Mary Theresa Bohmer Ward, 87

Mary Theresa Bohmer Ward died at her home on Jonathan Road in New Canaan, Connecticut on Easter Sunday (March 31) after a long illness. Beloved wife of Dan, mother Kathy, and grandmother of Rebecca and Andrew, Mary was born in New York City in October of 1936. Her parents later moved to Caldwell, New Jersey where she attended the public schools.  

Mary received a degree in education from the University of Vermont where she was a member of the Mortar Board Honor Society.  After a year of teaching, she became a student at the Harvard Graduate School of Education from which she received a Master’s Degree. 

After living in Falmouth, Maine, she moved with her family to Caldwell, New Jersey and later to New Canaan in 1975. 

A travel agent for many years, she specialized in travel for rowing teams, with the United States National Teams and Harvard among her clients.  Mary was an active parishioner of St. Aloysius where her activities included leadership of Mother Theresa’s Closet which provides clothing to people in need.  

The wake will be held on Sunday, April 7 from 1-3pm at the Hoyt Funeral Home in New Canaan. The funeral mass will be held at 10am on Monday, April 8, at Saint Aloyisius Church in New Canaan.

James Franklin Dam, 49

James Franklin Dam, age 49, of Chesterfield, Missouri passed away on Saturday, February 10, 2024 in Chesterfield, Missouri. He was born in St. Charles, Missouri on February 28, 1974 to Erik and Joan Dam (nee Flori). Jamie was a Police Officer for O’Fallon and Frontenac Police Departments for over 16 years. Jamie was an avid outdoorsman and hiker.

Seabourne Herbert Tanner Jr., 90

Seabourne Herbert (Bert) Tanner Jr., 90, of Duxbury, Massachusetts and Southport, Maine passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side on March 2, 2024. He was born October 2, 1933 in Mountain Brook, Alabama, son of Seabourne Herbert and Martha Tanner.  He met his British wife Kathy at a party in the Hamptons in 1966 and enjoyed 56 years of marriage living first in Manhattan, then spent 43 years in New Canaan, CT. where they raised their children.  They recently moved to Peterson Road in Duxbury, MA. Bert is survived by his loving wife Kathy and their children Richard and Susan.  Richard Tanner, his wife Gillian de Haan and their children Rowan (16) and Reilly (14) reside in Rowayton, CT.  Susan Uitti, her husband David and their children Luke (15), Jane (12) and Libby (6) live in Duxbury, MA.  Bert is predeceased by his sister Edith Broughton of Birmingham, AL and survived by younger sister Martha Jane (Janie) Henderson of Mountain Brook, AL. After attending The University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, he moved to New York City in 1955 to study at The Art Student’s League.  Bert’s career centered on illustration, animation and working with major New York advertising agencies doing animatics and television test commercials.

Jack Fonss, 61

Jack Fonss passed away suddenly at 61 years of age on March 12, 2024. Born on Nov. 18, 1962, in Staten Island, N.Y. to Fredericka and Jack Fonss Sr., he grew up in Jackson, N.J. with horses, dogs and cats. He started riding go-carts at age two, then graduated to a mini-bike and, eventually, a motorcycle, and loved fixing cars his whole life. Jack enrolled at The Peddie School in the fall of 1976, and quickly became a standout member of the varsity cross country team.

Reinhold Danforth Wappler, 92

Reinhold Danforth Wappler, 92, of New Canaan, Connecticut passed away peacefully on the 12th of March, 2024 in Darien, Connecticut surrounded by his family. Reinhold is predeceased by his wife, Jane Wappler (née Howard), and his son, Sheldon Wappler. He is survived by his eldest son, Peter, of his first marriage to Audrey Sheldon with whom he also had Sheldon, and his two daughters Sarah and Amy, of his marriage to Jane Wappler, as well as his daughters-in-law Barbara Chadwick and Karen Wappler (née Burns), and his six grandchildren Sam, Ivy, Will, Ella, Rory, and Hazel. A beloved father, husband, grandfather, businessman, and teacher, Reinhold lived a rich and varied life. Born in New York City on February 20th, 1932 to Frederick and Mary Wappler, Reinhold graduated from St.