Stephen M. Tripp Jr.

PARKTON, N.C. — Stephen M. Tripp Jr., 77, formerly of Putnam, died May 19, 2016, in Parkton. He was the husband of the late Pauline (Levesque) Tripp. They were married, June 27, 1964. She died Jan. 13, 2001. 

Born Jan. 30, 1939, in Putnam, he was the son of the late Stephen M. and Ellen (Corbin) Tripp Sr.

Stephen was a graduate of Tourtellotte Memorial High School in 1956 and Putnam Trade School in 1959, graduating as a draftsman. He worked for Electric Boat in Groton, and Tasc in Worcester. 

He started fly fishing at 15, was past President of Trout Unlimited Natchaug (Thames) Chapter, where he loved to teach people how to fly fish. Stephen was a member of the Putnam and Pomfret fish and game clubs and various other sports groups. He moved to North Carolina in 2011. He had a passion for jazz music and enjoyed going to jazz festivals with his wife. 

He leaves his children Norma M. Tripp and her significant other Donna L. Trump of Parkton, Allan D. Tripp and his significant other Denise Talbot of Tolland; a brother Russell H. Tripp of Medford, Mass.; grandchildren, Peter Fafard, Tara Black, Bryan Fafard, Michael Coraine Sr., Kyle Fafard and great-grandchildren, Michael Coraine Jr. and Owen Fafard.

Services were private. Donations: Project Healing Waters Fly Fishing, PHWFF, PO Box 695, La Plata, MD 20646; or Alzheimer’s Organization, 3739 National Drive, Suite 110, Raleigh, NC  27612 Smith and Walker Funeral Home, 148 Grove St., Putnam.

 

Charles F. Credit

PUTNAM — Charles Frederick Credit, 98, of Cheshire, formerly of Putnam and Thomaston, died May 21, 2016, at the Meriden Center.  He was the husband of 61 years of the late Mildred “Muffie” Blanche (Gauthier) Credit.

He was born June 6, 1917,  in Ballouville, a son of the late Frederick and Marion (LeValle) Credit. 

He leaves his daughter and son-in-law, Victoria “Vicki” and Martin J. Thulin; his two grandchildren, Christine Maria Pogany (Michael) of Trumbull, and Seth Adam Thulin (Jenna) of Wallingford; his three great grandchildren, Sarah Elizabeth Pogany, Alexandra Hope Pogany and Michael Anton; his two sisters, Rose Bushey and Theresa Langlois. He was predeceased by his siblings, Lionel Credit, Emil Credit and Cecile Lambert

The Funeral was May 27 in the Yalesville United Methodist Church with interment in St. Mary Cemetery in Putnam.  Donations: American Heart Association, P O Box 417005, Boston MA 02241-7005; the Yalesville United Methodist Church, 8 New Place St., Yalesville, CT 06492; or the Meriden Center 845 Paddock Ave., Meriden, CT 06450. The Wallingford Funeral Home, Wallingford.