133. In 1946, he was released from active service to inactive service in the Naval Reserves. Ed returned home to Long Island and earned his Masters of Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, taking classes at night and working during the day. During this time Ed started his lifelong career at Perkin-Elmer. He also married his love, Lucille in May of 1948. In 1951 Ed was rec...
Monday, February 20, 2017Susa to Sardis (2,699 km) in seven days; the journey took ninety days on foot."***Seven days was pretty good service in 500 B.C., but not necessarily in 2017. Actually I was anticipating mail from Ridgefield, Conn., weeks ago, but that took 11 days to get to me.My niece sent out invitations to her son’s Bar Mitzvah in January for a March event. My sister-in-law called me to ask me what I thought of the invitation, which, of course is gorgeous.In fact, I told my niece that she should definitely frame it because it’s definitely a keepsake.Anyway, everybody seemed to receive their invitation except my son and me, so after a week went by I was convinced that the calligrapher somehow missed the two Fearer names.Matt and Jackie, my son and daughter-in-law, received theirs and mine came on the 11th day, Jan. 27. The postmark was Jan. 17.Interestingly, there were two bar codes, one on the back and one on the front. Aha, I thought, I bet this has something to do with the delay, so I took the envelope to the Post Office and showed it to one of the nice ladies at the counter.Turned out I was right. Invitations usually have the name of the sender and the return address on the back of the envelope with the invitee’s name and address on the front.Unfortunately, the machine read the return address as the invitee and the invitation went back to Ridgefield, Conn., where some nice letter carrier noticed the mistake and re-sent it to Danvers, And that’s why it took 11 days.I hate to admit what I said to the clerk: “And that’s why they call it snail mail.”Oh, and to boot, the postage was $2.64. At that price they could have almost sent it out Priority Mail.***What a mixed-up week this has been and all because of the snow! The school kids have already used up three snow days, let’s hope we don’t have too many more. I would hate to see them going to school till the end of June. Then again, safety is the most important consideration.***Though many things were canceled over the weekend, one very sad but very special Celebration of the Life of Douglas F. MacLean of Marblehead still went on Saturday at the Old North Church in Marblehead.Newcomers to that church, like me, were awed at the size of this historic Congregational church. The sanctuary has three complete sections, each one almost as large as the interior of many churches.The reason I’m telling you this is because every seat on the entry level was completely filled. There is an upstairs, as well, which is where our Danvers foursome of Alan Hartnett, Larry Crowley, Kay Maurice, and I who all knew Malcolm, the father, well as a fellow Kiwanian.We also recalled meeting Doug and his kids many times at a Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast when his dad was one of the volunteers.We were fortunate to get four seats together before they completely filled and barred others from going up. In the basement, there was also a full house with standing room only. Those on the lowest level watched the service via closed circ...
Monday, December 19, 2016Mae C. Healy, 88, of Redding, formerly of Ridgefield, passed away on Thursday, December 15, 2016. She was the loving wife of Dr. Harold E. Healy.Mae was born on September 24, 1928 in Tarrytown, NY; a daughter of the late James and Mae (Jacob) Clarkson. She graduated from Central Connecticut State College and began teaching in Madison, CT. Mae spent the majority of her teaching career as a Kindergarten teacher in the Ridgefield Public School System. She was a resident of Ridgefield for 53 years. Mae loved spending summers with family in their second home on Cape Cod. She was an active member of the First Congregational Church of Ridgefield and was involved in fundraising for Regional Hospice. Mae is survived by her husband of 65 years, Hal Healy and their children: Lauren Healy of Wilmington, MA; Scott Healy and his wife Anne, of Sudbury, MA and Jane Stafford and her husband Scott, of Wakefield, RI. She is also survived by 4 grandchildren: Brittany, Ryan, Morgan and Tyler. In addition to her husband, children and grandchildr...
Monday, December 19, 2016John E. DevineJohn E. Devine of Ridgefield, beloved teacher, husband, father, grandfather, and friend, passed away peacefully on December 15, 2016 at NY Presbyterian hospital, with his wife, Thea, of 50 years by his side.John was a well respected high school English teacher who loved Shakespeare, and taught in New York City high schools for 31 years, at Charles Evans Hughes in Manhattan, Tilden in Brooklyn, and Evander Childs in the Bronx. After retiring from the N.Y.C. school system, he spent the next 17 years teaching at Keio Academy of New York, a private high school in Purchase N.Y., retiring a second time only recently after forty-eight years in the classroom altogether.John was a devoted family man, an avid N.Y. Rangers fan and dog lover; he loved to cook, do crossword puzzles, read, run, travel, write poetry, go antiquing, build bookcases, and spend time at the family cottage in Maine.He was born February 14, 1942, in Malverne NY, the son of John E. Devine Sr., an advertising executive and Angela Torraco, a ho...
