Salisbury – Madeline M. Metzger, 78, passed away peacefully on Monday, May 11, 2026. She was the beloved wife of Thomas “Tom” Metzger, with whom she shared many devoted years of marriage. Born on May 4, 1948, in New York, NY, Madeline was the daughter of the late Anthony and Antoinette (Murphy) Brescia. She was a proud graduate of St. John’s University, where she earned her Master’s Degree in History, a subject she cherished throughout her life. Madeline will ...

TACONIC — Thomas “Tom” Scoville (Sept. 21,1942-April 22, 2026) devoted husband, father, historian, public servant, and lifelong adventurer — passed away peacefully at the age of 83 at his home in Taconic, Connecticut. He was the second child of Herbert “Pete” and Ann (Curtiss) Scoville. Born into a family with strong international and literary ties, Tom’s early years were shaped by travel, culture, and formative time in Portugal, where his ...

Carol L. Hoffman Matzke passed away peacefully with family by her side on February 22, 2026. She was a beloved mother and mother-in-law, stepmother and stepmother-in-law, daughter, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, community member, and friend.  Her presence will be deeply missed.  She had a beautiful way of loving, accepting, and supporting all the many members of her vast family, and of welcoming others into her family circle. She was intelligent and well-informed about ...

Walter Earle DeMelle Jr., 82, of Lakeville, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on February 1, 2026.  He met his loving wife of 57 years, Susan Sullivan DeMelle, in middle school and they were married in August 1968. Born June 3, 1943, in Worcester, MA to Walter and Lucille DeMelle, he graduated from Natick High School in 1961 and Hobart & William Smith Colleges in 1965. He taught English at Hawaii Preparatory Academy on the Big Island in the 1960s and earned a ...

 SALISBURY – Marjorie A. Vreeland, 98, passed away peacefully at Noble Horizons, on January 10, 2026.  She was surrounded by her two loving children, Richard and Nancy.  Born in Bronxville, NY on August 9, 1927 to Alice (Meyer) and Joseph Casey, both of whom were deceased by the time she was 14. She attended public schools in the area and graduated from Eastchester High School in Tuckahoe and, in 1946 she graduated from The Wood School of Business in New York City. At ...

Taconic- Richard Charles Paddock, 78, passed away Friday, January 2, 2026, at Charlotte Hungerford Hospital.  He was born in Hartford on April 12, 1947 to the late Elizabeth M. Paddock (Trust) and the late Charles D. Paddock. He grew up in East Hartford but maintained a strong connection to the Taconic part of Salisbury where his paternal grandfather, Charlie Paddock, worked for Herbert and Orleana Scoville. The whole family enjoyed summers and weekends on a plot of land in Taconic ...

Edward Ashton “Nick” Nickerson died on January 1, 2026, in Sharon, Connecticut. The cause of death was congestive heart failure following a heart attack. He was 100. Nick was born July 1, 1925, in Wilmington, Delaware, the son of a DuPont Company executive, Elgin Nickerson, and his wife, Margaret Pattison Nickerson. He spent most of his boyhood in Fairfield, Connecticut, and Newburgh, New York. He grew up with his older sister, Roma, and attended the local public elementary ...

Kevin John Huber, 50, of Salisbury, CT passed away peacefully in his sleep on December 9, 2025. He was the beloved husband of Celina (Gonzalez) Huber and a devoted father to Timothy and Sara Huber. Kevin was born on October 2, 1975, the son of Kevin George Huber and Peggy (Wernig) Kern. He grew up in Blue Point, NY where his love of sports started as soon as he could walk. He was a graduate of St. John the Baptist Diocesan High School in West Islip, NY. He attended the University of ...