Audrey Lillian Dake of Guilford, a former Westport resident, died Sept. 9 at Yale-New Haven Hospital. She was 80. She resided in Green Grove Nursing Home in Guilford for the last decade.

Audrey Lillian Sefcik was born Nov. 12, 1938 in Stamford to Lillian Mary Buczek and Stephen Frank Sefcik, the first of five children. She grew up in Vista, New York and lived in Connecticut the rest of her life.

She was a longtime resident of Westport where she raised her two daughters Allison and Robin.

An active member of Saugatuck Congregational Church, she enjoyed traveling the country, the Connecticut beaches, attending events on the Guilford Green, reading, and having coffee with friends.

Jerold M. Perlman of Wilton, a noted orthopedic surgeon and former Westport resident, died Sept. 9 from complications from multiple myeloma. He was 81.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York to Irving and Sara Perlman. He was raised in Brooklyn, graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in 1955 and Columbia College in 1959.

He went on to receive his MD from SUNY Downstate and, after serving in the Navy’s Public Health Service, practiced as an orthopedic surgeon in Fairfield for over 40 years.

He had an outstanding career and was beloved and respected by his patients and colleagues. He truly loved being an orthopedic surgeon.

Barbara Drake Lobrano, a former Westport resident, died Sept. 3 at Brighton Gardens of Stamford, an assisted living facility, after successive hospital stays during the last few months. She was 89.

Barbara Jane Drake was born in Newton, Massachusetts, and was the granddaughter of Newman Drake, the founder of the Drake’s Cake Company, a large commercial bakery.

After graduating from the Dana Hall School in Wellesley, Massachusetts in 1947, she attended Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, graduating in 1951 with a B.A. in philosophy.

She subsequently worked at the Harvard Business School in Cambridge, and then married Alexander Flick Lobrano of Chappaqua, New York at Trinity Church in Boston on Jan. 2, 1954. The late Mr. Lobrano was the son of Gustave Stubbs Lobrano, fiction editor of The New Yorker magazine for many years.

Neil W. Groglio of Westport, formerly of Rye, New York, died Aug. 10. He was 65.

He was born to Theresa and Gerald Groglio in 1953. He graduated from Rye High School and later Pace University, before founding and operating numerous small businesses throughout his life.

In 1983, he met the love of his life, Marcia. For the next 35 years they shared their life and love, taking turns telling one another how lucky they felt to be married to each other. In 1993, Neil and Marcia joyfully welcomed daughter, Kelly, into their loving family.

For the next 26 years Neil wholeheartedly dedicated himself to the role of dad, in addition to devoted husband.

Holly Everly Bisset of Fairfield, a former Westport resident, died Aug. 24 at home. She was 96.

Born Suzanne Holly Everly at Bridgeport Hospital on Sept. 3, 1922, she was a native of Westport and St. Petersburg, Florida. She was a graduate of the Emma Willard School in Troy, New York and National Park College, Forest Glen, Maryland.

She was married to Capt. Andrew Walzer Bisset (USMC) Feb. 7, 1942 in Washington, D.C. Together they spent more than 67 happy years until he died in 2009. Holly spent her life primarily in Westport and Southport and Naples, Florida.

She was a member of, and sailor at, the Pequot Yacht Club, and active at the Fairfield County Hunt Club. She was an avid gardener and member, and past president of the Greens Farms Garden Club.