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Ernest C. Todd, 76, of New Canaan, passed away peacefully surrounded by his loving family on June 12, 2021. He was born on February 8, 1945 in Lake Charles, LA. He and his wife Catherine were married for 55 years. Ernie lived in New Canaan with his wife and children for 36 years. Ernie was a loving father to his two sons, Matthew and Gregory.
Christopher Carr Andrea of Stamford, husband of Jamie Lamborn, passed away unexpectedly on May 28th. Born in 1987 in Greenwich, Ct., Christopher was the son of Barbara Conway Andrea and Anthony B. Andrea of Pawlet, VT., formally of New Canaan, CT; brother to Jeffrey Andrea (Michelle), and Timothy W. Andrea; and a beloved uncle to Ella, Teagan, Marin, and Lucette. He also leaves behind his precious puppy, Banksy. After a meteoric career in digital marketing at Philips North America and Nestle Waters, Chris most recently became Director of eCommerce & Digital Media Strategy at Revlon Inc.
Chris was a graduate of Trinity Pawling and Fairfield University. An outstanding prep and collegiate lacrosse player, he gave his talent back to his community by coaching Greenwich Youth Lacrosse and most recently as a Greenwich High School varsity lacrosse coach.
Elizabeth (Betty) Flynn, 87, of New Canaan, Connecticut passed away peacefully on May 28th, 2021 with her loving family by her side. She was born November 9th, 1933 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to the late Walter and Margaret Belson. Betty was the third of four children. Her family moved to Maryland during WWII, when her father took a position with the American Trucking Association. She attended St Martin’s School in Gaithersburg, the Holy Cross Academy in Washington, and was a 1955 graduate of Trinity College in Washington, where she majored in Chemistry.
Richard Joseph Carr, age 83, a long-time resident of New Canaan, Connecticut and Chatham, Massachusetts, and a former resident of Bronxville and Bedford, New York, died peacefully on Thursday, May 13th at his home after a valiant 2 year battle with brain cancer. He is survived by his three daughters Adrienne Sparks (John) of Harvard, MA, Jennifer Casper (Scott) of New Canaan, CT and Christina Carr also of New Canaan, CT, his grandsons who he adored, Aidan and William, his brother James (Muriel) of New York, NY and his nieces and nephews Michael, Irene, Teri, Patti, Brian, Katie, grandniece Emily and grandnephew Matthew.
He was predeceased by his wife, Sharon, his brother Michael, and his sister Patricia.
Richard was born on October 19, 1937 at Knickerbocker Hospital in New York to James Carr and Hanoria Buckley, originally of counties Donegal and Cork, Ireland. Richard was the youngest of four children and although he grew up during the depression, he enjoyed an idyllic childhood. He spent endless hours playing stickball in the streets, hiking from upper Manhattan to the Palisades, fishing and swimming in the Hudson River, sledding in Central Park, spending summers at Rockaway Beach surrounded by friends and family including his dearest cousin Pat Sheehan — and every once in a while, skipping school to sneak into a daytime movie.
He attended Ascension School (Class of 1951) in Manhattan where he met his lifelong best friend and partner in crime Larry Greeley. His boyhood escapades and pranks would often catch the attention of the Christian Brothers and he would serve penance by cleaning the school erasers or writing the Latin prayer Suscipiat hundreds of times.
James Bickford Hurlock III, 59, of New Canaan, Connecticut, died peacefully with family by his side on May 12, 2021 after a long battle with cancer. Jim was the beloved husband of Kathryn Buck Hurlock, and father of James Ross-Lewin Hurlock and Warren Bickford Hurlock. Born May 3rd 1962 in New York City to Margaret Lyn (Holding) Hurlock and James Bickford Hurlock, Jr., Jim spent his childhood in Paris, Brussels, London and Greenwich, Connecticut before attending the St. George’s School and Duke University, from which he graduated in 1984. He embarked on a career in journalism, starting as a reporter for the Pine Bluff Commercial in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, before reporting from Dallas, Texas for BusinessWeek, and eventually joining the CNN business news bureau in New York where he was lead writer for CNN’s “Moneyline.” He went on to join The Blackwell Corporation in Washington, D.C. to produce the PBS Series “American Interests.” He attended Columbia Business School, from which he graduated in 1992 with an MBA, and joined HBO that year, moving with his young wife to Prague to establish HBO’s presence in the recently formed Czech Republic.