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 […]

In Memoriam

Timothy Walter King (1966-2023) Timothy Walter King, 57, entered into eternal life on Oct. 21, 2023, with family by his side. Born Sept. 11, 1966, in Winsted, he was the son of the late Paul and Rita (Lachat) King. Timothy graduated from the special needs program at Conard High School in West Hartford, where he […]

Norfolk Remembers

Dr. Richard Munch Dr. Richard Valentine Münch passed away peacefully surrounded by members of his loving family on Monday, Aug. 28. Richard was born to Rose (Pugliese) Münch and Alfred Münch in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Jan. 7, 1934. He grew up close to his older brothers, Fred and Andrew, and his younger sister, Marion. He […]