Obituaries

NORTH CANAAN — Kevin Edward Neary, 52, of North Canaan, passed away Wednesday, July 8, 2020, at his home from natural causes.  

He was born Aug. 16, 1967, to Joseph W. Neary Sr. and Ruth M. Neary in Meriden, Conn.  

Kevin grew up in Cornwall and graduated from Housatonic Valley Regional High School in 1984. 

NORTH CANAAN — Ruth Kessin died on July 8, 2020, of old age. She was 105 and lived in the Geer Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in North Canaan for the past 8 years. She was social, and loved to chat with the staff and other patients. 

Ruth was born into a large family in Bayonne, N.J., where she went to high school. 

EAST CANAAN — Joan E. “Nanny” (Liner) Strattman, 84, passed on surrounded by her family on the morning of July 1, 2020, at her home after a long illness. Joan was the widow of Lee D. Strattman Sr.  

She was born Feb. 25, 1936, in Sharon, daughter of the late Leota (Weaver) and Edward Liner.

Saying good-bye is never easy, even more so in these times.

COPAKE — Calvin Patrick Valyou, 44, of Copake, N.Y., passed away on July 2, 2020. He was born on June 9, 1976, in Sharon, the son of Shirley Valyou and the late Louis Valyou.

GREAT BARRINGTON — Doris “Meme” Miller, 80, passed away on June 26, 2020, at her home in Port Charlotte, Fla.

Born on Dec. 12, 1939, in Great Barrington, she was the first child of the late John A. DeLand Sr. and Luella (Markham) DeLand.

WEST CORNWALL — Jack William Richmond, 88, of New York City died June 24, 2020, at Noble Horizons.  

Jack was born in Mineola, N.Y., on Sept, 13, 1931, the first born of Minnie (Silberlicht) and Saul Richmond. 

AMESVILLE — S. Peter Law, a longtime resident of Rowayton, Conn., passed away peacefully in his sleep on Friday, June 26, 2020, at the age of 93 at the home of his daughter and son-in-law, Jennifer Law and Alan Lovejoy of Amesville, with whom he had lived since 2015.