afternoon, March 1, 2006 at the Valley Regional Hospital.
He was born in New Haven, CT on October 12, 1921 the son of Elwood and
Margaret (McConnell) Terrell. He resided in Claremont for the past four
years and previously lived in Lempster, NH for nine years and in Sandwich,
MA for seven years and in Westport, CT for twenty-one years.
He graduated from Hamden High School in 1940 and received his BS degree in
1950 from Georgetown University. He was a veteran of World War II having
served in the US Navy.
Mr. Terrell retired, Dec. 31, 1980 as the Director of Public Relations for
Sears Roebuck where he worked for twenty-eight years.
He was a member of the Fiske Free Library Board, a Lempster Library Trustee,
the Lempster-Goshen School Board and previously a Westport Library Trustee,
a Westport Representative to Town Meeting, Westport Little League, Westport
Recreation Commission and Westport Police Athletic League.
He was the widower of Jane K. (Beirne) Terrell whom he married on June 25,
1943 and she died Jan. 10, 1992.
The surviving family includes one daughter, Christine F. Terrell and her
husband , Dan Truesdell of Claremont; two sons, James B. Terrell and his
wife, Diane of Harvard, IL and Andrew J. Terrell and his wife, Megan
Waterhouse of Alexandria, VA; four grandchildren, Caitlin Terrell and Ian
Terrell both of Alexandria, VA and Kathryn Terrell of Harvard, IL and Erin
Truesdell of Claremont.
He was pre-deceased by a son, John G. Terrell, two brothers, Merritt Terrell
and Eugene Terrell.
Friends may call at the Stringer Funeral Home, 146 Broad Street in Claremont
on Tuesday evening from 6 to 8 PM.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday morning, March 8th
at Ten O'clock at St Joseph Church with Rev. Father Stanley J. Piwowar,
Pastor officiating.
Interment will be Thursday, March 9th at Ten-thirty in the morning in the Assumption Cemetery in Westport, CT.
The family suggest that in lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his
memory to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Metropolitan Washington, DC
Chapter, 6917 Arlington Road, Suite 308, Bethesda, MD 20814-5288, Attn: Jodi
Lenet, 65 Roses Golf Classic.