Monthly Archives: February 2024

Death Announced of Gretchen Ann Braun Swinney, Mother of Sarah Walsh of Old Lyme

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Gretchen Ann Braun Swinney, cherished friend, sister, wife, momma, and GiGi passed away peacefully on February 8, 2024 surrounded by loved ones. She was welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven by her loving husband, John; her parents, …; brothers … and sister … She is survived by her children, Paul and Kristi Swinney from Oklahoma City and their children,…; Mary Beth and Steve Battles from Mont Belvieu, TX and their children, …; Sarah and Mark Walsh from Old Lyme, CT and their children, Colleen, Kelly, and Kate; and her sister …

Gretchen was born on October 24, 1940 in Hobart, Oklahoma.  She graduated from Hobart High School in 1958. She attended OSU for one year as a music major, then attended St. Anthony’s School of Nursing and graduated in 1962 …

A visitation will be held Monday, February 12, from 5-7 at Smith & Kernke Funeral Home, 1401 NW 23rd Street. A rosary will follow at 7:00 pm. Mass of Christian Burial will be held Tuesday, February 13 at 1:00 pm at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church, 1901 NW 18th St. in Oklahoma City …

Visit this link to read the full obituary published on Legacy.com by Smith & Kernke Funeral Directors – North May Ave on Feb. 9, 2024.

Date of Old Lyme’s 2024 Midsummer Festival Announced

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Artwork by the ‘Plein Air’ artists iis a traditional feature of Old Lyme’s Midsummer Festival. File photo.

OLD LYME — Asked by LymeLine to confirm the date of this year’s Old Lyme Midsummer Festival, Elsbeth Dowd, who is chair of the 2024 Midsummer Festival Committee, responded by email saying, “This year’s Midsummer Festival will be on Saturday, July 27th.”

Dowd is the Executive Director of the Lyme Art Association.

She added in her email, “We will have more info (stet) soon!”

As soon as we receive further information, we will share it with our readers.

Death Announced of Theodore “Ted” Gordon of Old Lyme; Former Chief Engineer at NASA, Cofounder of ‘The Millennium Project’

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OLD LYME—Theodore “Ted” Gordon of Old Lyme, Connecticut formerly from Glastonbury, Connecticut and Vero Beach, Florida, passed away in his home on January 30th. Ted was predeceased by the love of his life of over 65 years, Ann (Jason), who died in 2020. Ted was a role model and mentor to many and was adored by his four children: Katie Gordon (Sam Ventres) of Barrington, RI, Tom Gordon (Carol Mills) of Glastonbury, CT, Lisa Greenspan (David Greenspan) of Bala Cynwyd, PA and Michael Gordon (Constance Fox) of Croton on Hudson, NY, and his 8 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. …

Ted started his career at McDonnell Douglas and was rapidly promoted to launch control officer at Cape Canaveral, FL for the fledgling NASA space program. He advanced to Chief Engineer where he led a 3,000-person team that developed the Saturn launch vehicle used in the Apollo program …

Most recently, Ted was the cofounder and member of the board of directors for The Millennium Project, a global participatory think tank that connects futurists around the world …

A celebration of life will be held at a later date.

Visit this link to read the full obituary published Feb. 9, 2024 by the Hartford Courant.

Death Announced of William ‘Bill’ Lacy, 73, of Old Lyme

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OLD LYME — William ‘Bill’ Lacy, 73, of Old Lyme CT, entered eternal peace on Sunday, February 4th, 2024, after a brief battle with cancer …

Bill was born on June 8th, 1950, to Mary and William Lacy in East Windsor Hill CT …

In 1981, Bill and Debbie met and were married in 1987 at “The Old Cottage.” …

Bill was an active and proud member at the Christ the King Church, Knights of Columbus, and Ancient Order of Hibernians …

Bill was predeceased by his parents Mary and William, along with his brother Richard. He is survived by Debbie, his wife, Bianca, his stepdaughter, Linda, and Gordon Dailey, his in-laws who shared his home. Bill is one of 11 children, … along with 23 nieces and nephews …

Visiting hours will be held at Thomas L. Neilan & Sons Funeral Home, 48 Grand St., Niantic on Friday, February 9th from 5-8 PM.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated in the Christ the King Church, McCurdy Lane Old Lyme on Saturday, Feb 10, 2024 at 12 noon. … A celebration if his life will follow this Summer at his home …

Editor’s Note: Visit this link to read the full obituary published by The Day on Feb. 7, 2024.

Lymes’ Senior Center Project ‘Moving Forward,’ First Trade Bids Opened Feb. 6

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The exterior of the Lymes’ Senior Center on Town Woods Rd. in Old Lyme. File photo

OLD LYME—Asked by LymeLine in a phone interview on Tuesday, Jan. 30, how the Lymes’ Senior Center Renovation and Expansion project was progressing, chair of the Lymes’ Senior Center Building Committee Jeri Baker responded enthusiastically, “We’re moving forward!”

She explained that her positive outlook stemmed from the fact that this afternoon, Tuesday, Feb. 6, from 2 through 4 p.m., Newfield Construction Management will open the bids for the building trades in the Old Lyme Memorial Town Hall Meeting Room. Baker added, “This is a public event,” adding, “There has been a lot of interest in the project—11 trade packages were sent out and we held a walk-through for the trades last week.”

Jeri Baker addresses the audience in the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School auditorium during a June 2023 presentation to the public about the Lymes’ Senior Center proposal. Martha Shoemaker, who is now Old Lyme First Selectwoman but was a Selectwoman at the time of this photo, stands at left. File photo.

Commenting, “We are hopeful that the bids come in around the March 2023 estimates,” she noted, “Despite the unexpected and unavoidable delays we experienced, there is genuine excitement now to begin the work.”

Solidifying her recent commitment “to communicate more,” Baker told LymeLine that plans for private fundraising had begun, applications for two grants were in the works and a ground-breaking ceremony was being planned for mid-March.