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Walter Joelson, 92, Of Stamford
STAMFORD, Conn. – Walter Joelson, of Stamford, died on Monday, March 16 at the Jewish Home for the Elderly in Fairfield. He was 92.
Joelson was born in Berlin, Germany, son of Fritz and Antoinette Joelsohn, who died in the Holocaust.
Joelson fled to Switzerland, where he earned his doctoral degree in economics before coming to the United States.
He is survived by his wife, Karen; his children, Deborah and her husband, David Neal; David and his wife, Sharon; Ronald and his wife, Renee; and by 13 grandchildren.
He was predeceased by his sister, Ursula, who also perished in the Holoc…
Mary Scapeccia, 92, Lifelong Norwalk Resident
NORWALK, Conn. – Mary “Zizi Matt” Scapeccia, of Norwalk, died Monday, March 16, at Norwalk Hospital. She was 92.
Born in Norwalk, she was the daughter of Ulderico and Marianna (D’Avanzo) Scapeccia. Scapeccia enjoyed caring for others, vacationing at the beach and gathering with her friends. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother, aunt and friend to many.
She is survived by three sisters; a granddaughter; and many nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her son, Louis Dombroski, and two brothers.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Thursday, March 19, at St…
Pansy Simmons, 63, Of Stamford
STAMFORD, Conn. – Pansy Cobb Simmons, 63, of Stamford, died on Friday, March 13, 2015.
She was born on Dec. 22, 1951 in Carthage, N.C., to James G. Cobb and Hattie Luvenia Johnson Cobb.
She was employed as a certified nursing assistant for a number of years.
She is survivesd by three daughters, Tyhisia Cobb, Ebony Hicks (James), and Fatima Cobb; three sons, Paxton Cobb, Freddie Moore and Steffan Kelly; 14 grandchildren; one sister; Julian Johnson (Ronald); and two brothers; Ernie Cobb and Ernest McCormick (Barbara).
Visitation will be held on Friday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., follo…
Melvin T. Taverner, Of Norwalk, 92, World War II Veteran
NORWALK, Conn. – Melvin T. Taverner, of Norwalk, died on Sunday, March 15, in Autumn Lake Senior Living in Norwalk. He was 92.
Born in Staten Island, N.Y., he was the son of Melvin and Anna Mulligan Taverner. Taverner had been a Norwalk resident since 1976 and prior to retirement, he worked for Texaco/Oil as an accountant. He served with the U.S. Army in World War II.
Surviving are his wife, his children, Anne Marie Cotter and her husband, Edward, of Norwalk; and Richard Taverner and his wife, Virginia, of Bridgeport; and six grandchildren.
Taverner was predeceased by his wife, Anne …
Greenwich Woman Who Lived To 101 Was Champion Of The Disenfranchised
GREENWICH, Conn. – Rachel Duira Baldinger Ward, wife of F. Champion Ward, died in Branford, Conn. on Feb. 23, at the age of 101.
Born the eldest daughter of the Rev. Albert Baldinger and Estelle Spencer Baldinger in Fowler, Calif., she was raised in the factory town of Butler, Pa., and attended Oberlin College in 1929. As an academician’s wife, she scrimped and saved through the Great Depression and World War II in New Haven; Denison, Ohio; and Illinois, where her husband served as Dean of the College of the University of Chicago.
When her family moved to India in 1954, it was in Delhi …
Gertrude Olsen Porter, Of Bronxville, 104
BRONXVILLE, N.Y. – Gertrude "Trudy" Olsen Porter died March 13, 2015, in her Parker Ridge apartment in Blue Hill, Maine. She was 104.
Gertrude la Cour Olsen was born Dec. 12, 1910, to Axel and Ellen Olsen in Perth Amboy, N.J. As a teenager, she attended Hartridge Academy before going to Smith College where, while majoring in geology, she met John Porter on a field trip. After she graduated from Smith in 1933, she and John were married. In 1936, they moved to Bronxville, where John began his teaching career at the Bronxville High School, and Trudy was active in numerous volunteer capacities…
