Obituaries

Rob Peters was a man who had a clear drive and sense of purpose. Rob had a deep sense of right and wrong. He wasn’t afraid to support important issues, hence his public opinions of our last president!

NORTH CANAAN — Carol Janet (Emmons) Kelley Gatti, 93, died in Stuart, Fla., on March 5, 2021, following a short illness.

Carol was the ninth of 10 children born to Donald and Cora Roger Emmons of Canaan Valley, on Sept. 13, 1927.

MILLERTON — Philip James Terni, 77, a lifelong area resident, passed away peacefully at his home on Friday, March 5, 2021. 

SALISBURY — Earl R. “Rob” Johnson Jr., 66, died at Serenity House, a hospice home in Santa Barbara, Calif., on Feb. 23, 2021, following a long illness.

KENT — Timothy D. Brown is at peace after a day of resting in the sun on February 10th, 2021. He was 58 years old. 

Ed Kirby was my friend. We go way back. I remember being intimidated as a freshman at HVRHS when I saw Ed with his love and commitment to baseball. Our relationship never stopped growing since then. Part of that growing involved a five-pound, 200-page baseball handbook that was required reading if you wanted to play baseball at Housatonic.

NORTH CANAAN — Edith Jane “Edie” Thomen, age 92, passed away on Feb. 1, 2021, at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center after a brief illness. 

Edie was born on Aug. 15, 1928, in North Canaan, a daughter of the late Louis and Margaret Curtiss. She married the late Arnold Thomen Sr. on Jan. 1, 1948, also in North Canaan.

Having succeeded Ron Jones on one NGO board, nominated him for a second, and served with him on a third for more than a decade, I can say that when the other trustees of these organizations got to know Ron as a new board member, they understood that their organization’s troubles were over, because Ron would handle them.  He was the best fireman