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Architect, World Traveler, Beloved Family Man — Kenneth McGahren of Pound Ridge, 82 Architect, World Traveler, Beloved Family Man — Kenneth McGahren of Pound Ridge, 82
Architect, World Traveler, Beloved Family Man — Kenneth McGahren of Pound Ridge, 82 Kenneth McGahren, 82, passed away peacefully on Friday, February 1.  An architect, artist, and lover of nature, his last moments were spent in the tranquil, wooded setting of the home he built in 2017 in Pound Ridge. Ken was born on September 27, 1939 in Bayonne, NJ, youngest of 4 brothers born to Eugene and Cecilia (Paulson) McGahren. He graduated from Pratt Institute in New York City in 1968 and was registered to practice in New York and Connecticut. His early work focused on transportation projects in the New York Metro region as well as municipal transport facilities in Portla…
Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103 Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103
Former Trumbull Women's Club and Welcome Wagon President, Sally Garrick, Dies At 103 Sally Dorothea Toth Garrick, 103, died on Sept. 22 at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC.  Born in Fairfield, she was the last of 10 children born to Hungarian parents, Joseph and Suzanna Kanotz Toth. She enjoyed swimming and golf.  She married architect Joseph E. Garrick in 1940 and remained married for 65 years until his death in 2004. Sally and Joe traveled to various European countries on several occasions. One of these trips included a visit to her father’s old family home in Hungary from which he left for New York City in approximately 1890. Sally attended the Pr…