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Hazel R. Hobbs, 80

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June 11, 1941 – June 20, 2021

Hazel Rich Hobbs of New Canaan, loving wife and mother of three, passed peacefully on June 20, 2021. She was born in Maryville, Tennessee on June 11, 1941 to James McGaughey Rich and Geneva Johnson Rich. Raised in Cranford, New Jersey with her sister Candy and brother James Jr. (“Bud”), she graduated from Cranford High School before matriculating for four years at Goucher College in Towson, Maryland with degrees in Art History and Education. There she met her future husband, Michael (“Mike”) D. Hobbs, who was a student at nearby Johns Hopkins University. Hazel and Mike celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary on December 28, 2020. 

They spent the first four years of their married lives in the U.S. Air Force, moving from Texas to Illinois, where Hazel began her career in education with her first teaching job.

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Letter: Penny Young for Town Council

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Dear Sir,

Our family has known Penny Young and her family for four decades. During that time we have admired her for many things. She is a loving wife and mother, a steadfast friend, she is bright and energetic, has high character, strong values and a love for our community. In a volunteer capacity she has made many contributions to the wonderful quality of life we in New Canaan enjoy, the most notable of which is the beautiful, valuable and heavily used Lapham Community Center, which she first conceived and then brought to fruition. Since she has been a member of the Town Council she has consistently been one of its hardest workers, its most diligent observers, clearest and most visionary thinkers, and, very importantly, able to find a balance between what the citizens would like and what they are willing to pay for.