Obituaries

WILTON, Conn. – The world could use more great musicians like Dave Brubeck, if you ask Wilton First Selectman Bill Brennan. “The world needs more musicians and less warriors,” Brennan ...

WILTON, Conn. ‒ Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck died Wednesday morning at Norwalk Hospital at age 91.

According to the Hartford Courant, the Wilton resident  apparently died of heart failure. He had been ...

NORWALK, Conn. – Gerald "Gerry" Tomberlin of Norwalk died Nov. 22. He was 61.

Born April 1, 1951, in Norwalk, he was the son of Ruby Pearson Tomberlin and Marvin Tomberlin Sr.

In addition to his mother, he is survived by a daughter, Shannon Tucker, of Norwalk; five sisters, Josephine, Theresa and Terry Tomberlin, all of Norwalk, Hope Tomberlin, ...

WILTON, Conn. – Richard "Dick" Vincent Kilbride of Wilton died Nov. 26 at Danbury Hospital. He was 83.

Kilbride recently retired as purchasing officer for the Town of Westport.

He was born Nov. 11, 1929 in Norwalk to Sidney and Anna Dunn Kilbride. He graduated from Norwalk High School and the University of Connecticut at Storrs with an M.B.A. ...

NORWALK, Conn. – Ruth W. Robinson Dunphy of Norwalk died Nov. 4 at Fairfield Health of Greenwich. She was 79.

Born June 18, 1933, to Willis and Vivian Robinson, she was raised in Norwalk. Dunphy attended Norwalk public schools and later moved to Rockville, Md., where she raised her family. Dunphy and her husband then returned to Norwalk, where she lived the rest ...

WESTPORT, Conn. – James J. Ullrich of Westport died Nov. 25 at his home, surrounded by family. He was 61.

Ullrich was born April 10, 1951, in Howard Beach, N.Y., to Thomas H. and Mary Ullrich. A ...

NORWALK, Conn. – Giuseppina Mercuri of Norwalk died Nov. 23 at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York. She was 76.

Mercuri was born March 25, 1936, in Lamezia Tierme, Calabria, Italy, where she was a caregiver for her sisters and brother. In 1971, she and her husband moved to the U.S. with their three children and lived in Norwalk.

She is survived by ...

NORWALK, Conn. – William "Bill" M. Egan, a longtime Norwalk resident, died Nov. 24 at Norwalk Hospital, surrounded by his family. He was 83.

He was born Jan. 8, 1929, in Claremont, N.H., to William P. and Gladys Matthews Egan. He attended schools in Springfield, Mass., and graduated from Classical High School.

Egan also graduated from Bentley ...

NORWALK, Conn. – Sara Louise Gouldin of Norwalk and formerly of Fairfield died Nov. 20 in Norwalk. She was 50.

She was born Oct. 10, 1962, to Norman and Maureen Glen Gouldin. She was a happy, ...