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Patricia Massi Cecio
Patricia Massi Cecio, 69, a longtime Greenwich resident, passed away peacefully with her family beside her at her home on March 4, 2010.
She was born in Port Chester, N.Y. on April 16, 1940 to Peter and Mary Carlucci Massi, and was raised and educated in Port Chester, N.Y. In 1959 she married
Paul, her husband of 50 years.
Cecio enjoyed arts and crafts, gardening, reading and classic movies.
In addition to her husband, Cecio is survived by her daughter, Louise; two sons, Paul Jr. and Peter; her daughters-in-law Phyllis and Wendy; four grandchildren: Antonia, Mary, Mathew and Kevin; a sister, Antonia Rovello; and several nieces and nephews.
She was predeceased by her brothers, Everett and William Massi.
A funeral service was held on March 9 at the Saint Joseph's Mausoleum at Putnam cemetery on North Street in Greenwich.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in honor of Patricia Cecio to the Hospice Home Care of Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.
John Frano
John Frano, 92, World War II veteran, owner of Frano Lumber and Mill and a longtime resident of Greenwich, died on Feb. 27, 2010 in Brattleboro, Vt.
He was born on June 1, 1917 in Port Chester, N.Y. to Andrew and Suzanne Mikulas Frano.
He was raised and educated in Greenwich and graduated from Wright Technical School in Stamford. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
He was married
to the late Anne Velebir Frano, who died in 1978.
Frano was an active member of the Saint Paul's Lutheran Church in Byram. He was also active in the church's choir and a member of the Sokol Club, the Woodsman of the World and the East Port Chester Volunteer Fire Department.
Frano is survived by his son, Kenneth Frano of Wilmington, Vt.; two daughters, Arlene Tompson of Walpole, N.H.., and Lynne Nardini of Yarmouthport, Mass.; seven grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A funeral service was held on March 6 at Saint Paul's Lutheran Church 286 Delavan Ave. Greenwich. Interment followed at Greenwood Union cemetery Rye, NY.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Lutheran World Mission c/o St. Paul's Lutheran Church.
Don Hocter
Don Hocter, 82, World War II veteran and Greenwich resident, died peacefully at home surrounded by family and the hospice team.
He was the son of Joe and Bessie Hocter of Cincinnati, Ohio.
Hocter joined the Merchant Marines at the age of 16 by forging his father's name, and he served during World War II for three years carrying prisoners of war to Germany.
Hocter received the Atlantic War Zone Medal, Honorable Service Button, Mediterranean Middle East War Zone Medal, Pacific War Zone Medal and Presidential Testimonial Letter.
After returning from the war at a very young age, Hocter became vice-president of Carbonic Dispenser.
He later left the corporate world to go out on his own as an entrepreneur and loved every minute of it, his family said, as he traveled the world trying to sell his ideas to anyone who would listen, which included the Arabs during the Gulf War.
Hocter will be remembered as a man who never quit, no matter what was presented to him. He was a man who was a hero to almost anyone he came in contact with, his famiily said.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years, B.J.; two sons, Michael and Bryan; and five grandchildren: Carlie, Emmy, Nicky, Callie and Jameson. He is also survived by his sister, Patti and her husband, Ralph of Cincinnati, Ohio and Gloria Hocter of Arkansas.
A memorial Mass was celebrated on March 6 in St. Catherine of Siena Roman Catholic Church in Riverside. Interment was private.
Barbara Linsenmeyer
Barbara Linsenmeyer, 69, of Riverside died on March 7, 2010 at Greenwich Hospital following a brief illness.
She was born in Manhattan on Sept. 22, 1940 to Alexey and Ann Panish, and was graduate of The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica, Lauralton Hall in Milford and Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart.
On Aug. 12, 1961, she married
John Linsenmeyer at St Teresa Church in Trumbull, and the couple eventually settled in Riverside, where they lived for 44 years.
Linsenmeyer was an accomplished amazone (side-saddle equestrienne) and a middling shot with rifle and pistol, all of which amused her no end, her family said, in light of the description by Herodotus 2, 500 years ago of the education of young aristocrats, who were taught "to ride, to shoot and to speak the truth." She never gave up or wavered an inch on the "truth" part.
She enjoyed the Rocky Point Club, good food, the poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins, SJ, and William Butler Yeats, pottering in the garden, Irish Setters and Golden Retreivers and travel -- particularly in the Highlands of Scotland, Atlantic Canada and the low country of South Carolina and Georgia.
In addition to her husband, Linsenmeyer is survived by her daughter Ann Nelson and son-in-law Brett of Greenwood Village, Colo. and Barbara Malone and son-in-law Tom of Riverside; a son, Thomas Linsenmeyer and daughter-in-law Lara of Fairfield; two grandsons, Ian Malone and Alexey Linsenmeyer; four granddaughters, Abigail Nelson, Emma and Kelly Linsenmeyer, and Barbara Malone.
Her Requiem Mass will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at St Agnes Church, 247 Stanwich Road, in Greenwich. Burial will be private.
The family requests that no flowers be sent. Those who wish to honor her memory may send something to either of her two favourite charities, Red Cloud Indian School, attn: Fr. Peter Klink, SJ, 100 Mission Drive, Pine Ridge, SD 57710 (605 867 5491, www.redcloudschool.org ) or The Gregorian University [Rome] Foundation, attn Fr Robert O'Toole, SJ, 106 West 56th Street, New York, NY 10019.
Dolores E. Rogers
Dolores E. Rogers, 86, passed away on March, 6, 2010 at Birchwood Terrace Healthcare in Burlington, Vt.
She was born in New York City on Nov. 6, 1924 to Marion DeForest and James Rullis and raised in Greenwich.
After graduating from Greenwich High School in 1942, she made her career as a bookkeeper.
She married
the late Frank Rogers in 1944 and they settled in Riverside, where they raised their family. The true focus of her life was her daughters, her family said, and her grandchildren who loved to spend time with "Nan."
In 2000, Rogers moved to the Terraces in Shelburne Vt., where she is remembered as an avid bingo player, crossword puzzle expert and a warm and caring friend.
She is survived by her two daughters, Sharon Peckham and husband Milton of South Norwalk, and Shelly Robbie and her husband Douglas of Shelburne, Vt. She also is survived by five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. She was predeceased by her husband, Frank and her daughter, Karen Rogers.
No services are planned. A private, family remembrance will be held at a later date.
Memorial contributions in memory of Dolores may be made to the Shelburne Rescue Squad, P.O. Box 254, Shelburne, VT 05482.
