- Date Of Birth: February 24, 1989
- Date Of Death: June 6, 2016
- State: Connecticut
On Tuesday, June 7, 2016, Leah Elizabeth Sylvain, aged 27, was called into the arms of Jesus when she was involved in an accident while traveling to work early in the morning. Leah was born on February 24, 1989, the daughter of Charles & Christine (Mita) Sylvain of Newington. She was raised and educated in Newington, CT and was a graduate of Newington High School. Leah was a young woman of great faith and with her participation, was a founding member of the Mill Pond Church. She pursued her love of the arts by enrolling in the School of Visual Arts in New York and continued her education at UConn receiving her bachelor’s degree in puppetry and fine arts. In the summer of her junior year, her love of scenic design was discovered and nourished while interning on set design with the Connecticut Repertory Summer Theater series. During her senior year, she had been chosen to work with the New York Metropolitan Opera in their costume department and her love for the city of New York flourished. Following her graduation, she worked as a freelance artist in New York. Some of her greatest achievements include working at Radio City Music Hall refurbishing costumes for the Rockettes, and set design for the live television performance of Peter Pan. She had additionally worked with Tom Carol Studio and most recently Scenicorp, where she was currently employed as a charge painter, creating beautiful scenic scapes for performing arts. Some of her many accolades include the Fine Arts Talent Scholarship / Drama Award for 2012-2013 at UConn, and at Newington High School; the Scholastic Art & Writing Award, Women’s Club of Connecticut Art Contest: First Place Award in Mixed Media, the Sarah E. Lefoll Scholarship, and the Newington High Excellence in Art Scholarship. Besides her parents, left to cherish and honor her memory are her grandmother Ellen A. Mita of Rocky Hill, her sister, Courtney E. Sylvain and her fiancée Brian Verderosa of East Hartford, her aunt Susan Mita and her partner Mila Jane Wilson of East Hampton, NY, her uncle Stephen Mita and his wife Cheryl of Worcester, MA, cousins Max Mita, Zoe Mita, and Mallory Ward, her beloved friend Shelly Figueroa and husband Alex, and very many extended family members, friends and colleagues. She was predeceased by her maternal grandfather William Mita and paternal grandparents Rita & Fern Sylvain.
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