Elizabeth Carpenter, 95, longtime Ridgefielder

Elizabeth Paulovic Carpenter, a longtime Ridgefielder, died Thursday, April 14, 2005, at Hancock Hall in Danbury. She was 95 years old.

Her husband of 69 years, Robert S. Carpenter, former owner of the Vista Market in Lewisboro, N.Y., died in 1996.

Mrs. Carpenter was born in South Norwalk Nov. 27, 1909. She came to Ridgefield in 1961 from South Norwalk.

Survivors include her son, Kenneth L. Carpenter Sr. and his wife Nancy of Spring Hill, Fla., formerly of Lafayette Avenue; two daughters, Marcia E. Dance and her husband, Chauncey, of Southbury, and Carol C. Hill and her husband, David, of Willington; 12 grandchildren; 22 great-grandchildren; and a great-great grandchild. A son, Robert Jr., died before her.

Services were held Tuesday, April 19, at the Magner Funeral Home in Norwalk. Burial followed at St. John’s Cemetery in Norwalk.

Contributions may be made to The Hole in the Wall Gang Fund, 555 Long Wharf Drive, Dept. W, New Haven, CT 06511.