Lily Hoyt, 88, shop owner, was active here

Lily Okerblom Hoyt of Fairfield, a former Ridgefielder who was active in the community, died Monday, Sept. 11, at Cambridge Manor in Fairfield. She was 88 years old and the widow of Robert L. Hoyt.
A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Mrs. Hoyt had lived in Ridgefield from the 1950s until the 1980s, and had belonged to many women’s organizations.
In the 1960s she operated The Tower House, an antiques shop in the tower building of The Elms Inn complex on Main Street.
The Hoyts lived on Huckleberry Lane. Mr. Hoyt died in 1980 at their winter home in Coral Gables, Fla.
Survivors include two nieces, Carol Borona of Huntington and Jean Klaric of Stratford; a nephew, Carl A. Okerblom of Stratford; and several grandnieces and grandnephews.
Three sisters and four brothers had died before her.
Services will take place Friday at 10 a.m. at the Salem Lutheran Church in Bridgeport. Burial will be in Mt. Grove Cemetery, Bridgeport.
There are no calling hours.
Contributions in her memory may be made to the Salem Lutheran Church Memorial Fund, 3160 Park Avenue, Bridgeport CT 06604.
The Larson Funeral Home in Bridgeport was in charge of arrangements.