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John Paul Emert, 82

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John Paul Emert, of New Canaan CT and Nantucket MA, died July 17, 2025, at age 82.  The son of E. Paul Emert, a stockbroker, and Mary Shields Emert, a homemaker, John was born September 5, 1942, and grew up in Chatham, NJ. He received a BA with honors from Amherst College, an LLB from Stanford Law School, and an LLM from New York University Law School. He became interested in political and economic issues relating to developing countries, and while in college and law school participated in study groups travelling in Chile, Mexico, and Brazil. He learned to speak Spanish and Portuguese.  During law school in 1965, John participated in a civil rights campaign in Mississippi to integrate public facilities, such as libraries and restaurants. After law school, John joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to Uganda, an East African country that had recently gained independence and needed teachers.

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Marjorie Lawlor Cassidy, 96

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Marjorie Lawlor Cassidy, longtime resident of New Canaan, Block Island RI, and Vero Beach, FL passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 12 in Darien, CT at the age of 96. Born in Waterbury, CT to Mary (Hodson) and William K Lawlor in 1929, she was a graduate of Saint Margaret’s school at Middlebury CT and Manhattanville College. Marjorie was married to Thomas Cassidy in 1954. They moved to New Canaan in 1960 where they raised their five children and were active members of the community and St. Aloysius Church.

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Laurie Saggese, 72

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Laurie Saggese, beloved wife, mother and Grammy died at home of cancer on June 17th surrounded by her family, leaving behind a legacy of kindness and love that touched everyone that knew her. Laurie was a woman of extraordinary character – gentle, generous, thoughtful, intellectually gifted and full of compassion. She made the world a better place and her loss will be felt profoundly by all who knew and loved her. She was born into a close-knit family where she was a cherished daughter of Herbert and Elizabeth Akelman.  

Born on May 7,1953, Laurie grew up in Amenia, New York where she graduated from Webutuck High School in 1971. After graduating college in New York, Laurie pursued a career in dental hygiene, eventually splitting her career between New York and Connecticut.

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Eugene Francis Ready, 91

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Eugene Francis Ready, native of New Canaan, Connecticut, where he served as Chief of Detectives, passed away peacefully on May 22, 2025, at the Lutheran Home in Southbury, Connecticut. Gene has been reunited in heaven with the love of his life and devoted wife, Dorothy. He was born at Norwalk Hospital on August 25th, 1933, and was the son of Eugene Timothy and Marguerite Hoyt Ready. Gene attended New Canaan Public Schools and enjoyed telling stories of his childhood growing up in the once quaint little town. Gene was an exceptional athlete, playing all four high school years on the varsity baseball team.

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Keith Stanton Richey, 71

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Keith Stanton Richey of New Canaan, community leader and beloved husband, father, and friend, died suddenly on May 20th, 2025. He was seventy-one years old. Born on February 10, 1954, in Los Angeles, California, Keith was the son of Jack Claude Richey and Merle Harriet Falkin. He attended Fairfax High School in Los Angeles and University of Southern California, graduating cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in business administration in 1976. Following his graduation, Keith, always allured by Europe, went on a tour through the continent and received news while abroad that he had been admitted to the University of Texas Law School at Austin with a full scholarship.