C. Gayden Wren C. Gayden Wren

The Wren family, of Garden City, has announced the death of attorney C. Gayden Wren, who died from cardiac amyloidosis on Aug. 6, 2008.

Mr. Wren, a resident of Garden City for 37 years, was associated with the Garden City-based firm Cullen & Dykman for more than 40 years.

Born in Detroit on Jan. 30, 1930, as the son of C. Gayden Wren and the former Nina Ellen Grisier, Mr. Wren was raised in Lansing, Mich., and attended Northwestern University, receiving his law degree from Northwestern University Law School in 1953. He subsequently served in the U.S. Army from 1954 to 1957, working in Italy and elsewhere in Europe as a 1st lieutenant in the J.A.G. corps.

He returned to the United States in 1957 and settled in New York, where in 1960 he married Mary Alice Rouse, a fellow Lansing native living in New York. They subsequently had four children, and relocated to Garden City in 1971.

A private burial with military honors took place on Aug. 11; a public memorial ceremony will take place in the fall. Several of Mr. Wren's relatives suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and the family has requested that, in lieu of flowers, donations be made in Mr. Wren's name to the Alzheimer's Association.

Mr. Wren is survived by his wife and their four children, C. Gayden Wren III of Garden City and Steinway, Kendall C. Wren of Hoboken, N.J., Carrie Prystalski of La Grange, Ill., and Lauris P. Wren of Kew Gardens, as well as by five grandchildren: Lenny, Ben, Mary and Katie Prystalski of La Grange and Max Mills-Wren of Kew Gardens.

"The two things he loved most were his family and the law," his son Gayden said. "He spent his last day working on his will with his lawyers, and died with his family around him. It was a sad but fitting end to what he himself had said repeatedly in recent weeks was a wonderful and rewarding life."

Perry R. Williams

The Very Reverend Perry R. Williams died peacefully on Tuesday, July 22, 2008, at his home in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. Preceded in death by his wife of 55 years, Anne Ballentine Williams, Perry is survived by his son David B. Williams and daughter-in-law Robin Mahler of Bethesda, Maryland, formerly of Jamaica Plain; his daughter Sarah C. Williams Wilson and son-in-law Joseph D.C. Wilson III of Sewickley, Pennsylvania; his son Jeffrey P. Williams and daughter-in-law Zeva Ellman Williams of Oakland, California; his sister Gwendolyn Spencer and brother-in-law Richard Spencer of Bloomfield, Connecticut; his grandchildren Dylan and Graham Terhune, Emily and Jane Williams, and Stella and Molly Williams; a niece, nephews and numerous grandnieces.

Born on June 13, 1924, in Rockville Center, Long Island, New York, Perry was raised in Hempstead and Garden City, New York. He was a 1941 graduate of the St. Paul's School in Garden City; was a member of the Class of 1945 at Amherst College and earned a Bachelor's Degree in music and English in 1947, having taken two years off from his college education to serve in the Pacific during WWII as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. Perry went on to earn a Master's in Music from Yale University in 1949 and a Master's in Divinity from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1951. During his illuminating career as an Episcopal priest, Perry served as Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in Sharon, Pennsylvania, Associate Rector at Christ Church, Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and as Rector at Grace Episcopal Church, Orange, New Jersey. Highlights of his career include serving seven years as Rector of Emmanuel Church in Geneva, Switzerland and twenty one years as the Dean of Trinity Cathedral in Cleveland, Ohio.

A memorial service was held on Monday, August 11 at St. John's Episcopal Church in Jamaica Plain and was followed by a reception in the Church Hall. The service was Preceded by private internment at Forest Hills Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Perry's memory may be made to the Greater Food Bank of Boston, P.O. Box 55860, Boston, MA 02205-5860; or to the Alzheimer's Association, 311 Arsenal Street, Watertown, MA 02472.

Suzanne B. Sauer

Suzanne B. Sauer of Duxbury, MA died on July 25 at Massachusetts General Hospital with her family by her side. She was born on August 24, 1921 in Newton, New Jersey and raised on a farm. She was the daughter of Germaine Leredu of France and Chauncey Brown of England. Upon graduation from Newton High School in 1940, she attended Hunter College and subsequently worked at IBM for Chairman Thomas J. Watson. During the war years, she also volunteered as one of the "Gray Ladies" comforting soldiers at Fort Dix, New Jersey.

In 1945, she married Theodor Charles Sauer and moved to Garden City, New York and raised three children. While living in Garden City, she was a Fine Arts librarian at Adelphi University, a member of the First Congregational Church and Cherry Valley Country Club, and a volunteer for Muscular Dystrophy. In 1965 as a Girl Scout Leader, she represented Long Island at the Girl Scouts Senior Round-Up in Lake Pend, Idaho. She received her B.A. in Art History from Adelphi University in 1977.

In the 1980s, Mrs. Sauer moved to Mountain Lakes, New Jersey where she was a member of the Mountain Lakes Congregational Church and the Park Lakes Tennis Club. Through the church, she became involved with the outreach program for disadvantaged youth of Newark.

Mrs. Sauer then settled in Duxbury in 1990. As a member of the Pilgrim Church, she chaired the Memorial Reception committee, served as a Deacon, and started the Hand Bell Choir. She was also a member of the Duxbury Rug Hookers. Throughout her life, she enjoyed sewing and playing tennis, bridge, and the piano. No matter where she lived, she loved tending to her gardens.

Mrs. Sauer leaves her husband Ted, son Ted Jr. and his wife Carol of Duxbury, daughters Sandra and her finance Bruce Rodin of Williamsburg, VA, Cynthia and her husband David West from Westbrook, CT, and her three grandchildren, Tripper, Taylor, and Betsey.

A Memorial Service was held Saturday August 9th at the Pilgrim Church of Duxbury. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in her memory to the Pilgrim Church Youth Ministry, 404 Washington Street, Duxbury, MA 02332.