Obituaries

KENT — Elisabeth Posselt Barker died in Portland, Oregon on June 14, 2022. She was born on Dec. 31, 1937 in New York City to Oscar and Lisbeth (Griesser) Posselt, who had separately emigrated to the U.S. from Germany in 1930.

NORTH CANAAN —  George S. Pollard, age 67, loving father, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully in his sleep on September 1, 2022. 

A wake will be held at the Pilgrim House, 30 Granite Avenue, Canaan, CT on Friday, Sept. 9 from 5:00 to 8 p.m.

The officers, trustees, and friends of the Berkshire Litchfield Environmental Council (BLEC) would like to express our deep sadness and eternal gratitude for the life and long service of our fellow trustee, George Thomas Smith, of Egremont, Massachusetts.

WEST CORNWALL — Jane Andrews Warner Bean 76, beloved wife, mother,  grandmother, and sister (chef and gardener extraordinaire), died peacefully at home on Aug. 15, 2022. Her husband David L. Bean was at her bedside.

WEST CORNWALL —  William Farnham, 83, of West Cornwall, passed away Aug. 13, 2022  at Geer Village Nursing & Rehabilitatiin Center. He was a lifelong partner to Lucille Tyler for 36 years.

NORTH CANAAN —  Mariana Honig-Sarfo, 82, of 99 South Canaan Road, passed Aug. 12, 2022 at the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan.  She was born February 23, 1940 in Katrineholm, Sweden daughter of the late Ture Phillip and Margot (Bjuhn) Phillipson.

DANFORTH, Maine —  Barbara Helen Conklin, 94, a thirty-nine year resident of Danforth, Maine, and a thirty-six year resident of Wingdale, New York died peacefully on Friday, August 19, 2022 at Madigan Estates Nursing Home in Houlton, Maine.

FALLS VILLAGE — John Buchanan Allyn, fondly know as “JB”  passed away suddenly at his home on Tuesday, Aug. 16,  2022. He was born Oct. 1, 1956 in Brooklyn, New York. John is predeceased by his wife, Dawn (Morgan) Allyn and parents Leslie Allyn and Marjorie (Felter) Allyn.