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Virginia Kip Farrell, 93

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Virginia Kip Farrell passed away peacefully on April 2, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. Born on January 28, 1932, Kip spent most of her younger years growing up in Darien, Connecticut, where she enjoyed an active, sports-filled youth. Her mother, a trained classical pianist, had studied under the famed Nadia Boulanger in Paris, and her father was a banker.  She attended New Canaan Country School, and graduated from Miss Hall’s School in Pittsfield, Massachusetts. Kip met William Kegg, Jr., a New Canaan boy attending Harvard in 1950 and they were married in 1952. Upon Bill’s graduation from Harvard, he took an exciting position in Paris as a film director, and the new couple started their lives together there.

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Halvor Christian Kielland, 78

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Halvor Christian Heyerdahl Kielland, 78, passed away Thursday March 6, 2025, with his loving family at his bedside. He had been battling MDS for ten years and recovering from a bone marrow transplant in October 2024. His kind and stoic nature always shone through. Born June 12, 1946, to Aggie Margaretha Heyerdahl and Knut Kielland in Oslo, Norway.  Halvor adored his two sisters, Aggie Kielland Blom (Fredrik) and Brit Knutsdatter Kielland, who died tragically in 1954. Growing up surrounded by family instilled a deep sense of belonging and a love for his family’s Norwegian heritage.

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Mark Bennett Brown

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Passed away peacefully after a long illness on the morning of April 28, 2025. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Mark was the beloved son of Dr. Richard Bennett Brown and Mary McLeman Brown. A devoted husband, father, brother, and friend, Mark brought warmth, humor, and kindness into the lives of all who knew him. Mark was an extraordinary father who poured unconditional love into his children each and every day. To him, family was everything—he often said that his greatest joy came from the time he spent with his wife and children.

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Donna Engler Howard, 67

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Donna Engler Howard was born on January 11, 1958, in Austin, TX and died on April 18, 2025, in Gaylord Hospital, Wallingford, CT, at age 67, after a courageous ten-year battle with ovarian cancer. Donna was raised by her parents Franklyn Raymond and Bessie Wynn Engler in Corpus Christi, Texas and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Donna was a good student and from an early stage was attracted to the arts, she played piano, was a keen dancer, and played violin in the school orchestra. She graduated from Bethel Park High School in 1976, where she was a member of the drill team, the Bethettes. Donna then moved back to her beloved Longhorn State and attended Southern Methodist University in Dallas, TX.

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William Hobart Buchanan, Jr., 87

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Born July 2, 1937 – Summit, New Jersey

William Hobart Buchanan, Jr., known to many as “Bill,” passed away peacefully on April 21, 2025, at the age of 87. He was born July 2, 1937, in Summit, New Jersey and is predeceased by his parents, Margaret Rolfs Buchanan and William Hobart Buchanan, and his sister, Lynnette Buchanan Bennett. Bill was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, son, brother, and friend. His quick wit, infectious laugh, and playful sense of humor brought joy to all who knew him. A lifelong athlete, he was passionate about tennis and paddle tennis, playing avidly in New Canaan, CT; Southwest Harbor, ME; and Naples, FL.