Month: June 2023

Bob Mitchell Obituary

On Sunday, June 4, Bob Mitchell, long-time member of the Darien Men’s Association and its President in the 2007 – 2008 period, passed away peacefully. Bob was active in the DMA for many years and was the Grand Marshal of the Darien Memorial Day Parade in 2018. It was perhaps a gift from God that last week he would ride shotgun as part of the DMA parade entourage, partnering with John Schlach and waving to his many friends and colleagues for the very last time. Please view the attachment for information on the wake and burial arrangements.

A very good man. We shall dearly miss him.

DMA

Former DMA member Fred Smith died on August 21, 2022 at his home in the  Lathrop Community in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Before moving to  Massachusetts in June 2019, Fred and his wife Marny chose the Memorial Garden  at First Congregational Church of Darien, where they had attended church services  for many years, as their final resting place. There are no longer any Smith children  living in Darien, but the time had come to finally bring Fred’s ashes to the garden.  Marny, together with Hobie and Chuck Smith and Fred’s stepchildren, Shep, John,  Jim, and Jennifer, and Ed Bryan all gathered on June 4th in the afternoon to spread  his ashes in the garden. A stone brick bearing his name has been placed in the  garden path. 

The family members hope that Fred’s DMA friends may find a brief moment to visit  the garden (pictured below, courtesy of Alex Garnett) to sit on the garden bench  and recall the good times they spent with Fred bowling or playing bridge.