Stephen Getz, Active Volunteer
Stephen Jesson Getz of Norfolk passed away from multiple causes on Oct. 7 at Noble Horizons in Salisbury. He was 74 and lived in Norfolk with Peter Coffeen, his partner and husband of 46 years. Steve spent his early life in Oklahoma and Kansas, graduating as valedictorian from Bacon College in Muskogee, Okla., where his […]
William Zibluck, Outdoor Enthusiast
William (Bill) Zibluk, 71, passed away on Nov. 4 at his home in Norfolk. Born on Sept. 21, 1953, Bill was a lifelong enthusiast of the outdoors, which was reflected in both his personal hobbies and his work. He attended Seymour High School followed by Paul Smith College, where he further cultivated his love for […]
Norfolk Remembers
Kerry Garside Barbara Lawrence Garside died at her home in Norfolk on July 26, 2024, fittingly on the first day of the Paris Summer Olympics, a sporting event she loved. Kerry – as she was known to all – was born in 1935 in New York City to Barbara Childs Lawrence and James Freeman Lawrence. […]
Norfolk Remembers: Elizabeth Ann (Poll) Leifert
Elizabeth A Leifert, 80, passed away March 28, 2024. She was the wife of 60 years of Lawrence A. Leifert. Born in Torrington on Feb. 3, 1944, she was the daughter of Armand and Katherine Killiany Poll and a graduate of the Hart School of Music. She worked for the State of Connecticut Department of […]
Norfolk Remembers: Eleanor Curtiss Ellert
Eleanor Curtiss Ellert passed away on February 23, 2024, at the young age of 96. She was born in Norfolk, in 1927 to Albert H. and Elizabeth (Manville) Curtiss. Although she moved away from Norfolk during her marriage to her first husband of 14 years, she returned with her son, Clifford Bell, after her divorce. […]
In Memoriam
Margaret Riiska Margaret C. Riiska left us on March 14, 2024, after an action-packed 99-year run. On January 29, 1925, Anna (Seitz) O’Brien and Thomas O’Brien welcomed Marge into their tight-knit family as the second youngest of 12 children. She was born in Norfolk, but the family soon moved to Winsted, where Marge lived most […]
Norfolk Remembers Barbara Gridley
Barbara Dean Gueinzius Gridley died peacefully on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, nine days shy of her 94th birthday, in her beloved Norfolk, Conn. home under the loving care of her two children, extended family members, her beloved knitting group, friends of all ages, caregivers and hospice nurses of the Visiting Nurse & Hospice of Litchfield […]
Norfolk Remembers: Ross Kingland Burke, 1933-2023
Ross Kingsland Burke, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and friend of many, passed away peacefully on Dec. 2, 2023, at the age of 90. Born on June 24, 1933, in Hartford and raised in Glastonbury, Ross was the son of Dudley Kingsland Burke and Helene Hale Burke. Ross was happily married to Joyce, with […]
Norfolk Remembers: William Driscoll, 1937-2023
William Timothy “Billy” Driscoll, aged 86, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 30. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Elizabeth (Curtiss) Driscoll, his daughters Ellen Stotler and Patricia Carruthers, his son-in-law Jeff Carruthers, and his five granddaughters: Casey (Steve) DiBella, Kiley, Mackenzie, Cassidy and Kelly Stotler. Born June 10, 1937, Billy was […]
Norfolk Remembers: Geraldine Elizabeth Brodnitzki, 1941-2023
Geraldine (Gerry) Elizabeth Brodnitzki, 82, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Sunday Dec. 3, 2023, of cardiac arrest. Gerry was devotedly married to Bill Brodnitzki for 56 plus years. She was the daughter of Agatha Twomey Meyer and Albert Meyer. Born in Queens, N.Y., she embraced the country life of Norfolk for over 50 years. She […]
