Obituary: Lois Adolphson Gerety, 66; Longtime Fairfield Resident

Lois Adolphson Gerety, born November 22, 1947, passed away on Monday, October 27, 2014 at Hackensack University Medical Center at the age of 66 after a seven year battle with cancer. She is survived by her mother, Marian Clark Adolphson, of Bridgeport, her daughters Meghan Gerety and her son Briar Phelan, of Easton, Bridget Gerety Small and her husband Sean and their children Leo and Stori, of New York City, Keelin Gerety Murphy and her husband Ryan, and their children Charlotte and Lochlan, of Easton; her two brothers, Brad Adolphson, of Market Deeping, UK and Roy Adolphson, of Springfield, VT, a sister Lyn Bradford of Los Angeles, CA, her former husband of many years, Peter Gerety, and her companion of seventeen years, Seth Lukash, of Westport, CT.

Lois grew up in Easton, graduated from Joel Barlow High School and received her BFA from Paier School of Art in New Haven, and an MA in Art Therapy from University of Bridgeport. She was an art therapist at the Kennedy Center in Trumbull where she spent twenty-seven years working with adults with intellectual disabilities. She was an inspiration, and loved and admired by all those she shared her artistry with for so many years. Many are familiar with the yearly A Unique Perspective calendars made from her students’ paintings.

Lois’ deep love for her family, her friends, cooking, golf and forever making others laugh and enjoy her radiant personality will be missed.

A funeral service will be held at Greenfield Hill Congregational Church in Fairfield at 11 a.m., Saturday, November 1.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to:

The Kennedy Center, In Memory of Lois Gerety,

2440 Reservoir Avenue, Trumbull, CT 06611,

or online at http://www.thekennedycenterinc.org/giving