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Richard Lane Ahern, 95

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Richard Lane Ahern, a New Canaan resident since 1972, passed away on January 2, 2025. Richard, an entrepreneur in the paper industry, lived a full, vibrant and vigorous life. He loved his family, Catholic faith, friendships locally and those forged in his extensive business trips to the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa and the Caribbean. 

Born in New York City on June 5, 1929, Richard was the eldest of three to Katherine Sullivan Ahern and James Michael Ahern. Educated in Scarsdale, NY and Pittsfield, MA public schools followed by three Jesuit prep schools, Cranwell in Lenox, Mass, Loyola in Chicago and graduating from Fordham Prep in the Bronx. The multiple schools were the result of his father‘s untimely death shortly after the family moved to Chicago when he was sixteen.

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Joseph Henry Haas, 88

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Joseph Henry Haas, 88, of New Canaan, CT passed away peacefully on December 31st, 2024, after a lengthy illness. Joseph was born on July 23rd, 1936, in Bronx, New York to Henry Haas and Mary (Fragale) Haas. Joe is predeceased by his wife of 59 years, Dolores Haas. Joe served in the US Navy on the Battleship New Jersey BB-62 as a damage controlman during peacetime in the 1950s. He started his metal fabricating business, New Canaan Forge, in 1965 and remained an active part of the business until his retirement at 83 years old.

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John Anthony Albano, 85

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John Anthony Albano, 85, of Norwalk, Connecticut, passed away in the comfort of is home on Monday, December 2, 2024. He was surrounded by his beloved wife Lucy, married for 53 years, and their four loving children, Madeline, Joann, Enza and John. 

John was born on March 26, 1939 in Tufo, Italy to the late Giovanni and Maddalena (Colacchio) Albano. John immigrated to Bridgeport, CT in his early teen years, with his mother and two sisters. Sadly, his father died during World War II when John was just 5 years old of age.  It was apparent, that the war and the tragedies that he and his family experienced, wore greatly on him as he spoke often of these throughout his life.  These circumstances may have had a part in shaping him at an early age to be the determined, highly motivated, dedicated family man with a tremendous work ethic.  John was a loving son to his mother, a caring brother, and a very, very loving husband and father who was strongly devoted to his wife and children.  

John was proud of his Italian Heritage, and becoming an American citizen. He finished his schooling in the United States, worked for the US Postal Service, and served proudly in the US Army.

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George Browne Post, 102

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George Browne Post passed away peacefully on December 5th, 2024, at the age of 102, shortly after a joyful Thanksgiving with family. 

Mr. Post was born in New York City to George B. Post III and Irene Emery (née Gibson) on October 7th, 1922, and educated at the Buckley School ‘37, St. Marks School ‘41, and Harvard College ‘45. His maternal grandparents were suffragist Irene Langhorne and Charles Dana Gibson, the illustrator who created the iconic Gibson Girl, a symbol of the independent, modern woman of the early 20th century. His great-grandfather was George B. Post, Beaux-Art architect of the New York Stock Exchange and Wisconsin State Capitol. He temporarily left his studies to enlist in the Army Air Forces, serving as a lieutenant in the Pacific Theater during World War II.  After the war, he was a writer for Time Magazine and Reader’s Digest and left behind volumes of illustrated journals about his fascinating life.

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Sasha Carr, 55

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Dr. Sasha J. Carr, 55, of Norwalk, CT, and Burlington, VT, passed away December 28 in Norwalk.  

Sasha was born in London, England; lived in New York City through her high school years;  and had been a longtime resident of  Norwalk. She relocated to Burlington, VT, in 2022. Sasha attended The Chapin School in New York, received her undergraduate degree from Brown University in 1992 and was awarded a Ph. D. in clinical psychology from Rutgers University in 2006. In Norwalk, Carr built a consulting practice, Off to Dreamland, and was a sought-after family sleep expert, dedicated to helping babies, children and families get the rest they need.  She was also a faculty member of the Family Sleep Institute.