In Memory Of

Dr. Owen Calderwood died peacefully at his home in East Orleans on May 4, 2013, at the age of 88. Owen led a rich and full life to the end.

Born in Ridgewood, NJ, he graduated from Ridgewood High School and went on to Guilford College, Princeton University (Class of 1948) and Tufts Dental School where he graduated as a DMD in Oral Surgery. Prior to Princeton, Owen served as a Pharmacist Mate Second Class in the Pacific for two years with the Navy while on the USS Guam during WWII. He also [Read more …]

Mary Williamson, 94, a resident of Middlebury, Vermont since 1988 and a homeowner in East Orleans since 1963, passed away early on the morning of April 10th, 2013 at Porter Hospital in Middlebury after a short bout with pneumonia.

Mary was born in Jacksonville, FL on September 27th, 1918, the only child of Burdett and Jesse (Rich) Arms. She was raised in Farmington, Maine. In 1940 she graduated from the University of Vermont where she was an active member of the Pi Beta Phi sorority. After college, she moved to Boston where she [Read more …]

John Joseph Tropsa, 83, of East Orleans, Massachusetts died Sunday, February 12, 2012, with his family at his side, after several years of battling a rare progressive disease.

He was a retired executive of the Micro Switch Division of Honeywell. Born in Stamford, Connecticut, March 28, 1928, the son of the late John Frank and Gertrude Tropsa. He was predeceased by three siblings, Louis F. Macsata, Alberta W. Macsata, and Helen E. Marko.

Carlyle Fuller “Hap” Barnes, January 21, 2012

Carlyle Fuller “Hap” Barnes, 87, of Bristol passed away peacefully on Saturday, January 21, 2012, after a long battle with Type 1 Diabetes. As a 10th generation descendent of the Barnes clan in Bristol, he was the son of Fuller Forbes Barnes and Myrtle Aurelia Ives. He leaves behind his cherished wife of 62 years, Elizabeth “Betty” Anne May.

Hap attended The Loomis School and graduated from Wesleyan University in 1948 with an A.B. Degree. At Wesleyan, he was a captain of the fencing team and was [Read more …]

Herbert H. Bierkan, August 26, 2010

Herbert H. Bierkan 86 of East Orleans died at his home Thursday, August 26, 2010. He was the husband of Louise (Hobbs) Bierkan for 19 years and the late Dorothy (Siegel) Bierkan for 42 years before her death in 1990.

Born in Hartford, CT, Mr. Bierkan was a 1942 graduate of Hartford Public Schools. He was a graduate of the American Institute of Banking, Hartford Chapter in 1952. Mr. Bierkan was vice president of Connecticut National Bank (Bank of America). He retired in 1985, [Read more …]

Ellen Babcock Cuda, April 14, 2010

Ellen Babcock Cuda, of Boca Grande, FL, and East Orleans, MA, a former resident of West Hartford, CT, died peacefully surrounded by her family on April 14, 2010, after a valiant battle with ovarian cancer.

Ellie is survived by her loving husband of 53 years, Richard S. Cuda; sisters, Jean B. Harbeck, Hartland WI, Dozie A. Sheahan, Bridgehampton, NY, Courtney B. Bourntraeger, Pittsburgh, PA; her children, Corinne C. Ackerman (Michael), Malvern, PA, Fred B. Cuda (Eileen), Longmeadow, MA, and Beth C. Baker (Todd), New Canaan, CT; and [Read more …]