- Date Of Birth: September 24, 1925
- Date Of Death: October 18, 2021
- State: Connecticut
William F. (Bill) Ahern (age 96) WWII Vet, former Shelton Pinochle Champ, and last of the Bog Pond Green Gorillas passed on into the wild blue yonder on October 18, 2021. He was born at home in Ansonia on Sept. 24 1925, the son of Francis M (Paddy) Ahern and Elizabeth M (Bessie) Williamson Ahern. Bill resided in Shelton for 71 years.
Bill was educated in the elementary schools of Ansonia, was a graduate of Ansonia High School, a graduate of The Cheshire Academy, and attended Champlain College. Bill was a veteran of World War II (1943 to 1946) and served 16 months with the famed 8th Air Force in the European Theater of Operations in 1944 and 1945. He was employed for 43 years as a Land Title Researcher, originally with the office of V.B. Clark, Civil Engineer, and later as owner and operator of The Valley Abstract Company with an office in Ansonia, retiring in 1991.
Bill was predeceased by his wife of 65 years, Helene Skelly Ahern. He is survived by his 3 children, William S. Ahern and his wife Joan, Deidre A. Carstens and her husband Robert, and Kevin F. Ahern and his wife MaryEllen, his nine grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren, his sister Arlene Fitzgerald, his 3 sisters-in-law Jeanne Hill, Claire Fisher, and Geri Morey and their extended families.
