OLD LYME — Thomas Vincent Yourell, 92, of Old Lyme, entered God’s kingdom April 29, 2023. He was born July 19, 1930, to Thomas and Kathleen Yourell of Dublin, Ireland …
Through the decade of the 60s and into the 70s the family grew to a brood of ten. It was in the mid-60s when the family found the “Cottage” in Old Lyme. There the family spent Summers enjoying the shoreline and developing close friends among the Old Lyme Shores community …
Thomas … loved to garden … Driving by the cottage in Old Lyme, one would see his work. Garden beds bursting with an array of vegetables and berries. Perennial and annual flowers offered a rainbow of colors throughout the growing year. He was also a beekeeper …
Thomas … owned Rooney’s Package Store in Old Lyme for many years and passed the business down to his family …
Thomas retired to Old Lyme, where he lived many happy years with family and friends. Old Lyme reminded him of Ireland and allowed him to enjoy the life well lived …
Interment will follow in Duck River Cemetery, Old Lyme …
Janet Anne Elizabeth “Jan” Simpson Hine 10/15/1932 – 4/25/2023
OLD LYME — Janet Anne Elizabeth “Jan” Simpson Hine, 90, of Sill Lane, Old Lyme, died in her home Tuesday, April 25, 2023. Jan was born in Bedford (UK), Oct. 15, 1932, the daughter of Charles John Simpson and Annie Elizabeth Smith.
She attended the Bath Academy of Art in Corsham (Wiltshire) and London University, graduating in 1955. While teaching art in Wolverhampton and Peterborough, she met her husband, Jonathan, in Palma de Mallorca. Lieutenant-Commander Hine was Executive Officer of USS The Sullivans (DD-537) at the time. After two years of correspondence, they were married in the Unitarian church in Cambridge (UK). Jonathan had grown up in Cambridge, Mass., and served in World War II and Korea in submarines and surface ships. The newlyweds settled in Washington, D.C., where they had two sons, Charles (1958) and William (1960).
When Jonathan retired from active duty in 1961, they moved to Old Lyme. Jan felt at home immediately in a town with the spirit of Corsham, where she had studied art. She developed the Friends of Lyme Academy of Art and worked for many years with the Friends of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library in Old Lyme. Her third son, Jack, was born in 1970, as they completed the house on Sill Lane where Jan would spend the rest of her life.
Jan was active in her community with various organizations about which she felt passionate including Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Duck River Garden Club, Library Garden Friends, the Connecticut College Arboretum, Friends of Harkness Memorial State Park, Friends of Connecticut State Parks, and All Souls Unitarian Church. For ten years, while working at the Connecticut Parent Advocacy Center, she managed a small grant for the CT Parent Training and Information Center. The manual she wrote for parents of students with disabilities on making the transition from school to work had three editions. She also edited and produced the CPAC newsletter.
After almost fifty years of marriage, she lost her husband in 2007. Jan is survived by her three sons, Charles Lanman Hine (wife Kim Farnsworth) of Wethersfield, William Thomas Hine of New London, and John Simpson (Jack) Hine (wife Allison) of Old Lyme; and grandchildren, Isabella and Leland; along with her stepsons, Jonathan Jr. of Norfolk, Va., and David (wife Sally) of Chester, N.Y., and their families.
Burial will be private. A celebration of her life will take place at 1 p.m. May 18, at All Souls Unitarian Church in New London. A garden reception will follow (rain or shine) at her home, 67 Sill Lane, in Old Lyme. All are welcome. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Janet A.E. Hine may be sent to: Joubert Syndrome Foundation & Related Cerebellar Disorders, PO Box #84 Spokane, WA 99210; https://jsrdf.org/ OR All Souls UU Congregation Building Fund, 19 Jay Street, New London, CT 06320; http://www.allsoulsnewlondon.org.
Jil Nelson passed away at age 70 on Tuesday, March 28, 2023 …
Many will remember her as an early adopter and regular contributor on social media, where she applied her passion for politics and her visual and linguistic creativity …
Jil was born on February 17, 1953 in New Haven to Joan and Stanley Nelson …
She … later moved to Chester after marrying Howard Kaplan … She … continued to support land conservation when she moved to Lyme and joined the Lyme Land Trust’s Board of Directors. Throughout the years, she has been a supporter of the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts, the Democratic Party, the Florence Griswold Museum …
She will be deeply missed and celebrated by her daughter Xander, son-in-law Matt, granddaughter Una, …
Memorial contributions may be made in Jil’s name to The Lyme Land Trust, Everytown for Gun Safety and Connecticut Public Radio ..
Visit this link to read the full obituary published by Hartford Courant on Apr. 23, 2023.
