Brad Milne passed away at the age of 91 on June 18,2024. He was the beloved partner of Jean Milne. Son of Bradford and Ruth Milne, he was born January 17th, 1933 in Melrose MA.

Brad shared a great love for the outdoors with his family on camping trips, ski vacations, and many years of boating on the Jessi James.

Brad was a veteran of the Korean War and longtime supporter of veteran programs. He went on to become the Chief of Medical Media at the Boston VA Hospital for over 40 years.

Brad is survived by his loving wife Jean Milne. He was a devoted father to his three sons, Dana Milne and his wife Elizabeth Milne and son Ashton Milne, Thomas Milne, and James Milne and his wife Sue Milne; their sons Christopher Milne & wife Cory Milne & their daughter Camryn Milne, Jonathan Milne. His three step children; David Major, Dana Major and wife Peggy Roth Major, and Kimberly Linde and husband Matthew, daughter Jessica Collier- Major and Dylan Linde. Brad was an integral part to the family and was surrounded by friends and family who always have a funny “Brad” story to share.

A memorial service will follow for a celebration of Brad’s life. In lieu of flowers the family has asked that donations be made to Wounded Warriors Project, Disabled American Veterans, or the VA Hospital.

Stanley M. Seligson, of Westport, CT, peacefully passed away at his home at the age of 90 on September 5, 2024, surrounded by his family. He is survived by his loving wife of over 50 years, Carole Seligson, and his two children, Shana Seligson and Todd Seligson. He is also survived by his sister, Suzanne Serlin, and Mary Hill.
Stanley was a successful entrepreneur, real estate developer, and a compassionate and dedicated individual who touched the lives of many. Born in Norwalk, CT in 1933 to the late Emmanuel Seligson and May (Harris) Seligson, Stanley attended Norwalk schools, the Williston Northampton School, and went on to attend the University of Connecticut.
Following his father’s untimely passing in 1953, Stanley assumed responsibility for the family’s wholesale business, S&S Tobacco. He grew the original company into one of the largest distributors of candy, tobacco, vending, and arcade machines in the Northeast. In 1979, Stanley formed Seligson Properties and has since led the company to become a dynamic, forward-thinking real estate firm that has been involved with the investment in, and the development, management and construction of nearly three-million square feet. He was the driving force behind many key developments in Norwalk, including several projects the Connecticut Post said helped “transform Norwalk into a destination”. Stanley was extremely dedicated to his hometown and was proud to support his community. He served as an advisor and board member to many institutions including the Greater Norwalk Chamber of Commerce, The Norwalk YMCA, The Maritime Aquarium, Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, and many others.
Stanley was fortunate to receive numerous awards throughout his career, including Industry Man of the Year from the Anti-Defamation League, Distributor of the Year from Philip Morris, and many accolades for his successful real estate projects. Stanley Seligson was a true gentleman, and prided himself on living his life with character, integrity, and class. He possessed a natural charisma that filled any room, and his quick-wit and terrific sense of humor led him to make connections and friendships wherever he went. Stanley had a passion for travel and enjoyed many of the finer things in life, but always remained down-to-earth. He equally valued the simple pleasures found at his homes in both Connecticut and Florida. Whether enjoying a quiet family evening at home or a fun night out with friends, Stanley cherished these moments. Stanley was an avid golfer and he enjoyed learning from some of the games’ best instructors and having the chance to experience playing at many renowned courses. He was a founding member of Rolling Hills Country Club (Wilton, CT), and was also a member of Birchwood Country Club (Westport, CT), Burning Tree Club (Bethesda, MD), Trump International Golf Club (West Palm Beach, FL), and The Mar-a-Lago Club (Palm Beach, FL).
Stanley will be remembered as a visionary business leader, an accomplished entrepreneur, and as a mentor and friend to many, but above all else, he will be remembered as a devoted husband and father, and someone who prided himself on taking care of those closest to him.
A funeral service will be held at 11:00am on Wednesday, September 11, 2024, at Temple Israel (14 Coleytown Rd., Westport, CT), with a lunch at 2:00pm at Rolling Hills Country Club (333 Hurlbutt St., Wilton, CT). At the family’s request, the burial will be private. In lieu of flowers, please send donations in memory of Stanley M. Seligson to Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (Intensive Aphasia Program): sralab.org/ give-now or Smilow Cancer Hospital of Yale New Haven Health: givetoynhh.org/ways- to-give/make-a-tribute-gift/.

Mr. Carl L. Lo Conte, a longtime resident of Medford, MA and beloved husband of Bridget A. (Servello) Lo Conte, passed away in Winchester on Saturday afternoon, October 28, 2023. He was 90 years old.

Born in Boston, Massachusetts on November 16, 1932, he was the beloved son of the late Louis and Jacqueline (Lissack) LoConte. Mr. Lo Conte was a retired Manager for his family business, for many years.

In his spare time, Carl enjoyed routing for all of the sports teams, traveling with his family, especially with his son, Christopher and was an avid reader. He will be dearly missed.

Besides his wife, Bridget, he is survived by his loving children; Carl L. Lo Conte, Jr. of Stoneham, Christopher L. Lo Conte of Boston and Carla F. Lo Conte of Winchester, loving grandchildren, whom he especially enjoyed sharing in their accomplishments; Luca and Natasha Botis of Winchester. He is also survived by his grandson; Carl Lo Conte of Michigan and granddaughter; Jenna Raistrick of New Hampshire, two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. He was also the father-in-law of the late Patricia Lo Conte.

Funeral services were privately held.

Robert (Bob) M. Stilson, 82, a longtime resident of Fairfield, died on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, at Maplewood of Southport. He was the son of the late Minott A. O. Stilson and Mary Edith Williams Stilson.

Bob attended Williston Academy in Easthampton, MA, graduating in 1959, and spent a year at Kings College, England, as part of the English Speaking Union Exchange Program. He earned his B.S in Industrial Administration from Yale University in 1964 and an MBA from the University of Bridgeport in 1975. After graduating from Yale, Bob joined the US Navy in 1964 – 1967, serving as an operations officer on board a coastal minesweeper, MCS 290 Gannet, out of Sasebo, Japan, and as a Communications Officer in Norfolk, VA.

After the Navy, Bob joined Coopers & Lybrand in New Haven as an auditor, obtaining his CPA in 1972. His earlier employment consisted as an assistant production control manager at Risdon Manufacturing, Waterbury, controller for Broadstreet Communications, Hamden, controller for Turnkey Systems, Norwalk, and controller of Paper Sales involved in paper merchandising, converting, and warehousing. He joined Milton H. Friedberg Smith, CPAs, in Bridgeport as an audit manager in 1978. After a partnership with Stern & Stern CPAs, in 1982, Bob became Treasurer/Controller for Nutmeg Financial in Norwalk until 1985, when he joined Montrose Accounting Company, New York, NY, serving as Director of Finance/Controller until his retirement in 2010.

Bob also practiced part-time as a sole CPA, servicing Montrose Accounting clients who needed audit review or compilation services. He prepared tax returns and performed bookkeeping services until 2015.

His main volunteer activities included serving as Treasurer for Friends of Christ in India (a non-profit supporting programs in children’s education and care for the sick and elderly in India), VITA and AARP volunteer tax preparer assistance programs, Vice Chairman of Fairfield’s Solid Waste & Recycling Commission, WestBridge Inc. (a non-profit performing repairs to homes of low-income families and inner-city churches), SCORE mentor, and as a land steward for the Aspetuck Land Trust. Past involvements include being Treasurer of Greenfield Hill Congregational Church, Habitat for Humanity of Greater Bridgeport, and Community Sailing of Fairfield. He also served as an elected member of Fairfield’s Representative Town Meeting and its Board of Finance. His passions were sailing and auditing courses at Fairfield University as part of the Life Long Learners program.

Bob was a loving and caring husband, father, grandfather, and friend. He will be missed by his wife of 54 years, Susanne Whitaker Stilson; daughter, Laura Stoltenberg (Scott Stoltenberg), of Wayzata, MN; son, David Stilson, of Fairfield; and grandchildren, Gavin Johnson, Tanner Stoltenberg, and Emery Stotlenberg, of Wayzata, MN. He was the brother of Ann Kidder, of Auburn, AL.

Bob was devoted to helping and serving others – whether it was to his family, work associates, friends, community, or church.

Rodney Mark Jaros, 85, of Southbury, CT and longtime resident of Danbury, CT and Chappaqua, NY died peacefully on Friday, June 28, 2024 while surrounded by his family. Mr. Jaros was the loving husband of the late Mary (Raedy) Jaros.

Mr. Jaros was born on June 13, 1939 in Waterbury, CT; a son of the late Kasmir and Helen (Rupp) Jaros, they lived in Waterbury, CT until he was nine and then moved to Terryville, CT where his father, a chemical engineer, worked at Eagle Lock for a short stint until he started his own electroplating business. From a young age, Rod (his preferred nickname) understood the value of working a job to make his own money. From shoveling snow off his neighbors walkways to working at the local bowling alley, his most challenging job was becoming a newspaper delivery boy in which he would deliver the Hartford Courant on his bike, which was particularly time consuming. A mischievous pre-teen, he decided to take the old family Chevy on his route one day. Stopped at an intersection, a police cruiser who knows him tells him to take the car home immediately! Rod was an avid writer as well as reader and he documented this and many other stories of growing up in Terryville in his autobiography entitled Learning Curves–An Early Years Memoir.

At fifteen, Rod was sent to Williston Northampton School (formerly Williston Academy) for high school. He would spend the next four years there engaged in activities such as Baseball, Basketball, and Glee Club. He then went on to study at Fairfield University where he graduated with a Bachelor of Social Science in 1961. Rod also obtained his Masters in English at Trinity College in Hartford and his Masters in Library Science from University of Hartford.

On February 17, 1962, Rod would marry his hometown crush, Mary Raedy, in Terryville. She was the love of his life. Rod and Mary raised three children together. Initially in West Covina, CA for just one year where their eldest was born, they moved back east to Chappaqua, NY in Westchester County where their children called home and attended primary and high school. After the children graduated college, Rod and Mary moved to Danbury, CT where they lived until Mary’s passing in November 2022 where Rod lovingly cared for her during her difficult struggle with dementia. Rod and Mary enjoyed sixty years of marriage.

An English teacher turned librarian, Mr. Jaros worked over 30 years at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, NY where he also lived and raised his family. Upon retirement, Rod worked several years in the library at The Wooster School in Danbury, CT. During summer months, Rod and his late wife, Mary and children summered in Cape Cod for decades. During some of this time they owned and operated a small inn in Eastham until they built a home near Nauset Beach in East Orleans where they would spend most of their summers, until eventually moving to Osterville. When he and his wife were not on the Cape or at their home in Danbury, they spent their winter months at their home in Saint Lucie West, FL where Rod enjoyed many a day walking out their backdoor to play his hand at golf, where he admittedly was not so good at! When not playing golf, Rod created a successful online golf newsletter called ‘Different Strokes’ in which there were many thousands of subscribers. He also found tremendous joy in spending time with his grandchildren especially attending their soccer, lacrosse, and track meets over the years.

He truly embodied the idea of a “renaissance man,” mastering hobbies from furniture making; sailing the family boat on Pleasant Bay in Cape Cod; reading voraciously books of all genres but especially classic westerns; becoming a licensed pilot; playing the flute, clarinet, saxophone, guitar, ukulele, and even the harmonica. If you needed a deck put on your house, Rod was the man to design and build it – with or without a hot tub! Known as a car guy, a lover of sports cars, he also enjoyed restoring a 1954 Chevy pickup with his son Matthew.

Mr. Jaros is survived by his three children: Kristin Boylan and her husband, Timothy; Mattew Jaros and his wife, Emily Wong; and Mark Jaros. Mr. Jaros is also survived by four grandchildren: Hannah, Luke & Finn Boylan and Tyler Jaros, as well as his sister Melanie Donnelly and brother-in-law Andrew, sisters-in-law Stephania Dedman, Margaret Butler and her husband Dennis, and 11 nieces and nephews.

Family and friends will be received on Thursday, July 25, 2024 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM at Kane Funeral Home; 25 Catoonah Street, Ridgefield. A funeral mass will be celebrated on Friday, July 26, 2024 at 10:00 AM at Saint Mary’s Church; 55 Catoonah Street, Ridgefield. Interment will take place privately.

Joel Schiavone, of New Haven, CT, died in hospice Monday, April 22, 2024, at the age of 87, after a period of declining health.
He is survived by his partner Emily McDiarmid; his children Allyx ‘88, Josie, Bryan, and Maxim Schiavone; and grandchildren Penn ‘20, Josie and Ripley.

Martin (Bo) Byram Burke, 83, beloved husband to Ellen S. Burke, passed away peacefully on January 29, 2024 following an illness. He was born on May 5, 1940 in Hartford, Connecticut, son of the late Francis (Greene) Burke and Edmond Burke. Bo was raised in the close-knit village of Rockville. He graduated from Williston Academy (now Williston Northampton School); Colgate University and Albany Law School where he earned his JD in 1963.

Throughout his 54-year legal career, Bo held positions in several law firms, beginning in 1963 with Joe Shapiro in Hamilton, NY where his first case involved the loss of a farmer’s cow. He practiced law at 130 Union Street, Rockville, with the support of a dedicated, kind and loyal staff. Bo was passionate about the law and municipal government, he served in the Connecticut State Legislature in the 1970’s, where among other accomplishments he sponsored the Freedom of Information Act in the House. He also served on the Connecticut Judicial Review Council, the Connecticut Law Revision Commission, as well as serving as the Town Attorney and Assistant Town Attorney over several administrations in Ellington and Vernon. He was known as a lawyer who could get things done and as one who nobly served his profession. Throughout his long and accomplished career he quietly acted as pro bono to many who faced overwhelming legal issues.

Bo held a lifelong passion for Maine and began vacationing there in the mid-’60s, with his family continuing through owning a camp on Flying Pond in Vienna, ME. He relished the peace and tranquility of Maine.

He leaves behind Ellen Schopfer Burke, his wife of 60 years, his sons, Matthew Burke and his wife Melissa Watson and their son Angus Burke of Lisbon Falls, Maine; Jonathan Burke of Bethel, Maine; Andrew Burke and his wife, Ingrid Kessler of Eugene, Oregon and Benjamin Burke and his wife Lauren Burke and their son Sullivan Burke of Portland, Oregon. He also leaves behind his sister, Susan Evans Burke of California and his first cousin Mary Jane Dempsey of Phoenix, AZ.

Bo will be laid to rest in a private ceremony. His family has the deepest gratitude for all who helped Bo including friends and neighbors, A & B Homecare Solutions, Vernon Visiting Nurse and Connecticut Hospice. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Bo’s memory to Doctors Without Borders.