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Jan Towne Conner, 95

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Jan T. Conner, 95 passed away peacefully on September 8th at Wilton Meadows.  She was a New Canaan resident for over 50 years and a member of the First Congregational Church of New Canaan. Jan was the daughter of Dr. Edwin Thorsness and Marion Taylor of La Crosse Wisconsin.  Jan was predeceased by her husband of 49 years, Robert M. Conner and her brother George.  She is survived by her loving children Deborah (Steve) of Georgetown, Guyana, Susan (Ziva) of New York, NY, and Richard of Madison, CT, as well as grandchildren Emma, Max, Sam and Gift and nieces and nephews. Jan was born in Wisconsin but, moved shortly afterward with her family to Denver, Colorado, Evanston, Wyoming and finally settled in California. She graduated from the Kaiser Foundation School of Nursing in1955 and joined the US Navy as an Ensign. The Navy brought her to New York City, and for the rest of her life she called the East Coast home.  Within a few years of arriving in New York, Jan met the love of her life, Bob Conner, on a blind date in 1960.  They married six months later.

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Regina Maria Santella, 89

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Regina Maria Santella, 89, a lifelong resident of New Canaan, peacefully passed away on September 6, 2024. Regina was born on November 25, 1934 to the late Emma and Liberato Luciano.  She was predeceased by her doting husband, Peter Santella, and her beautiful daughter, Cynthia Ann Mahoney. Regina attended Center School, Saxe Junior High School, and graduated from New Canaan High School in 1952 where she excelled as a cheerleader and softball player.   On April 7, 1956, Regina married the love of her life, Peter M. Santella.

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Thomas Joseph Coughlin, 81

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Thomas Joseph Coughlin (Tom) passed away peacefully at Stamford Hospital, surrounded by his loving family on Tuesday August 27th, 2024. He was 81 years old. Tom was born March 22, 1943, in Somerville, MA to the late William and Johanna Coughlin. He was raised in Somerville and graduated Matignon High School, Cambridge, MA in 1960. He attended Boston College where he met his wife, Dorothy Smith Coughlin (Brownie), graduating in 1964.

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Georgette Davis Ferrante, 91

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Georgette Davis Ferrante “Gette” passed away peacefully on August 2, 2024, surrounded by her children. Born in January 1933 in New York City to Philip and Beverly Davis, she grew up in Greenwich, CT. As the only girl in her family, including nearby cousins, she was doted on and beloved by them all. Then tragedy struck her family with the death of her older brother to leukemia when she was just 14, and right after WWII when the world was reeling from so many deaths and senseless destruction. Perhaps this was why she became a peacemaker with a lifelong conviction that war and conflict were idiotic and mostly perpetrated by men.

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John Tewksbury Banigan, 75

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John Tewksbury Banigan’s impact will live on after his peaceful death on July 28, 2024. At the age of 75, after a courageous battle with cancer, he died at home in New Canaan, Connecticut while surrounded by loved ones. John was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania to Helen Tewksbury Neidig and William Banigan. He grew up in Dalton, Pennsylvania spending much of his time outdoors trapping and fishing. He and Gail met at age six and were high school sweethearts.